Rathdrum Eagle Scout adds library boxes to four city parks
CAROLYN BOSTICK | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 6 months, 2 weeks AGO
David Schubert took on a project to build and installed four mini-library book boxes in parks throughout Rathdrum in order to earn the rank of Eagle Scout. Left to right: Kenny Axelund, David Schubert and his father, Daniel Osburn.
A new little library box now hosts books for kids in Roth Park as the result of an Eagle Scout project by David Schubert.
Carolyn Bostick has worked for the Coeur d’Alene Press since June 2023. She covers Shoshone County and Coeur d'Alene. Carolyn previously worked in Utica, New York at the Observer-Dispatch for almost seven years before briefly working at The Inquirer and Mirror in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Since she moved to the Pacific Northwest from upstate New York in 2021, she's performed with the Spokane Shakespeare Society for three summers. | May 2, 2024 1:06 AM
RATHDRUM — When David Schubert moved here from western Washington, he had a hard time finding books.
“I was obsessed with reading and loved going to libraries, but the library was too far away from my house," he said. "I wanted to make it easier for other kids in Rathdrum with the same problem to be able to have as much access to literature as possible,” Schubert said.
For his Eagle Scout project, he built four library boxes in Majestic, Stub Meyer, Roth and Thayer parks.
Rathdrum Trading Post and Ziggy's Home Improvement donated materials for the project, and his father, Daniel Osburn, helped design the boxes.
“It was a lot of trial and error, but we made a design and they turned out really well,” Schubert said.
People are now able to visit the parks and check out books from each of the boxes, but there’s still a final touch Schubert is hoping to add soon.
Vinyl stickers saying “take a book, leave a book” will mark the completion of the project.
A new little library box now hosts books for kids in Roth Park as the result of an Eagle Scout project by David Schubert.