Geocaching

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library in Williston held a program with the authors of The Family Geocaching Fieldbook to discuss how to get your family involved with geocaching.

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Chili Tasting

Greensboro Free Library held a chili tasting event for families.

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Fall Calendar

A Fall Programs calendar by South Hero Community Library.

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October Programs

Rockingham Free Public Library October calendar with events for families and children.

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Humans vs. Zombies Program

Rockingham Free Public Library held a Humans vs. Zombies program that ran through the month of October.

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Local Service Silent Auction

We are trying an idea that seems to be popular. We have set up a “Silent Auction” corner, and are featuring one item a month for patrons to bid on. They just write their name on a pad, place a bid and wait. Come back another day, check bids, see if you want to bid again higher than last bidder. No extra work for our staff, no collecting money, just written bids until we close the bidding.

Our first item was terrific, a balloon ride, donated by a local man. In fact we have items ranging from art pieces, to cooking lessons with a well known chef, to farm fresh eggs from a CSA for 20 weeks! So many local business people have been generous, we have donations taking us into mid 2010.

At last look, the balloon ride was bid up to $150.00.

Mary Bassett, Chair of Trustees
Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho/Underhill

School Bus Programming

School bus

We’ve had a super time offering school bus excursions.

This summer we rented a bus from Mountain Transit and took 37 people to Hope Cemetery in Barre for a tour by Guiliano Cecchinelli, granite sculptor, Celebrating the Visual Arts for the Adult Summer Reading program. We charged people $5.00 apiece and the Friends paid the balance. I paid Giuliano a $100 honorarium. He doesn’t charge per se.

Palace 9 has been showing the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, so we hired the school bus for a journey from Essex to Shelburne Road for Madama Butterfly.My best friend and opera buddy Toni Hill met the bus, hopped aboard with a bottle of chianti, did a toast in Italian, then told the bus riders the background of the opera. Some had never been to an opera at all. She also prepared a little flyer for them to take into the cinema. I bought tickets ahead (the shows sell out early). A library school student and Essex native Lara made truffles for our riders. We charged the patrons $27.50 which covered the ticket and paid for Toni and Lara and Penny to go to the opera. We’re doing Tosca and Aida in October and November. I gave Toni an honorarium for her preparation and will again. The bus returned everyone to the Brownell Library parking lot ca. 10:30 pm.

For our Music Celebration of the Arts this summer, we had Toni come and do a History of Opera with musical examples. There are opera buffs everywhere.

Penny Pillsbury and crew, Brownell Library

Bookends Gala

The Mark Skinner Library in Manchester hosted a Bookends raffle and gala to raise money for their adult collection.

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Cookie Walk

Baxter Memorial Library in Sharon held a Cookie Walk fundraiser.

Bulbs for Books Fundraiser

Fletcher Memorial Library in Ludlow held a Bulbs for Books fundraiser to raise money to update their U.S. state series.

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