What a good idea, and I love the names of the membership levels! Press release below: Kam McEvoy
Library Friends Offer New "Perks" for Membership According to current President Sheryl Baker, the Friends of the Dripping Springs Community Library will hold a new membership drive May 14-20 at the library, located at 501 Sportsplex Drive. Baker said representatives will be on hand at the following times to encourage involvement in Friends' activities and to explain the new "perks" being offered for various levels of membership: * Thursday, May 14, from 3-6 p.m. * Friday, May 15, from 9 a.m. until noon * Monday, May 18, from 3-5 p.m. * Tuesday, May 19, from 10 a.m. until noon * Wednesday, May 20, from 3 to 6 p.m. "Friends membership dollars benefit the entire community through the books, programs and services they help to provide. Now, in addition to the satisfaction of aiding a worthy cause," Baker said, new members will receive the following: * Caldecott (contributing $20): 1 overdue book fine forgiveness coupon, 1 coupon for 2 free paperbacks and 1 coupon good for half off on any one purchase made from the used books shelves at the library * Newberry ($30): a newly designed Friends of the Library coffee mug * Nobel ($50): a limited edition designer book bag created by library staffer Tatjana Versaggi with fabric donated by Le Ragge Rugs * Lone Star ($75): a book plaque in your name will be placed in one of the new book titles purchased by the library * Pulitzer ($100): a commemorative Christmas tree ornament designed by local glass artist Deniece Waite * Carnegie ($200): two tickets to the next "Christmas in the Hills" Tour of Homes Baker explained that the new premiums are cumulative in nature. "Join at any level and receive all the premiums for that level and for the ones preceding it," she said.. For those unable to stop by during the membership drive itself, she noted that membership forms are always available at the library, or online at dscl.org. At this year's annual meeting of the Friends, Baker presented a check worth $6,715 to Librarian Cara Russell, to help with expansion of the library's role as a cultural arts center in the community. Those funds were raised via membership dues and the annual "Christmas in the Hills" Tour of Homes. According to Russell, the money will be used primarily for special programs and marketing needs. She is allocating $2,000 to be spent on volunteer appreciation gifts, a new "Summer Fun" program to be held on Wednesday afternoons, and to cover costs of promotion, printing and prizes for the summer reading incentive program. Another $2,000 is set aside for marketing needs, to help advertise programs being held at the library, and $1,700 will help with travel costs and enrollment in professional education workshops, she said. The Friends funds will pay for 4 staffers' membership dues in the Texas Library Association, and $250 is being used to provide shirts for staff members. Work on the 2009 Tour of Homes is already under way. Now's a good time to find out how to help the Friends make it one of the best.
