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News from The Friends of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library Volume 25, Issue 2
What’s Inside? Page Two From the President Help Wanted From Angie Sommers
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Page Three Committee News Book Sale Dates
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Thank You Volunteers New Friends’ Members
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Page Five The Library and Eau Claire Downtown Redesign Book Marks Remembrance
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Page Six Chippewa Valley Book Festival Surfing the Web Club Read
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Thank You! Go Green Friends Book Groups
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Page Eight Thank You, Elaine!
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Annual Meeting Banned Books Week 11 to 11
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Thank you, 2010/2011 Volunteers! To honor your contribution to the library and Friends, please select a book from the library’s collection and bring it to Information and Reference. A nameplate will be placed in the book. Volunteers from March 16, 2010 to March 15, 2011 are: Accola, Carol Alpine, Amy* Anderson, Kathy Barrickman, Barb Bauer, Jane Bayley, Barb Beck, Stephanie Weld Berg, Gloria Bethke, Janet Bissell, Mary Kay Blackstone, Judy Bouchard, Margot Bourne, Katrinka Brainerd, Carol Brant, Brenda Browne, Julia*** Browne, Tom**** Cecchini, Penelope Clark, Mark Cohen, Laura Conway, Carlyn Crouse, Shirley*** Dixon, Mary Fabiny, Phyllis Fairbanks, Carol* Fairbanks, Olivia Fiedler, Monika Fortune, Sharon France, Bruce France, Penny** Frandsen, Madeleine* Fraser, Bob Fredson, Shelly Geraci, Kathy Giffey, Tom Gordon, Jan Goethel, Jan*** Geothel, Chuck
Gorzek, Carol* Hable, Basil Hable, Stas’ Hambleton, Phyllis Hanson, Edwin Hanson, Nona Harder, Harry Haukeness, Tim Haywood, Janis Herfel, Kathy* Hilfiker, Ray Hoefgen, Karla Hoff, Sherry Hull, Judith Janiak, Jen Johnson, David* Jones, Beth Joslin, Eileen Jurmain, Mary Kading, Carol Kassera, Doris Katrosits, Steve* Kelly, Ardi Keniston, Allen Kittelson, Greg Knowlton, David Kondrasuk, Chris Kragenbring, Vicki Lange, Pat* MacDonald, Arlene Mallow, Lew** Mathson, Deb Matter, Kathie* Matter, Richard Mauch, Becky McCallum, Kris McManus, Marge Michels, Barbara Miller, Robin
Katherine Schneider was selected as WLA Trustee of the Year for 2010. Minkus, Helaine* Moyer, Owen Nelson, Anona Olsen, Mark O’Mera, Deanne Overhulser, Karen Peterangelo, Vera
Peters, Karen* Peterson, John Peterson, Sue Powers, Catherine**** Powers, Cleo**** Prentice, Kathy* Price, Sharon
Continued on page 4 Friends could not exist without the involvement of its members. These are current Friends members who volunteered in 2010-2011. Unfortunately, we may have unintentionally missed someone. If we inadvertently left off your name, please let us know.
From the Board A Message from Friends’ President
Greetings. It is hard to believe that my year of service as the President of the Friends of the Library Board is almost over. It has been a good year of learning more about our library and all it offers our community and opportunities to meet Friends members and volunteers. I want to thank all who help make the Friends a success. I want to thank the Executive Board members who are completing their terms of office, Denny Shea, Sandie Robbers, Barb Tumm, and Margot Bouchard. I am grateful for their dedication to the Friends. I am looking forward to serving with the newly elected board members who will join us in July. Please take special note of the article detailing the Friends special support for library programming. Each year the library staff and the Library Board of Trustees send forward a request for special funding. This year the Friends provided over $18,000 in support of the library’s programs. The executive board noted that many of the requests were for equipment or assistance for programs that support the library’s strategic plans,
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Welcome, Angie!
