101+ Great Ideas for Libraries and Friends

101+ Great Ideas for Libraries and Friends

Sally Gardner Reed Beth Nawalinski Alex Peterson

of Friends of Libraries U.S.A.

Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc. New York London

Published by Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc. 100 William Street, Suite 2004 New York, NY 10038

Copyright ? 2004 by Friends of Libraries U.S.A.

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Dedication

Sally Reed For Sandy Dolnick, founder of Friends of Libraries U.S.A. in 1979 and executive director until 2002. She has been a good friend and mentor to me

and thousands of Friends across the country. Beth Nawalinski

For my mother, who taught me the value of libraries, literacy, and the power of volunteers. She encouraged me to read anything and everything--and let me read under the covers after bedtime with a flashlight!

Alex Peterson For the most inspiring person I have ever known: my mother.

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Contents

List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Chapter One--Raising Money for Your Library: The Book Sale and Beyond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1-1 Secondhand Prose Used Bookshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1-2 Online Book Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1-3 Kids' Book Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1-4 Silent Auction Book Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1-5 Make Your Mark Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1-6 Book Memorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1-7 Birthday Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1-8 Community Bookcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1-9 Leaving Legacies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1-10 Memorial Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 1-11 Joining Together in Laughter and Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1-12 Murder on the Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1-13 Literary Baskets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1-14 A Tisket, A Tasket: A Literary Basket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 1-15 Treasured Recipes Cookbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 1-16 Cow Pie Bingo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 1-17 Giving Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 1-18 Radiothon Fund-raiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

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