Last Wednesday on the streets of Portland, Street Books librarians ran library shifts in northwest Portland and Old Town where they lent 40 books and received 13 returns from our library patrons. They also distributed 33 doses of Narcan, 8 tarps, and countless items from ponchos, emergency blankets, and flashlights to supplies for wound care. Street Books operates between 11-13 library shifts each week around the city. Is it rough, despair-inducing and very difficult? Yes. Especially for the people sleeping there. But it's also full of goodness and mutual care: Josh produces the exact title of a book a patron is trying to remember and Yimei speaks Mandarin to the folks at Trinity, plus calls Portland Street Medicine to direct them to a patron with a serious leg wound. Kerry delivers a book on dog training to one of her regulars and Rob runs back to the garage to replenish supplies when they run low mid-shift. This is only a tiny slice of a day in the life of the Street Books library, but it's enough to say that each shift, our librarians bring heart, humor and compassion to their work outside. On this national day of giving, we ask you to support the work we do and help us meet our challenge match. Thank you. And if you've already given, thank you again!