Donated books stack up at community library
Photo credit: Newsday/Jessica Rotkiewicz | Jillian Thomas (left) along with Valerie Taylor, both of Amityville, stand in front of the laundry room where a 500-book library was donated by Mission Accomplished. (June 15, 2012)
A memorial library started in June by a group of volunteers in the laundry room of troubled Andpress Plaza in North Amityville has since received more than 7,000 donated books from Long Islanders, say group members Debbie Walcott and Tracy Smitherman.
"The outpouring of giving hearts has overwhelmed us all," Smitherman wrote to Newsday.
The library, which began with 500 books, is dedicated...
