Posted on 29 October 2024 by Chris Brown.
The Medicine Hat community has put its generosity on full display once again.
You probably know this, but cards are FREE here at Medicine Hat Public Library. That’s thanks to the generous local sponsors who have given to our A Library Card for Every Hatter program. With that typical $5 cost for an adult card covered, library staff in the spring began asking people registering for or renewing their library card if they would like to pay that $5 forward. Our plan was that when we got to $1,000 in pay-it-forward donations, we would get stickers for the cards to show they are free because of the community members who paid it forward.
We blew past $1,000 before we knew it. Then we had a busy summer around here and then the focus was on opening our Big Marble Go Centre location. So, we finally have those stickers on the cards now. The next 400 cards we give out will be stickered to show it is sponsored by “YOU: the MHPL community.”
THANK YOU!
There’s actually a silver lining to missing our original dollar figure for the stickers; October is Canadian Library Month and getting the stickers on the cards now fits nicely with the display inside our main entrance where people are sharing why they love the library.
We need to shoutout the What Matters to Hatters Coalition. The group aims to promote connection in the community and supports many local initiatives. The April theme for its Connecting with Care in Our Community campaign was “Pay It Forward” and encouraged people to do that at MHPL.
THANK YOU!
We didn’t spend all your donations on the current stickers so expect to see more sponsored by "YOU" stickers in the future.
If you would like to be next sponsor of our A Library Card for Every Hatter program, contact Chris at chrisb@shortgrass.ca or 403-502-8536 for more information.
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