[Publib] Holiday giving tree

[Julie Rinaldi]

Greetings all,

Our Friends of the Library group wants to do a holiday giving tree,
starting right after Thanksgiving.  The idea is to put up a big tree in
the main lobby and cover it with tags for specific titles, as well as
for various subject areas, age-level materials, formats, and genres.
Patrons would take a tag and donate the stated dollar amount to purchase
what's on the card.  If the tag is for a specific title, the patron will
have the option of requesting a donation plate in someone's name and can
also obtain a card listing the item to give to the person in whose name
the gift was made.

I'm wondering if other libraries have done a similar program, and what
your ideas are - what worked, what didn't, etc.

Thanks,

Julie Rinaldi     (916) 985-8193

Folsom Public Library

411 Stafford Street

Folsom, California         95630