Friends’ New Administrative Coordinator Hello, my name is Angie Sommers, and I am the new Administrative Coordinator for the Friends of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library. I grew up in central Wisconsin but moved to Eau Claire several years ago to attend college and found that I loved the area. I received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication with an emphasis on Public Relations from UW-Eau Claire. Upon finishing school, I started as the Volunteer Coordinator and Office Manager at Beaver Creek Reserve, a nature reserve located outside of Fall Creek. I loved working with the volunteers at the many various special events that Beaver Creek has to offer. I
am hanging up my hat as the Volunteer Coordinator, but will continue my role at the reserve as the Office Manager. I am very excited about my new position with the Friends of L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library. I love my backgrounds in both office management and volunteerism, and I believe this job will be a wonderful melding of the two. I have appreciated the warm welcome to the library. Please feel free to stop and introduce yourself the next time you are at the library.
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Committee News Book Sale
By Cleo Powers, Chair As I prepare this entry for the Friends newsletter, I keep glancing outside and once again am full of despair that spring/summer may never arrive and stay for more than a couple of hours. At least there is good news to report from the April sale. We took in $4860, and by mid-Saturday afternoon, we had little stock left on the tables to sell. Clean up was a breeze! That’s the way we would like to end all sales. As you begin your spring/summer housecleaning and discover books, videotapes, CDs, record albums, etc. that you no longer need, please consider donating them to the Friends’ book sales. Please, just be sure the items you wish to donate are clean and free of any strange odors. We cannot sell dirty, damaged, smelly items.
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A special “thank you” to Jonah and Jess Goss who will be graduating from high school this May. The twins began their volunteer work at book sales in April, 2005 when they were 6th graders and have been regular volunteers ever since. They have lifted many boxes, pushed uncountable numbers of carts of books, and have just been outstanding and very personable, generous volunteers. We offer them our congratulations and wish them the very best in their future endeavors.
not renewed, please do so. A second renewal mailing went out in early May. It appears that members are renewing at the same level of support. Remember, each member of Friends contributes to the overall success of the library by providing funds for various library projects. Encourage your friends, family and neighbors to become a member of Friends and join in the various volunteer opportunities. The Committee will conclude the spring membership drive in early June.
To our many Friends donors, we look forward to your continued generosity and support. Thank you. If you would like to volunteer to work at book sales, please contact Angie Sommers at angies@eauclaire.lib.wi.us or 715-8315301. See you all at the June 17-18 sale. Cleo Powers Book Sale Committee Chair
Membership
By Sharon Zenner, Chair The spring membership renewal drive is still on-going. Currently we have 498 members who have renewed for 2011. Since we mailed out 670 renewal letters, only 74% have renewed, so if you are in the 26% group who have
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Brown grocery bags with handles or without (clean unripped) Place on top of Friends’ donation box Label bags with note “FOR BOOKSALE”
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HELLO IS MY NAME
Welcome Members Friends’ New Charlene Burns Carol Cutsforth Bethany Gurgel Mary Hanafin Edwin & Janet Hanson Carol Klawiter Patricia Kleine
Thank You, Volunteers! Thank you to the 133 active volunteers who gave almost 3,000 hours for Friends and library activities over the past year! Volunteers donated over 700 additional volunteer hours this past year than the year before. Your willingness to donate your time, talents and efforts to the Friends and the library is such a gift, and is very much appreciated. We are proud to announce that Katherine Schneider was selected as WLA Trustee of the Year. Her photo is featured on the front page. Thank you also to members for their support through membership renewals. The library continues to thrive thanks to all of you!
Mavis Kwallek
We say farewell to four board members:
Margot Bouchard, who was on the board for three years as vice-president, president and past president, Barbara Tumm, who served on the board for two years as secretary, Dennis Shay, who served on the board for two years as the treasurer and Sandy Robbers who served on the board for two years as a memberat-large. Thank you Margot, Dennis and Sandy for all the time you have donated to the Friends over the years. We welcome Jill Markgraf as vicepresident elect, Donna Weidman as treasurer, Brenda Brant as secretary and Mark Olsen as member-at-large. We are excited for the new addition to our board, and look forward to their new and innovative ideas.
