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Edition #137 · Saturday, September 5, 2026 · 2816 positive stories
Environment & Climate

The Spark: Your Laundromat Could Be a Library

Reasons to Be Cheerful 2026-09-04
The Spark: Your Laundromat Could Be a Library

Welcome back to The Spark, our monthly celebration of how people just like you are creating positive change, one meaningful step at a time. The Spark is generously supported by Laura Rice. Sign up to Reasons to be Cheerful’s weekly newsletter here and you’ll get The Spark in your inbox at the start of each month. In this issue Turning laundromats into libraries Distributing banned books Reading alone together Wash, read, repeat On the wall of a laundromat in Wyoming, Ohio, a suburb north of Cinc

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