Book Ownership as Empowerment

Distributes donated books and comics, including 25 signed copies of "A Bully’s Disguise: The Untold Story" and titles such as Brooklyn Nets' Brooklyn Knight comics and Star Wars comics, to children and families in community settings such as Flatlands Family Residence.

Founded and published CosplayNYC Magazine from June 2011 to February 2021, featuring interviews, photo spreads, and reporting on cosplay culture; relaunched as a nonprofit newsletter in October 2025. Editorial activities include conducting interviews with voice actors and convention guests, photography, and cover features such as the “Cosplayer of the Month” series.

Organizes and hosts events that use cosplay as an educational tool to promote literacy among youth, in collaboration with institutions such as the Brooklyn Public Library, schools, and public officials. These events engage children in preschool settings and educate parents on integrating cosplay and anime into learning.

Distributes new and gently used children's books to children from birth through intermediate school age via a range of community-based programs, including Books at Birth, Traveling Books, Bright Red Bookshelf, Reach Out and Read, and Read for the Record. Annually distributes between 6,000 and 7,000 brand-new books through pediatric waiting rooms and delivers approximately 25 books monthly to 15 family day care homes for shared reading.

Relies on volunteer teams, including a Sort and Label Crew and community service volunteers from St. John Fisher College, to clean, sort, label, and deliver books for distribution through literacy programs and community sites.

Organizes annual and recurring family-friendly events such as Book Fest and weekly storytime at the Elmira Wisner Park Farmers' Market, featuring free book distribution, performances, crafts, games, and activities. Distributes free books at over 50 community events annually and hosts an annual event with attractions like a petting zoo to engage children and families around literacy.

Maintains permanent red bookshelves in over 50 community sites across Chemung Valley where children can access gently used books. Collects and redistributes thousands of donated books annually—11,058 collected in one year—and operates a traveling Bright Red Bookshelf at local farmers’ markets during summer months.

Relies on volunteers to repair, catalog, and organize donated books, contributing to the establishment and growth of the library's collection.

Organizes regular LEGO Club meetings for children on Monday nights to promote creativity and learning through play.

Issues library cards, circulates books and media, and accepts donations of gently used materials, with collection management overseen by the Library Director.

Maintains a current disaster preparedness plan, conducts annual fire inspections, maintains emergency equipment, and documents damage and financial impacts following incidents to ensure continuity of operations.

Offers in-library access to Ancestry Library Edition, enabling patrons to conduct genealogical and historical research.

Offers story time programs for toddlers and children, including Toddler Story Time for ages 6 months to 3 years and children's story hours, to support early literacy and family engagement.

Operates a monthly diaper bank providing thousands of diapers and wipes to 250–480 families in New York City with children ages 0–3, serving infants and toddlers born in 2022–2025. Families receive supplies by appointment.

Provides postpartum and newborn care kits containing hygiene items for mother and baby, including nursing kits with bras, tanks, and pads for breastfeeding mothers. These are distributed during monthly essentials distributions and at the annual community baby shower.

Provides potty kits containing a potty seat, interactive potty book, and caregiver education materials to children in the program who turn 2 years old.

Hosts an annual community baby shower that provides new mothers with a diaper backpack, a full case of diapers, baby and postpartum essentials, and a celebratory gift.

Hosts quarterly new mom brunches that include child-free peer support focused on mental health, where participants receive postpartum care packages.