Free swap gives stuff new home

Kathy Hodge, right, demonstrates an espresso machine she brought in to LaShondra Jones during the Free Post-Holiday Swap at the Dusenberry-River Library. Last Saturday, several branches of the Pima County Public Library, in conjunction with Freecycle, a recycling group, participated in the a…

Free swap gives stuff new home

A table full of stuffed toys and other items await an interested person at the library.

Free swap gives stuff new home

At right, a take-home Santa Claus was up for adoption at the library, 5605 E. River Road.

Free swap gives stuff new home

Vera Scrivner shows a Hot Wheels car she found at the Free Post-Holiday Swap. As a teacher she's always looking for such items, she said.

Free swap gives stuff new home

Bring some, take some, for free

This painted cabinet serves as a Little Free Library in the Garden District, near the Martha Cooper Library.

Bring some, take some, for free

At the FreeCycle event at the Kirk-Bear Canyon Library last year, Marilyn Ryan Hulbert got this guitar from Gloria Davis, right, and gave Davis a cookbook in exchange.

Bring some, take some, for free

The guests have gone, the holiday hullabaloo hushed.

Libraries host community gift-swap

Paula Maez, right, welcomes swappers including Johanna Caley, middle, to the first-ever Holiday Gift Swap at Dusenberry-River Library. The gift swaps took place at nine library branches Saturday and were in partnership with Freecycle.

Libraries host community gift-swap

Rubana Khan browses among an array of gifts during the Holiday Gift Swap at Dusenberry-River Library.

Libraries host community gift-swap

Notepads, puzzles, porcelain dolls and toys line the tables during the Holiday Gift Swap at Dusenberry-River Library.

Libraries host community gift-swap

"I think I want this one," Johanna Caley said as she picked up a small item from a table at the Dusenberry-River Library, 5605 E. River Road.