Thursday, February 13, 2014

Ways to LOVE your library!




Do you love your library? Want to know how you can show it? Here are a few ways you can help us out!

Contribute:

- Consider a tax-deductible gift to the library.
- Remember the library in your estate planning.
- Donate a book In Honor or In Memory of a friend or relative.
- Remember the library maintains a 501(c)3 status.

Be a friend:

- Join and participate in the local Friends of the Library groups.
- Use your skills to help with programs and publicity.

Volunteer:

- Volunteer your time.
- Present a program for adults.
- Read stories to children or help with a class visit.

Promote:
- Current research shows that everyone loves libraries but few people actually think about them. Talk about your library and what it does for your community.
- Support local library levies.
- Write letters of support to your local, state, and federal elected officials with emphasis on continued funding of the library.
- Write letters to the editor of your local newspapers and/or call talk radio stations to discuss library funding.

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