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Advocacy, Programs

Advocate for libraries at our Postcard Party

Our next library advocacy Postcard Party will be on Tuesday, September 25th from 11-1 (feel free to come a little early, or stay a little late, we’re flexible!) We will be having a lunchtime Postcard Party at the lovely Munsinger Gardens in St. Cloud.

Why do we hold these events? School, public, academic, special libraries and archives all serve important roles and assist their communities in different ways. Libraries deserve funding and support, so let’s spread that message!

For this postcard party we are focusing on local officials and decision makers. That means school boards, city council members, principals, and more. We will again provide library advocacy postcards, postage, and yummy snacks to fuel your advocacy efforts! If you are unsure of the identity of your local officials, do some research beforehand otherwise we’re happy to help you out.

Hope to see you there!

Advocacy, CMLE

Fall Library Advocacy Postcard Party!

Are your fall calendars filling up already? Ours are too, even though it still feels very summery outside! We want to make sure you add our next Library Advocacy Postcard Party to your plans!

On Tuesday, September 25th from 11-1 (feel free to come a little early, or stay a little late, we’re flexible!) we will be having a lunchtime Postcard Party at the lovely Munsinger Gardens in St. Cloud.

This casual event will be similar to our past postcard parties, but this time we are focusing on local officials and decision makers. That means school boards, city council members, principals, and more.

These people need to be aware of the need for strong libraries of all types in their communities! School, public, academic, special libraries and archives all serve important roles and help people in different ways. Libraries deserve funding and support, so let’s spread that message!

We will again provide library advocacy postcards, postage, and yummy snacks to fuel your advocacy efforts! If you are unsure of the identity of your local officials, do some research beforehand otherwise we’re happy to help you out.

*Special note: if you are really into planning ahead, we already have our winter Postcard Party scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 18 from 3-5pm at the Local Blend in St. Joe*

Advocacy, CMLE, Communication

Postcard Party Success!

Thank you to all our members that were able to join us last week at the Local Blend in St. Joe for our Library Advocacy Postcard Party! 

The goal behind our Postcard Parties is to share the value of libraries with legislators and other library stakeholders who may not hear enough about the incredible work that takes place in libraries. We need to take the time to let them know about the importance of all types of libraries: schools, public, special, and academic!

We were able to mail a nice stack of postcards to our various legislators. If you missed the party, we do have extra postcards and are happy to share! Stop by CMLE HQ to write out a few to your legislators, School Board members, or other stakeholders, and we’d be happy to get them mailed for you. Library advocacy is so important!

Advocacy, CMLE

Tomorrow: Library Advocacy Postcard Party at the Local Blend!

Need an excuse to share happy stories about what you’ve accomplished at your library this year? Looking for a chance to cool off with a beverage and chat with other library people? Tomorrow is your chance to do all these things!

Join CMLE at the Local Blend in St. Joseph from 3-5pm tomorrow, Thursday May 31st for another Library Advocacy Postcard Party! 

 

We will provide postcards (with new designs!), library facts, addresses for state and federal legislators (if you have information for principals or school board members, bring those along too), and sample text of what to write on your postcard. Plus, we’ll mail all the postcards for you so don’t worry about postage.

If postcards aren’t your thing, feel free to use social media, email, or make a few phone calls. Our main goal is to spread the word to library stakeholders about how valuable and essential all types of libraries are to our communities.

We hope to see you there! If you have questions, send us an email at admin@cmle.org.

 

Advocacy

Join us in May for library fun and advocacy!

We have such fun members in our system, and we love the chance to get to spend time with all of you! So how about we get together and do some library advocacy work?

Join us next week on Thursday, May 31st from 3pm-5pm at the Local Blend in St. Joe, writing postcards (or emails or Tweets or whatever method you prefer) to library stakeholders to make sure they understand just how vital libraries  are to our communities. Public, academic, school, and special libraries – we need them all!!

We will provide postcards (with new designs!), library facts, addresses for state and federal legislators (if you have information for principals or school board members, bring those along too), and sample text of what to write on your postcard. Plus, we’ll mail all the postcards for you so don’t worry about postage.

We’ve been so pleased with the success of our postcard parties in the past and hope you can join us for this one! Looking forward to seeing you next week! 🙂