The Royal Mile Primary School worked with the community charity group at Citibank to convert their Police Box into a Book Swap Library for children and adults.
The volunteers cleaned and painted the box in blue. They renovated the inside and installed shelves.
The idea is to promote recycling, promote reading and all its benefits for mental health and learning which will also involve parents.
The Royal Mile Primary School has a new Book Box following a collaboration with local volunteers from @Citibank pic.twitter.com/m5mDRummQN
— Edinburgh Reporter (@EdinReporter) June 24, 2018
Mark Gillespie looks after the operation in Edinburgh for Citibank. To mark Global Community Day they chose to do up the police box. He said : “This is our contribution to the local community and particularly from a literacy perspective which is so topical at the moment. This is what we wanted to do for the community. I did not paint the box myself but the rest of the team did!
“We are also providing food for the kids during summer holidays, and all the books too.”
The Edinburgh Reporter was at the opening ceremony trying hard not to get run over while taking photos!
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