LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Residents of Chelsea helped an area bookstore transfer greater than 9 thousand books down the block to the store’s new location over the weekend.
A “book brigade” of round 300 folks shaped two traces down the sidewalk between Serendipity Books’ former location and the brand new storefront across the nook on Fundamental St.
They handed the books one after the other and in alphabetical order to the proper cabinets within the new constructing.
“It was a practical way to move the books, but it also was a way for everybody to have a part,” Michelle Tuplin, the shop’s proprietor, stated. “As people passed the books along, they said ‘I have not read this’ and ‘that’s a good one.’”
Tuplin initially introduced the transfer in January.
“It became so buzzy in town. So many people wanted to help,” she stated Tuesday.
Tuplin stated the transfer took just below two hours, a lot much less time than it might have taken to rent a transferring firm. She hopes to have the brand new location open inside the subsequent two weeks.
The bookstore has been in Chelsea since 1997. Tuplin has owned it since 2017 and has three part-time workers.
“It’s a small town, and people just really look out for each other,” said Kaci Friss, 32, who grew up in Chelsea and has worked at the bookstore a little over a year. “Anywhere you go, you are going to run into someone you know or who knows you and is going to ask you about your day.”
Friss stated Sunday’s e book brigade reminded her of “how special this community is.”
