Did You Get the Blast?

Several of the innovations of the past year or two at your Pleasant Valley Free Library concern communications. These range from the automated phone calls for overdue books to an improved--and soon to be improved further--Website and, of course, this blog. We are trying also to use old forms of communication better, such as more frequent announcements of events in the local newspapers and calendars. And how about the Friend's sandwich signs announcing book sales!

If we have your email address, we now use a sophisticated system to send you an email newsletter each month, designed and assembled by Trustee Kathy Morris and Director Daniela Pulice. The same system can be used for sending out individual notices of coming events. The colorful, one-page announcements are called "blasts."

If you are on the email list, you just got the latest blast, announcing the details on the all-you-can-eat breakfast at Chile's. For $5 per person--all proceeds going to the Building Expansion Fund--you get pancakes, bacon, sausages, and drinks. The event is from 8 to 10 on December 5, this coming Saturday. Tickets are available at the library.

The food and location are both donated by Chile's, the restaurant on Route 9 across from the Galleria. Join your fellow patrons, have a great time, and support the Building Expansion.

SAVE THESE DATES

The Building Expansion fundraising effort is shifting into a higher gear for fall. The photo above represents just one of several opportunities to enjoy yourself while also contributing to the funds for adding 5,000 square feet to the Library, which has been recognized as needed for nearly ten years. Here are some of the events you should keep in mind (but not all of them, since some dates are still being firmed up):

September 19-20: Pleasant Valley Days will include a paperback book sale by the Friends of the Pleasant Valley Library. (Remember that if you click on text that is in color and underlined, you will link to an appropriate Website.) The fundraising opportunity at this event for the Building Expansion is that this is when tickets will go on sale for the first of the Library concert series. Sales of donated paperback books will benefit the Friends.

September 26-27: Pleasant Valley Library weekend at Barnes and Noble (Route 9, south of Poughkeepsie). A percentage of your purchases will be donated by B&N to the Building Expansion fund. Among other planned events, you can take in a book reading by well-known children's book author Susanna Hill.

November 7: The kick-off concert in our series. All the proceeds of this concert, which features Helen Avakian and Terry Champlin (see photo above), will go toward the Building Expansion fund. The folk and classical-guitar concert is set for 7:30 p.m. at the Pleasant Valley Presbyterian Church. Light refreshments will follow the music.

December 5: An all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast at Chile's (near Bed, Bath, and Beyond across from the Galleria on Route 9). Ticket prices have not been set yet, but they will be low compared to what one might normally pay. All the proceeds, not just a percentage, go to the Building Expansion fund. Maximum number admitted is only 200, so be sure to get your tickets early.