Finding Solutions: Augusta library raises money through book sale

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Augusta-Richmond County Public Library is holding its largest fundraiser, a two-day book sale where every book costs $2.Going to the library is a childhood memory for many people. Delmira Kelly said she remembers library visits from her childhood in Harlem.“I remember when I was a little girl in Harlem, we had library cards that were about this big and used to stamp them with the date on it and put it in a little sleeve in the front of the book,” Kelly said.Kelly still goes to the library.“So I impose the same values with my children, my grandchildren,” Kelly said. “Reading has always been essential to our family.”Leon Maben is with the nonprofit Friends of the Augusta Richmond County Library, a group that raises money for the library.“I’ve been with the Friends now going on, I would say 10 years,” Maben said. “And this is the first time we’ve had, I guess, we had a line waiting on us to open up the doors, which is good.”Library Director Emanuel Mitchell