Based on a chat with Food Front’s Tom Mattox about doing something in and with the local community, AND an article about a nifty program in Spencerport, New York, the url for which is here… http://librarytrends.wordpress.com/2006/11/25/expanding-our-horizons/#comment-40 …I propose to do a partnership with local businesses in a similar fashion. They can donate some money for what I’m guessing will be the newest ‘I Spy’ book and put donor bookplates in them, and we will go out and have them do a scavenger hunt to find obscure things in the local Northwest Portland neighborhood. When they come back with all twelve facts (or whatever), they get their free book and maybe a prize from one of the businesses, depending on how generous they are. I told Tom about my idea and he was very excited, as this seems to fit right in with his own thoughts about neighborhood events. Since he’s now on the board of the Nob Hill Business Association, he said he’d be glad to start the ball rolling with those folks. Naturally, I need to have some support from within MCL… I presume I’d best pester Rita, Selections, Penny and probably a few other people to make this a reality. I think May would be a good time, or perhaps late summer – it has to be a time when people are happy to be walking around with their families looking for things. Ideas would certainly be appreciated!
