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For McAllen, Texas, one man’s abandoned Walmart is another’s public library. It is the largest single-story public library in the country, at a size about equal to 2.5 football fields.
Walmart Abandoned In Texas Renovated Into Chic New McAllen Public Library
(via npr)
Andrew Sullivan points us to a Brazilian soccer team’s “ingenious” way to promote blood donations.
Nicknamed the ‘Red and Blacks’, there’s no prizes for guessing what colours Vitoria usually play in. However, ahead of the new season, the club have ‘drained’ the red hoops from their home strip in a bid to raise awareness and get their fans to donate blood for transfusions and the like. The red hoops on the home shirt will then be replaced one-by-one as the level of blood donated rises, until the shirt is eventually restored to it’s former glory when the target is met.
Check the library for books about soccer. And for more information about donating blood locally, check out the SE Michigan Red Cross donation center and the Red Cross of SE Michigan.
Roger Federer played Andy Murray in the Wimbledon Final tomorrow, be sure to come into the library on Monday and check out some books about tennis!