Karl & Julianne Lepp Paige Lieberman Mary Lippert Dan May Teresa Olson Charlie & Vonnie Scheel Susie Warden Angeline Warner Doreen Weix Emily Wermund Glenda Winders Genealogical Research Society of Eau Claire Xcel Energy
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Thank You, continued from page 1 Radloff, Kathy Rasmussen, Cindy Rasmussen, Dave* Robbers, Sandy* Rosolack, Mary Rottier, Lois Rozich, Sheila Schimke, Jean Schlosser, Cindy* Schnagl, Joan Schnagl, Norm Schneider, Katherine Schneider, Ralph Schoen, Carol Schoen, Jack Schultz-Fritz, Diane
Scott, Sumner** Schafer, Barb Shea, Denny**** Shea, Luann Sherman, Mary Sinz, Johanna Snudden, Judy* Sperry, Tim Spoolhoff, Marian Steuernagel, Paula Stand, Christina Thiede, Cheryl Tillung, Diane Tlusty, Mary Tulgren, Judy Tumm, Barbara
Turner, Connie Turner, David Vanderheiden, Paul Warden, Sue Webb, Sally Wendt, Elaine (Linda)* Whalen, Sharon Wood, Becky Wright, Ginny Zenner, Sharon*
*25 or more hours, **50 or more hours, ***75 or more hours, ****100 or more hours
From the Board, continued from page 2 specifically early literacy and engaging new library users. In addition, we drew upon responses from the member survey as we considered how to allocate funding. I also want to thank Angie Sommers,
Robin Miller and the program committee for the planning and organizing the annual meeting. Both Angie and Robin are new to Friends, and I commend them for making the meeting a success.
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The Library and the Eau Claire Downtown Redesign: Get Excited; Be Heard! Public information meetings for the Eau Claire Downtown Riverfront District project began in December 2010 and since the library figures prominently in parts of the plans, the library staff and Board have been involved and giving feedback to both the City and the architects. From the Ayres Associates’ Eau Claire Downtown Riverfront District website: Eau Claire Street: http://www.ayresassociates.com/ECDowntown/eauclaire. html “The City of Eau Claire aspires to create a strong visual and circulatory link between the library-City Hall area and the downtown riverfront. Eau Claire Street lends itself perfectly to accomplishing this goal. A well balanced organization of programming and design will establish Eau Claire Street as a major draw for the downtown. Eau Claire Street could evolve into a hub of activity that attracts patrons to downtown for civic events, festivals and downtown specific programming. The 2001 Downtown Action Agenda called for the creation of a Town Square next to City Hall along Eau Claire Street. It also recommended developing an Eau Claire Street Promenade, a waterfront plaza connected to the Town Square and the waterfront through landscaping. It will link the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library/City Hall campus and the Haymarket parking lot at the confluence of the Chippewa and Eau Claire Rivers. As with South Barstow Street, this design will use the principles and theories of “placemaking”–to develop this area so that it offers multiple activities to create a lively and interesting environment that will bring people downtown.” The third public information meeting was held on April 7 and included were the presentation of four city hall/library campus concepts and various Eau Claire Street design and elevation layouts. As Volume One wrote about the four concepts on April 28: “The first (and, again, the most conservative) merely adds a duck-in for dropping people off or picking them up (also for book drops) with a sculpture in a median. The second would make Eau Claire Street one way for this block, has more aggressive paving work, also has a duck-in and adds more parking. The third gets more exciting still, by eliminating the street on this block entirely and creating a centralized plaza with a water feature, plantings and pedestrian elements. “This is an area meant to draw the public,” [architect Garrett] Perry said, pushing forward to the most aggressive scheme yet, one in which they removed the U.S. Bank between the library and city hall to create a massive campus with all the elements presented in the third, plus more. It will no doubt be a while until we see the whole design approach, but there’s reason to get excited. And still an opportunity to make yourself heard.”
