The sun is shining, although in fits and starts, and many are feeling the drive to fling open windows and air out rooms that have been stuffy and close all winter long. Clean, polish, and let everything sparkle in the intermittent sunshine!
We engaged in quite a bit of Spring Cleaning ourselves during our recent In House Work Week: carpets were shampooed, shelves cleaned, desks cleared, and closets, drawers, and cubbies sorted through. We found quite a few gems hidden away: photos of staff who have moved on and of children long grown; reports from a decade ago, before computers were available for the public and Books on CD-- much less downloadables-- were an exciting new technology. Much of what we found we recycled, either by sending the paper to the recycling center, or reused, by finding new uses for binders, folders, pens, tubs, and boxes.
If, as you are spring-cleaning your own domicile, you find things you no longer need, you have many options in and around town for the disposal of your disposables. Whitman County Solid Waste Recycling Division is having their Spring Clean Up days April 8th and 20th. Always available for free are recycling options for old appliances and metal, yard waste, oils and solutions, and the more traditional recyclables of glass, plastic, cardboard, etc. Pullman Disposal will also offer a Clean Up Event sometime in April: watch their site for more details to come.
What about materials that could still be of use to someone else? Pullman has a wealth of worthy causes to choose from: donate household goods to Palouse Treasures, The Thrift Shop, Second Chance Animal, or any of the many others in the community. Why throw away something that could help so many?
Finally, don't forget the library! Neill Public Library accepts donations of print and AV materials:
Get into those closets and cupboards and clean!
Materials donated to the Library will be added to the library's collection if they meet the criteria for materials selection. If donated items are not added to the collection, they will be placed in our Friends of NPL book sale, given to educational or charitable organizations, or recycled....
Once given, all gifts are the property of Neill Public Library and will be treated on an equal basis with the purchased materials concerning the inclusion, display, housing, circulation and disposition of the material.
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