Project Coordinator: Bob Blacker
“They were able to tailor-make the library to suit the community. So there is reading there for elders, for the kids, and also reading for those who have a hard time reading there are books there that are easy for them to read, and also we were asked to supply how-to books.”
Books – both paper and digital – fill the new library that had its grand opening at Halalt First Nation on March 13. There are 1,750 books, to be exact. But already some people are talking about expanding the facility for which Halalt and its neighbours Lyackson are all so proud.
The library is at the edge of the trees between the health and daycare centres on the main Halalt reserve about midway between the towns of Duncan and Chemainus. The project is the result of the partnership between BC’s Lieutenant Governor’s office and Rotary Clubs.
Lt. Governor Judy Guichon
More than 1,750 books already lined the shelves at the Halalt/ Lyackson Community Library Wednesday morning but Lt. Governor Judith Guichon added to the collection with a donation of her own during the building’s official opening.
