[Publib] Holiday giving tree

[Dale McNeill]

I've worked in a library that did this with great success.  The only  
thing I would say is to include items of prices from the most  
expensive local history item to a paperback children's book.  And then  
get the books *very* quickly.

Dale

Dale McNeill


On Oct 6, 2008, at 5:39 PM, "Julie Rinaldi" <jrinaldi at folsom.ca.us>  
wrote:

> 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
>
>
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