Eventually most of us figure out that being a friend is more than giving advice. More than giving away things and getting a tax deduction for it. It means showing up. Being there when needed.
Being a friend of the Eager Library is the same. As you travel this summer you will visit many towns the same size as Evansville. Be sure to visit the local library. You may be surprised. It may be closed. Many libraries have cut back summer service. Most make you feel glad to get back to Evansville.
The Friends of the Library have been a big part of what makes the Eager Library special in the summer. They provide the money for the prizes for the kids reading program. They have provided the money for some of the comforts of the kids reading room where kids just love to gather. They raise the money for these gifts from events such as the ice cream social on July 1.
So celebrate the Library on July 1 at the ice cream social. And while you are there join the Friends with a small donation. And while you are at it you might thank an Eager who is there for the original money that created the library. And thank a city official there for keeping the promise to keep the library free for all. And most importantly, celebrate the Library. Its one of the things that makes Evansville great.
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I grew up in a town much smaller than Eville, our library was in the home down the street. It is where I learned about birds and John James Audobon (sp?). I loved that place it was dark and dreary on the outside but the books took me to places I could only imagine. I went to Jamaica in that dusty old library, identified animals that I had seen on long summer walks.
ReplyDeleteI did my homework and special projects in that place.
I miss it, we are lucky to have the Eager Public Library.