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By: Brian Minter,
on 11/2/2012
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As first-responders are working to provide these families with electricity, water, and other critical resources, First Book—in partnership with our local volunteers and partners—is raising funds to restock school and home libraries. After distributing more than 5 million books in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, we know new books can be valuable lifelines for those whose worlds have been turned upside down.
Your help will ensure that children in need will have new books — stories at bedtime, the chance to be transported to another world, and the opportunity to return to normalcy.
Every $2.50 you contribute will provide a new book to a child affected by the storm.
Your impact will also be DOUBLED as each gift of $2.50 will be matched by an additional book from First Book’s publishing partners.
Image, which I hope is self-explanatory, by Darien Library.
One of the first places I went after the storm was over was the local library. I was supposed to work the day earlier because our librarian literally couldn’t get to work, but then wound up not working because there was no power at the library. My local library suffered no storm damage. Other libraries weren’t as lucky. The Department of Libraries in Vermont has been terrific both in trying to contact every library as well as informing the other librarians statewide about what needs to be done, who is in trouble and how to apply for FEMA grants now that libraries are an essential service (again thanks thanks thanks to all the people who lobbied to have that done). Here are some links to people doing things that may be instructive or useful for you either in figuring out who to help or in managing crises like this in the future.
I’ve spent a lot of the past few days checking out the pages on Facebook where a lot of the communication about the recovery efforts are taking place. In case you’re curious, here are some of the pages where a lot of the local recovery work and information dispersal is actually happening
In an effort to raise money for Japanese earthquake relief, singer Justin Bieber sent a lock of his hair on tour and fans around the country have paid $1 to take a picture with it. Mimicking the young pop star, author David Thorne has sent a lock of his own hair on a bookstore tour.
Thorne’s editor, Michael Solana, explained in the release: “Thorne declared war on Justin Bieber last month with his site HelpMeSellMoreBooksThanJustinBieber.com. A 10-city tour of his hair was kind of inevitable.”
Thorne’s hair will spend three days in each store. For every location that hosts the Thorne lock, Penguin Group (USA)’s Tarcher/Penguin will donate $200 to the National Children’s Cancer Society.
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I have come across some neat ways artists are doing what they can to help raise money to fund relief efforts for Japan. I want to share them with you. If you choose to take part, whether you're donating art or purchasing it, you're helping. That's pretty great. Please feel free to leave any additions to this list in the comments. Thanks!
Call for Art: Art for Japan
The "Art For Japan" auction will be held in early April 2011. The call for art is happening now, so if you are an artist interested in helping with your art, here's one way. All funds will go to AmeriCares. AmeriCares is a nonpartisan and nondenominational organization which uses 99% of its revenue on its charitable programs. Art for Japan's organizers did homework to find a charity to donate to that upholds certain important standards and they found that AmeriCares rated four stars on CharityNavigator.org. I appreciate that fact. Art For Japan does not a web site yetbut you can email [email protected] for more info. If you would like to contribute, deadline for receiving donations is March 31, 2011. I will be donating a couple of prints myself, so please stay tuned!
Raffle: Japan Quake Appeal by Bari J.
Bari J., a fabric, sewing pattern and surface designer extraordinaire, is holding a Japan relief raffle on her blog. The prize is fantastic - a beautiful handmade purse she made herself with her own Country Lane fabric. It is even made with one of her own sewing patterns (Hell-ooo! It this too cute, or what?!) She is also adding a pack of her Country Lane fabric as well as some cool charms to the raffle prize. Donating and joining the raffle is easy to do, and because you complete your donation before you officially enter the raffle, it's a nice feeling to know that your donation is already in the pipeline. Instructions are on her blog post (please click here and then scroll down to the second blog post on March 16, 2011.) The drawing will be held on March 26, 2011 so if you want to enter the raffle, don't wait!
Other sites: Kelly Light's Ripple Blog
the Ripple blog art auction
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Thanks Jessamyn. I’ve added some updated info to the LT wiki but we certainly are happy to add any further info as we can get it.
Why not ask other libraries to send you books – - we work with the friends of the library and there are tons of quality childrens books being discarded and sold for ten cents by this nations libraries. As a librarian, you should be able to ask your collegues to send you their discards to replace your lost books. Donations from individuals are nice, but it would seem you could do better by asking your fellow librarians for help.
In response to Clayton’s comment: While you are correct that other libraries could send books, right now any library dealing with flooding cannot deal with books being sent their way. They do not have the space to store them, nor the staff time to process them. My library (Howe Library, Hanover, NH) intends to help the West Hartford, VT library, but we will wait until they have dealt with the immediate crisis. In addition, many library discards are discarded for a reason — very worn out, old information, etc. We need to make certain we donate good quality materials to the libraries in need.
The Norwich Bookstore, Norwich, VT, is working with the West Hartford Library to set up a fund for future book purchases as well as offering discounts to individuals who are moved to purchase new books – especially the classic picture books – for this neighborhood treasure. We know they are not ready to receive any books now, so we will help track what has been donated and store books until the shelves are ready. Aileen Gillett, the West Hartford librarian, will provide a wish list down the road, after the initial clean out is done.
Excellent post, as always, Jessamyn.
NJ has a list of libraries affected/not affected by Hurricane Irene, and although not complete, it is helpful. Here’s the link: http://ldb.njstatelib.org/ldb_news/2011/aug/31/hurricane_irenes_effect_on_nj_libraries
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