DES MOINES, Iowa (The Des Moines Register) — A man has removed the books from the little free library he erected at his Des Moines home and replaced them with newly treasured items: toilet paper, wet wipes and medical gloves. Bob Meeley stocked those mundane products last week as the coronavirus spreads and people heed officials’ advice to stay home. He told The Des Moines Register that after he posted the library’s location on the neighborhood app Nextdoor, several items were taken and replaced within two days.

His goal is for others with little free libraries to fill them with supplies that other people can’t get due to shortages.