When Erika first came to the Alice Baker Library, “I was handed a jar of jam. Because they had extras and they wanted to welcome me. And the caveat was to just return the jar…I walked home and I’m like “Where did I move to??!!” “[I got] stacks of information about programs and activities in our community, plus an additional welcome from some stranger, who as a patron, also wants to connect to their community and it was very unifying. It was like ‘I’m home.’ I’ve had other libraries in my community that I’ve utilized, but for us, to have this place of knowledge so easy to access within minutes from my home- a bike ride for my kids- and to be welcomed like that, it spoke volumes of specifically what this Alice Baker Library is like.”
