Grow a Library Report 2009

Our campaign for the Mojo Reading Room in Mojo, Ethiopia, is being conducted in conjunction with the Canadian Organization for Development through Education (CODE). 

 

The campaign has started with lots of momentum, and there is a great committee behind it.   Activities have included a general call to the membership for support, targeted fundraisers at the conference, and individual library challenges to colleagues to raise funds through casual days, raffles and bake sales.   The challenges started with one from the Dal SIM student chapter of CLA and a subsequent donation which was much appreciated.

 

Committee members include: Jessica Babineau (Dal SIM), Sue Adams (STFX), Mary Landry (Eastern Counties Regional Library), Jennifer Richard (Acadia), Su Cleyle (MUN), Lorraine Jackson (MUN), Donna Bourne-Tyson (Mount Saint Vincent University), Sarah Gladwell (Saint John Free Public Library), and Tanja Harrison (Acadia).   Thanks go to Donald Moses for outstanding technical and artistic support.

 

So far over $1300 has been raised, and we are confident we will meet our target of $2500 in the coming year.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Donna Bourne-Tyson

Chair, Grow a Library Committee

 

 

At the APLA Conference in Halifax in June, you will be greeted by Grow a Library Committee members shortly after you leave the Registration Desk. We will be selling Grow a Library stickers for $5.00 and you won’t want to leave the lobby without one! 

 

You’ll see delegates throughout the conference halls proudly sporting the Grow a Library sticker on their badges and you might feel naked without one! Please bring your $5.00 in cash and don’t forget to pick up your badge sticker when you arrive. 

 

There will be additional opportunities during the conference to make a donation and enter a draw to win a big basket of fair trade and APLA goodies. You can also go online to make a donation directly to CODE at: http://www.codecan.org/en/get-involved/adopt-a-library/find-a-library/mojo