In Lannion, bookstore customers donate books to Secours populaire

The “Donate to read” operation, organized by the French Bookstore Union and Secours populaire, is a success in Lannion. This involves customers of voluntary bookstores adding a children’s book to their purchases. The work is then given to the charity which is responsible for distributing them to children whose families it supports.

Three Lannion bookstores participated this year: Manga No Umi, rue Savidan, Le Griffon d’or, rue Duguesclin, and Gwalarn, rue des chapeliers.

The customers of the three stores played the game, even if Camille Soriano, from Manga No Umi, for her first participation, delivered a modest collection: “We have a customer base mainly made up of young people aged 15 to 25. Most of them don’t have much money. Only three customers were able to participate. »

Maxime Nigaut, from the Le Griffon d’or bookstore, when handing over twenty Books to Pierre-Yves Gaouézec, from Secours populaire, believes that this initiative has brought discussion to the business open since April. (Le Télégramme/Morvan Léon)

Books for all ages

Pierre-Yves Gouézec, volunteer at Secours populaire and former librarian specializing in children’s books, is not worried: “It doesn’t matter, it’s good that we can have a few mangas. We still have lots of comics, it’s a bit different. »

The tour continues at the Griffon d’or, where more customers played the game. Around twenty books were collected, rejoices Maxime Nigaut, whose bookstore participated for the first time, having only opened in April: “Customers were careful to take books for young and old. It led to discussion in the bookstore, it was good for sharing. »

For Marie-Laure Dudoux, of the Gwalarn bookstore, the “Donate to read” operation, in which the bookstore has been participating for a long time, is an event awaited by certain customers. Pierre-Yves Gaouézec leaves the store with a good hundred books. (Le Télégramme/Morvan Léon)

A taste for books and beautiful objects

Pierre-Yves Gouézec hopes to give young people a taste for books and beautiful objects. Last year, around fifteen children in the Lannion area benefited from these Christmas gifts. Lannion is the most generous Secours populaire committee for this collection, and surplus books are shared with other committees in the department.

In Gwalarn, around a hundred books await the volunteer. Marie-Laure Dudoux, co-manager of the bookstore, is enthusiastic: “Customers are rather supportive, some are even asking. It reaches a very varied audience. We communicate on our social networks and on posters, others hear about it through the press or the radio. »

For families wishing to benefit from these book donations, they are subject to income conditions available from Secours populaire.