St. John’s Episcopal Church recently unveiled a Little Free Library on the church campus.
Lydia Cheney released the standing box library that was designed and constructed by her father, Dr. Ben Cheney of Biloxi Internal Medicine Clinic.
The Little Free Library is a nonprofit organization that inspires a love of reading, builds community, and sparks creativity by fostering neighborhood book exchanges around the world.
According to their website, through Little Free Libraries, millions of books are exchanged each year, profoundly increasing access to books for readers of all ages and backgrounds.
The concept behind the library is for people to “take a book, return a book.”
There are more than 50,000 registered Little Free Library book exchanges in the United States and in over 70 countries around the world.
The church is located on the corner of Rayburn and Porter in Ocean Springs.
For more information on The Little Free Library and its mission, visit littlefreelibrary.org.