Thank You To Book Marks Remembrance Donors Friends of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library are very appreciative of your donations to the Book Marks Remembrance fund. We’re proud to list your most recent donations below. Your “Honorees” names appear first, then your names, the “Donors.” Again, thank you.
Judy Flick LEPMPL Circulation Staff and other Library Staff Barbara Johnson Mary Sherman Sandy McClean Virginia Smith Bernadette Peterson Norman Peterson Sandra Woehrmann Greg Strozinsky Brad Lindstedt Jodi Slominsky Leslie Spangler Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire Jerome Fieber Phil Fieber
Check out the excellent Volume One article with cool zoomable design sketches at http://volumeone.org/articles/article/2226/page/1#contenttop John Stoneberg, Library Director
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Support the Friends by Surfing the Web Travel the World with Club Read Travel the World this summer with Club Read! Choose your own topics or take advantage of library staff recommendations of bestsellers, romances, mysteries, adventure stories and much more. Books on CD or cassette are also available. For every Passport completed between Wednesday, June 1, and Monday, August 1, participants will be entered in weekly drawings for a book of their choice and for the grand prize drawings for gift certificates, books and other fun prizes. Register and pick up your Passport beginning June 1 and continuing through the summer at Information and Reference. For information call 715.839.5004 or e-mail the library at librarian@ eauclaire.lib.wi.us.
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The Friends of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library have been designated as a GoodSearch.com recipient. If you are unfamiliar with using GoodSearch, here is how to get started raising money online for the Friends. Instead of using your normal Internet search engine, log on to www.goodsearch.com. Below the search engine bar you’ll see a space where you can designate your donation; be sure to type “Friends of the LE Phillips Memorial Public Library” in that place. Once you’ve added the Friends as your preferred charity, just use the search engine above like any other. The average donation is around once cent per search query. The results are powered
by Yahoo! which is considered by many to be one of the world’s top search engines. The website also includes GoodShop.com, which provides an online shopping mall featuring more than 2,000 online stores. Each purchase made via GoodShop results in a donation to the user’s preferred charity averaging approximately 3% of the sale, and the experience of shopping through GoodShop is exactly the same as going to the retailer’s websites directly. So please help spread the word and consider using www.goodsearch.com for all your Internet searching or online shopping needs and help raise funds for the Friends of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library.
12th Annual Chippewa Valley Book Festival October 18-23, 2011 By Angie Sommers Administrative Coordinator Mark your calendar now for the 12th Annual Chippewa Valley Book Festival. The festival is a four-day celebration of local and regional writers and readers. This festival brings authors and readers together to celebrate the written word through readings, book discussions, workshops, author receptions, and children’s programs. This event benefits libraries, book stores, area businesses, and the local arts scene. Come to the festival and hear what local authors and poets are writing about! Eat with your favorite authors! Tell your children and grandchildren about the
Creative Writing Competition for Young Writers! Most of the festival events are free! Among the writers on this year’s roster is National Public Radio correspondent Tom Gjelten, New York Times best-selling author Patrick Rothfuss, Wisconsin’s Poet Laureate Bruce Dethlefson and novelist Faith Sullivan. Others confirmed for the festival include Joseph Bruchac, Michael Dennis Brown, Susanna Daniels, Anthony John, the Sandvidge Sisters and Patrick Somerville. Complete information on authors, presentation times and event locations will be posted as available on the Festival’s website, www.cvbookfest.org.
