Kickstart Community

Caring

Janet McAllister – Director

Rochester Public Library District

Rochester PLD Facts:

• Director and 3 Full Time Employees

• 9 Part Time Employees

• District Population 7,993

• Annual Budget $400,000

WHY?

• EVERYONE has food in their pantry with“Boxtops for Education”

• EVERYONE wants to help their local school district

• Not EVERYONE has children in your local school district

• Patrons without children Can’t Just Walk into your local SCHOOL

• COLLECTING at your Library is the Perfect Solution!

In the Beginning

• Annual Food for Fines

• Coat Drive

Establish Community Partnerships

• local organizations – also within our county

• "ask & listen" approach

• materials needed

• times convenient

• frequency preferred

Community Donation Center

• Continuous Donations

• Local School - Boxtops for Education - 500+ collected

• Big Brothers Big Sisters – over 50 games

• Lions Club - 140 pairs of glasses

• Boys and Girls Club – Several boxes of books and games

• Girl Scouts - Plastic Bag Recycle – Local Food Bank

• Sangamon County Juvenile Detention Center - 6 boxes of books

Donation Center

Community Donation Center

• Monthly Donations

• American Cancer Society - 14 headscarves (made by local Girl Scouts)

• Breast Cancer Awareness – Beautiful Bra

• Forever Home Feline Ranch - bags of fleece for blankets and food

• 4-H – Collected Milk Caps

• Autism Society of Illinois

• Alzheimer's Association

Community Donations

• Monthly Donations

• The Outlet - Bicycle Recycling

• Toys for Tots

• Dove Tree – Sojourn House

• Festival of Trees

Community Donations

• Little Dresses for Africa – Pillow Case Dress

• Allison’s Angel Gowns – Wedding Gowns

• Project Linus

Brainstorm & Consider

• Community Needs

• Potential Partners

• Unique Projects

• Leave the Library Building

• Marketing & Outreach

Can Your Library Do it?

• YES!

• Most organizations will pick up the items donated!

• Little space is needed – start with just one basket/box to collect items in!

• Very little staff time is required!

• People want to give – sometimes they just don’t know where to go – YOU

make it EASY!

Questions?

• Contact: Janet McAllister - Director@rochesterlibrary.org

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