[StBernard] St. Bernard Parish Library needs your help

Westley Annis westley at da-parish.com
Sun Jan 21 23:34:00 EST 2007


Editors note: Although I sent this message out earlier this week, I'm
sending it again since I've now included a link so that you can send your
comments through the Internet.

<http://tinyurl.com/2aeavd>

-----Original Message-----
Representatives from the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund and the Americans for
Libraries Council will begin working with the St. Bernard Parish Library in
February 2007. The Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund is helping libraries
devastated by Hurricane Katrina with the "brick and mortar" phase of library
restoration.

Officials from both groups recognize the important role public libraries
played in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Public libraries provided
invaluable services to displaced residents by means of free internet access,
free gathering areas, information centers and community support. Without
these services many hurricane victims would have had no way to communicate
with loved ones, file FEMA and SBA applications, check on the status of
various applications and seek information regarding their hometowns.

As part of this process, St. Bernard Parish Library staff members are
working with representatives of the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund and the
Americans for Libraries Council by collecting materials to be included in
the 'St. Bernard Parish Library Book."

Staff members are asking library patrons to put in writing their responses
to two questions. Those questions are "What does your library mean to you?"
and "What would you like to see in your new library?" Patrons who submit
letters are asked to provide current contact information should their
responses be chosen to be included in the library's book. Parish residents
interested in helping can send their letters to the following address:

St. Bernard Parish Library
C/O Janet Perez
P.O. Box 783
Violet LA 70092

Once the St. Bernard Parish Library Book is completed, it will be used as a
tool and information source for groups and individuals interested in aiding
the parish's library in its rebuilding process.
St. Bernard Parish Library staff members hope that many of its patrons will
submit letters of support. Prior to Hurricane Katrina, the library served
its patrons by providing reading materials, free internet access,
storytimes, afterschool programs, adult programs, reference materials and
assistance, meeting space, and community resources and they are anxious to
be able to provide these types of services again.





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