January Cause: Your Local Library; UPDATED JAN 12, 2009
As I was looking for our January Cause of the Month for 29Gifts, I knew I wanted to change things up for this month. I love reading, so I would like to encourage you, for the month of January, to support your local library. I know you have books that you've read and put on the bookshelf, that you'll probably never read again. Why not share those books with your community by donating them to your local library!
One of the institutions we tend to take for granted is our local library. However, most of our libraries are under-funded and in great need of books, donations and volunteer help. Following are some suggestions about ways you can help at your local library. If any of these sound interesting or if you have other talents to offer, please give your local library a call, you can look up the branch nearest you here:
http://www.libraries411.com/gzpsearcher.php
If you do something to help your library this month, please let us know by replying to this string. Feel free to share other ideas you have for helping out too by adding comments.
23 WAYS TO HELP OUT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY
source:http://www.volunteerinfo.org/library.htm
One of the institutions we tend to take for granted is our local library. However, most of our libraries are under-funded and in great need of books, donations and volunteer help. Following are some suggestions about ways you can help at your local library. If any of these sound interesting or if you have other talents to offer, please give your local library a call, you can look up the branch nearest you here:
http://www.libraries411.com/gzpsearcher.php
If you do something to help your library this month, please let us know by replying to this string. Feel free to share other ideas you have for helping out too by adding comments.
23 WAYS TO HELP OUT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY
source:http://www.volunteerinfo.org/library.htm
- Become an Internet docent: assist library users with connecting to the Internet, basic operations of the graphical browser used by the library (often Netscape), help locate specific sites/URLs that the user wants to visit, make suggestions for those curious about the net. Some basic computer maintenance may be involved as well.
- Repair books to extend the lives of the libraries' resources.
- Shelving books is pretty much self explanatory.
- Delivering books to seniors and housebound persons. Operation Home bound and similar projects need volunteers to help with the delivery of books, magazines, large print, and tapes to persons of all ages who are ill or physically disabled or who cannot get to the library. This work may include the matching of appropriate books for the home bound person and getting to know that person.
- Shelf Reading where someone adopts a shelf section and basically keeps it in order. Choose your favorite subject.
- Video Tape checker/rewinder - someone has to do it!
- Storyteller for the children's section of most all libraries.
- Book washer is what they call those, armed with paper towel and squirt bottle, who clean off the covers of books.
- Friends of the Library is an organization always looking for help with book sales and planning special events.
- Artists are always in demand to create posters for special events, sign and graphics for the library.
- Clerical work may not be glamorous but its necessary.
- Index the obituaries from your local paper.
- Cut out items for story hours.
- Clean up and weed the area around the library.
- Help inventory the library collection.
- Assemble new library card packets.
- Offer to organize a book discussion group.
- Keep the tax forms in order at tax time.
- Send for the free material available from each state's travel bureau.
- Set up a drive to encourage travellers to bring back phone books (not stolen) from their travels.
- Dust the computer screens and keyboards.
- Help with mailing, writing, collating, and stamping the newsletter.
- Call your local librarian for more of the other 77 ways you can help your library.
Tags: January, January Cause of the month, cause of the month, official Cause
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Permalink Reply by Sharon D-29 Gifts Ambassador on -
I donated 11 books with these. -s
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Permalink Reply by Coffee Cup on -
This is such a wonderful source of inspiration! I'm going to the library today, and will ask if I can volunteer an hour or two a week. Thank you!
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Permalink Reply by Tara on -
This is such an awesome idea.. I am new to the group and just ran across this.... THANK YOU!! Such a great network!
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