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Friends Book Groups Friends Morning Book Group
Thank You! By Bess Arneson PR and Programming Services Librarian Funds for activities and materials at the library recently got a big boost from a generous donation given by the Friends. At their March meeting, the Friends’ Board of Directors approved a motion to contribute $18,500 to the library for special projects identified by library staff. Services for children and teens are one area that will benefit from the Friends’ gift. Among the projects to be funded are prizes and incentives for children’s and teens’ reading programs, dies of varying sizes and shapes to continue development of the Ellison Die-cut Collection, new materials for the kits the library uses in its visits with area daycare facilities, and replacement items for the educational toy collection used by infants in the playtime portion of the library’s lapsit storytime. In addition, the Friends will be helping to support a major goal of the library’s new strategic plan by funding the creation of
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“early literacy spots” in various places throughout Youth Services. The idea is to create activity spots that will enhance the six early literacy skills with activities that feel like play to the children and convey to parents how fun and easy it is to teach these skills. The Friends’ gift also supports a number of services and activities for adults. Included in the donation are funds for the Chippewa Valley Book Festival, Club Read, ArtsWest prizes and refreshments, and promotional materials for this year’s summer art exhibit. The funds will also be used to purchase additional audiobooks on CD, promotional give-away items, and a table-top lectern for use in the library meeting rooms.
Meets the second Tuesday of the month at 10 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church September through June. No pre-registration. For information, call Joanne Erickson, 715-834-5731.
Friends Evening Book Group
Meets the last Tuesday of each a month at 7:30 p.m. in the Chippew Room. No pre-registration. Selections are Room: A Novel by a Emma Donoghue, June 28; Between Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston, July 26 and Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey, August 30. For information or to confirm meeting time, call Brenda Brant, 715-456-4132 or brenda_brant@hotmail.com.
Each year, members of Friends make it possible to enhance the quality materials and services the library provides to the community. The generosity of the organization’s members is most appreciated.
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Friends Of The Library 2011-2012 Executive Board
Jennifer Janiak President Jill Markgraf Vice President Elaine Wendt Past President Brenda Brant Secretary Donna Weidman Treasurer Tim Haukeness At-Large member Mark Olsen At-Large member Susan Bruce Trustee liaison John Stoneberg Library Director (non-voting) Bess Arneson Public Relations & Programming Services Librarian (non-voting) Angie Sommers Administrative Coordinator (non-voting)
Thank You, Elaine! By Margot Bouchard, Past President I would like to extend our thanks to Elaine Wendt for her leadership this past year. Elaine became President in July of 2010. At that time, the library remodeling was complete and Friends many programs proceeded without a hitch. Our Give-A-Kid-A Book project during the holidays brought in over $2,900 from the community and over 2,200 books. This past year Friends donated over $50,000 to the library through memberships, book sales and other donations; and we also continued to support the Chippewa Valley Book Festival.
Elaine brought a few unique initiatives to Friends during her tenure. With her guidance, we were part of the strategic planning for the library and she worked closely with Jen Janiak (current vice president) on a member survey that provided us with excellent information. Our annual meeting speaker, Dr. Robert Smiley, was secured by Elaine and she took the lead in the hiring of our new cocoordinator Angie Sommers. Happily, Elaine will continue on Friends board this coming year in her role as past president. We wish her continued success!
The Friends Executive Board meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Board Room at the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library. Friends are welcome.
Committee Chairs Joan Schnagl Book Marks Remembrance Cleo Powers Book Sale Donna Weidman Finance Elaine Wendt Nominating
Vacant Give-A-Kid-A-Book Project Sharon Zenner Membership Robin Miller Program
THE MISSION OF FRIENDS:
•to encourage public use of and advocate for library resources and services •to assist in fundraising efforts that provide the public with an enhanced library collection and improved services •to support the Freedom to Read statement of the American Library Association •to provide volunteer services requested by the library for special events and projects
Library Links is published quarterly by the Friends of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library. Article contributions, news and news releases, wise words and favorite quotes, editorial comments and suggestions for Library Links may be sent to Library Links, 400 Eau Claire Street, Eau Claire, WI 54701. Material offered for publication will be edited and published as space allows. Editor: Angie Sommers Art Direction and Layout: Papermark Graphics
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The 2011-2012 New Executive Board members with current president Elaine Wendt. Left - Brenda Brant, Donna Weidman, Jill Markgraf, Mark Olsen and Elaine Wendt.
