The Weatherly Area Community Library received an early Christmas present from another community library furniture for its new home.

The Weatherly library has called the Bank of America building home for more than a decade, but decided to speed up plans to build a new library after its sale this year, explained Ruth Isenberg, trustee board president."It's been a good home for us," she said. "When Bank of America got sold, the conditions changed. We're going to put up a modular building. We're going to have three times the space that will allow us to do programs we couldn't do."The borough agreed to give the library a 99-year lease for the land, and the library has about $100,000 raised on its goal of $300,000, Isenberg said. Fundraising will continue and the library will also seek grants for the project, she said.The library recently received a boost when the Pocono Mountain Public Library donated $10,000 worth of furniture, Isenberg said. The Pocono library moved into a new facility with all new furniture, she said.Among the items are metal shelves, desks, chairs, children's tables and a rug for a children's section, Isenberg said.The only problem was finding a way to transport it 40 miles to Weatherly, and Isenberg thought Joe Cyburt, a borough council and president of the Weatherly Hillclimb Association, might be able to help, she said.Cyburt, a truck-driver by trade, had no problem reaching out to a former employer in Conyngham, John C. Busch and Sons Trucking, whose owner, John Busch, was happy to help, donating a truck for the transport and a trailer for storage, he said.Volunteers from both the library and Hillclimb came out for the move, loading the furniture into the truck, and John Busch's brother, Kurt, volunteered to drive the truck, Cyburt said."We had plenty of help," he said, adding that it was nice to be able to help another non-profit organization, just as everyone pitches in and helps with the Hillclimb. "We're a little town and you need every little bit of help. If all the non-profits in the town worked together, it would help everyone."The assistance meant a lot to the library, as well, Isenberg said."Support from the community and groups like the Hillclimb Association gives us the confidence that the new library will soon be a reality," she said. "We are very grateful to them, and all those who are helping us along the way."Distributed by MCT Information Services