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Celebrating National Kindness Day: Take a Book, Leave a Book

By Helen Partlow, Publisher February 17, 2021

This year to celebrate National Random Act of Kindness Day, we decided to donate some children's books!  This was a great way to weed out our collection of what the kids had duplicates of or have outgrown.  I gathered up our 20+ books and gathered a list of local Little Free Library spots for us to donate to.





Each book we donated, we placed a Macaroni Kid sticker in the inner cover.

National Random Act of Kindness Day is celebrated each February 17.  The day is meant to inspire you to do something kind for a stranger. There is no reason though to only limit this to one day a year.  Click here to find 50+ ways to spread kindness in our community.

Little Free Library's mission is a "nonprofit that builds community, inspires readers, and expands book access for all through a global network of volunteer-led little libraries," according to their website.  You have probably seen them before, but perhaps didn't know what it was.  With dozens around Long Island, these little libraries offer adult and children books alike.

Here is a list of all of the Little Free Libraries in the greater Port Jefferson area.


Charter #77125
Coed Park
2-6 Coed Ln, Stony Brook

Charter #40548
Stony Brook Village Center (Inner Court)
97 Main Street, Stony Brook

Charter #38111
Emma S. Clark Library
Setauket

Charter #53717
Poplar Ave between Locust Ave and Cedar Street
Stony Brook

Charter #107286
Sunshine Prevention Center
468 Boyle Rd, Port Jeff Station

Charter #91047
Washington Ave Park
36 Washington Ave, Port Jeff Station


Washington Ave Park, Port Jefferson Station


Charter #42187
Rocketship Park
150 Mill Creek Rd, Port Jefferson

Charter #27294
Heritage Park (by concession stand)
633 Mt Sinai-Coram Rd, Mt Sinai

Charter #42181
William Miller House
North Country Road, Miller Place



Heritage Park, Mt Sinai


Charter #83285
Cooper’s Little Free Library
Location unknown

Charter #53259
Carissa Ely
65 Longview Ave, Rocky Point

Charter #103815
Jakalak’s Little Free Library
Location unknown



Miner "Rocketship" Park, Rocky Point


Charter #74263
Miner “Rocketship” Park
40-42 Hallock Landing Rd, Rocky Point

Charter #67467
Diamond in the Pines Park
Coram

Charter #42191
Barlett Pond Park
Middle Country Rd, Middle Island




Ridge Community Park, Ridge


Charter #107272
Island Heart Food Pantry
643 Middle Country Rd, Middle Island

Charter #72377
Ridge Community Park
Ridge




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