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By Elaine Wendt The Friends of the L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library held their annual meeting on April 18, 2011. The Friends recognized Dr. Katherine Schneider for being named Wisconsin Library Trustee of the Year. Dr. Schneider was recognized for the many contributions she has made to the L.E. Phillips Public Library, the Friends Board and the Library Board. John Stoneberg, Library Director, presented his library update. The Library Board finalized a Five Year Strategic Plan and the library staff is in the process of implementing various aspects of the plan. Library statistics show that usage continues at a very high level. Copies of the History of the Public Library were made available to attendees.
The Nominating Committee presented the slate of candidates for office. Mark Olsen was elected Member-at-Large, Jill Markgraf was elected to serve as Vice President, Donna Weidman will serve as Treasurer and Brenda Brant will serve as Secretary. Following adjournment of the meeting Dr. Robert W. Smiley, guest speaker, presented “Intellectual and Academic Freedom: The Importance of Your Voice”. Dr. Smiley has been recognized for his advocacy for intellectual freedom in libraries throughout Wisconsin. He discussed his experience in implementation of computer filter policies in public schools. He also urged us to be earnest advocates for libraries as they are a major source of support for exercising intellectual freedom. Dr. Smiley’s presentation was followed by social time and a lively discussion.
Banned Books Week:
Celebrating the Freedom to Read September 24−October 1, 2011 Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted banning of books across the United States. The books featured during Banned Books Week have been targets of attempted bannings. Fortunately, while some books were banned or restricted, in a majority of cases the books were not banned, all thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, booksellers, and members of
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the community to retain the books in the library collections and teach the importance of our First Amendment rights and the power of literature, and to draw attention to the danger that exists when restraints are imposed on the availability of information in a free society. For more information on getting involved with Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read, please contact the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom at 1-800545-2433, ext. 4220, or bbw@ala.org. Source: www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/ index.cfm
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Libraries Remember 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon as well as the downing of a passenger jet over rural Pennsylvania. Libraries represent freedom of expression, celebration of diversity, a playing field that is level, preservation of heritage, and commitment to the future. There may be nothing more antithetical to terrorism, hatred, bigotry, and fanaticism than the American Public Library. We believe there can be no more fitting tribute, no more appropriate commemoration of September 11, 2011, than for the library to simply be there. The library will be open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Sunday, September 11, 2011, conducting business as usual: facilitating communication, fostering citizenship, promoting understanding, guaranteeing freedom of access to information, and above all, on that particular day, standing with doors open as a remarkable symbol of our freedom. Special activities under consideration include opening and closing ceremonies, guest speakers, documentary films and dedicated areas for exploring information and media related to September 11.
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You Can Honor Special People
The Book Marks Remembrance Fund provides an opportunity for members of the community to remember and honor special people and loved ones through donations that are used to purchase books for the library. This fund pays for special books that the library might not otherwise be able to purchase and, at the same time, honors and remembers people through the addition of these books to the library. A special bookplate is placed in these books, a special bookmark is sent to the donors, and the books are displayed periodically in the library. Please use this form to contribute to the Book Marks Remembrance Fund. Your Name_______________________________________ Your Address_____________________________________ Name in memory of in honor of: ________________________________________________ Date__________________ Amount Enclosed___________ If you would like us to acknowledge your gift, please tell us where to send it _________________________________ __________________________________________________ Indicate a book subject matter, if you wish. __________________________________________________
Please make checks out to Friends of LEPMPL and mail to Friends of the LE Phillips Memorial Public Library, 400 Eau Claire St., Eau Claire, WI 54701. Thank You.