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A lifeline in so many ways

I don’t have one great story - I can name so many big and small ways our libraries have helped me and my family. Sparking a love for books and learning for my kiddo, a soothing community space for my elderly mom, classes in art and info on voting. Kind and helpful people. All I can say is thank you.

The heart of our community

Our local library provides a huge sense of joy, comfort and community for our family. We know the librarians and staff, we enjoy browsing the stacks, coming to events, and treasure the incredible gift of having books on order ready and waiting for us! What a delight you are, La Mesa library! Thank you!

Libraries will save the world.....so let them

I grew up with little money to go around. Both my parents worked/lived paycheck to paycheck. We weren't destitute but eating out/vacations/the latest and greatest toys were not something that happened all the time. Enter the library. Every week like clockwork, my mom took my sister and I to the El Cajon library or on the weekends we might feed the ducks at Lindo Lake and stop at the Lakeside Library. We would spend hours there all of us in those stacks picking out as many books as we could carry. As an adult I still remember that feeling. I…