About Little Libraries in Laundromats
There are now SIX Little Libraries in Laundromats in Houston. The Little Libraries are charter libraries under the Little Free Library brand.
The idea was born one day when I heard that the City of Milwaukee started an initiative to install little libraries inside of laundromats. I researched to see if there was anything like this in Houston and I only found one. I read about a woman in Kingwood, a suburb of Houston, who owns a laundromat and installed a Little Free Library there. I reached out to the Little Free Libraries organization to see if I could use their brand in my idea and they said that I could. That is when Little Libraries in Laundromats was born. My two children Miranda and Seth Ruiz are my co-founders and helped me set up the libraries. They helped collect the books from donors, put some of the first bookshelves together, and filled the libraries with books.
These are the six laundromats (or washaterias, as we say here in Houston, TX) who have partnered with us and are hosting either a box of books or a bookcase.
Thank you to friends who donated books, money, helped build the bookcases, designed the boxes and have been so supportive of this initiative.
Thank you to these partners!
1. Sunrise Washateria, 1301 Griffin St, Houston, TX 77009 (Little Free Library Charter #94592)
2. Melbourne Washateria, 524 Melbourne St, Houston, TX 77022 (Little Free Library Charter #103847)
3. G & S Washateria, 4632 Irvington Blvd, Houston, TX 77009 (Little Free Library Charter #94589)
4. Laundry King Washateria, 117 Cavalcade St. Houston, TX 77009 (Little Free Library Charter #94590)
5. Houston Wash Center, 7900 Jensen Dr, Houston, TX 77093 - In the Eastex/Jensen neighborhood. (Little Free Library Charter # 131232)
6. V Stop Washateria, 3118 E. Crosstimbers, Houston, TX 77093 (Little Free Library Charter #145310)
The idea was born one day when I heard that the City of Milwaukee started an initiative to install little libraries inside of laundromats. I researched to see if there was anything like this in Houston and I only found one. I read about a woman in Kingwood, a suburb of Houston, who owns a laundromat and installed a Little Free Library there. I reached out to the Little Free Libraries organization to see if I could use their brand in my idea and they said that I could. That is when Little Libraries in Laundromats was born. My two children Miranda and Seth Ruiz are my co-founders and helped me set up the libraries. They helped collect the books from donors, put some of the first bookshelves together, and filled the libraries with books.
These are the six laundromats (or washaterias, as we say here in Houston, TX) who have partnered with us and are hosting either a box of books or a bookcase.
Thank you to friends who donated books, money, helped build the bookcases, designed the boxes and have been so supportive of this initiative.
Thank you to these partners!
1. Sunrise Washateria, 1301 Griffin St, Houston, TX 77009 (Little Free Library Charter #94592)
2. Melbourne Washateria, 524 Melbourne St, Houston, TX 77022 (Little Free Library Charter #103847)
3. G & S Washateria, 4632 Irvington Blvd, Houston, TX 77009 (Little Free Library Charter #94589)
4. Laundry King Washateria, 117 Cavalcade St. Houston, TX 77009 (Little Free Library Charter #94590)
5. Houston Wash Center, 7900 Jensen Dr, Houston, TX 77093 - In the Eastex/Jensen neighborhood. (Little Free Library Charter # 131232)
6. V Stop Washateria, 3118 E. Crosstimbers, Houston, TX 77093 (Little Free Library Charter #145310)
