Fund 04 / 2026 A village library after the flood

The river reached every shelf.

Help us dry the walls, mend the books and reopen the small reading room where this village learns, meets and remembers.

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61 740 złraised of 96 000 zł

64% restored384 neighbours gave

Floodwater reflecting a window in a damaged room — **01 / The room** The library room in the immediate aftermath of the flood.

Books carried out2,420

Saved for repair1,806

Village readers612

Doors reopenSpring

01 / Why this room matters

More than books were kept on these shelves.

Stara Łąka has no bookshop, no youth centre and no warm public room open after school. The library was all three.

When the water came through the old schoolhouse, neighbours formed a line from the reading room to the dry steps. They carried out atlases, family chronicles, children’s books and the handwritten catalogue. What survived is now boxed in the parish hall.

“My daughter still asks when she can sit in the window seat again. I want to tell her a date, not ‘someday.’”— Marta, reader and parent

Stacks of weathered and water-damaged books — **02 / What the water left** Weathered books gathered after the water receded.

Hands repairing paper at a work table — **03 / The repair table** Careful paper repair at a shared worktable.

02 / The reopening plan

Four chapters back to an open door.

The building work comes first. Then the shelves, the books, and finally the long table where the village can gather again.

I
Dry & make safe
Strip the wet plaster. Treat the brick. Rewire the room.
40 000 zł Funded
II
Build the bones
Fit raised oak shelves that can be moved and repaired.
26 000 zł Now funding
III
Return the stories
Clean, mend and replace the children’s collection.
20 000 zł Next
IV
Welcome everyone
Add a ramp, task lighting and the shared reading table.
10 000 zł Final

03 / Add your name to the ledger

Choose the part of the library you’ll bring back.

Every gift is recorded in the public restoration ledger. Amounts show a useful example of what your contribution can make possible; funds go where the repair is most urgent.

Small gifts belong here. Libraries are built one book, one reader and one neighbour at a time.

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90 zł can return a new children’s title to the shelf.

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04 / The photo archive

Eight frames for the whole story.

A visual sequence of the damage, rescue work and reading room at the heart of the recovery story.

Children reading together in a library — **04 / Who comes back** Young readers sharing the restored room.

Books on sunlit wooden library shelves — **05 / The shelf** The local-history shelf in morning light.

Close-up of hands holding an old book — **06 / What we saved** A rescued volume ready to return to the collection.

An adult and child choosing a book together in a library — **07 / Shared reading** A young reader choosing the next book with an adult.

A small stack of old books beside a sunlit window — **08 / The window seat** Books waiting beside the library window seat.

05 / The open ledger

Every złoty has a line of its own.

Updates, paid invoices and changes to the repair plan will be posted monthly by the volunteer committee.

WorkBudgetStatus

Drying, plaster & electrical40 000 złfunded

Raised shelving & joinery26 000 złin progress

Book rescue & replacement20 000 złqueued

Access, lighting & furniture10 000 złqueued

Total campaign goal96 000 zł

The committee publishes contractor names, invoice scans and any budget movement. No paid campaign staff.

06 / Notes in the margin

Before you give.

How do I make a donation?

Choose a suggested amount or enter your own, copy the bank details, then make the transfer in your own banking app. This page never sends you to a payment website.

How should donors see proof of spending?

Link the open ledger to dated updates containing invoices, contractor details, receipts and clear notes when costs change.

What happens if the goal is exceeded?

Additional funds go to book replacement first, then a protected maintenance reserve, with every extra amount recorded publicly.

The next chapter needs a room.

Put one more book
back within reach.

Write your name in

The river reached every shelf.

More than books were kept on these shelves.

Four chapters back to an open door.

Strip the wet plaster. Treat the brick. Rewire the room.

Fit raised oak shelves that can be moved and repaired.

Clean, mend and replace the children’s collection.

Add a ramp, task lighting and the shared reading table.

Choose the part of the library you’ll bring back.

Eight frames for the whole story.

Every złoty has a line of its own.

Before you give.

Put one more book back within reach.

Put one more book
back within reach.