Podcast: McGuire family sells lemonade to help libraries
This afternoon, as I was walking through the conference center with Kathleen Hughes, I saw out of the corner of my eye a flutter of yellow balloons. Outside near the shuttle buses, a the McGuire family, Bob, Meg, Miles (the 8-year old Marketing Mastermind for the stand), and Callan (a.k.a Cal, the 7-year old Idea Man behind the brilliant idea) had set up a lemonade stand with the express mission of raising money for their library, the Smith Library in Lakeview, part of the New Orleans Public Library system. I had the pleasure of interviewing them for the very first podcast here on the PLA Blog.
Have a listen (the MP3 clip is just over 9 minutes long)! You can check out more pictures of their awesome operation here.
By all reports, the family will be back tomorrow, stationed right near the shuttle buses here at the Morial Conference Center. Stop by, have some fabulous lemonade (made with real lemons!), and experience the wonder of an action plan that came to be literally *overnight*. Since they are interested in making this a nation-wide grass-roots effort, we’ll be posting contact information for them as soon as we get it.
This is our first experimental foray into podcasting here at the PLA Blog. Let us know what you think!
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There are 3 Comments to "Podcast: McGuire family sells lemonade to help libraries"
[...] A bunch of people are already there, and I’m very jealous. Blog posts are starting to filter in, and I find Andrea’s post over at the PLA blog to be absolutely adorable. A couple of kids came up with the idea of selling lemonade outside the convention, with profits going to local damaged libraries. The shots she put on Flickr are great as well. [...]
Hear hear! And I can attest to the long hours Andrea’s put into this to make it work. Great job, PLA blog manager!
[...] Will I be podcasting from PodCamp? I hope so. The PLA Blog had a successful toe in the podcasting water at ALA with the lemonade for libraries story, and we’d like to do more, especially at conferences. While I had PLA digital recording gear at my disposal in New Orleans, a podcast can be recorded straight to a laptop, so I’ll hopefully be able to record something of substance and interest. Otherwise, I’m walking into the conference like a total newbie with nothing but a laptop and a sense of adventure. I’m sure I’ll be able to hook something up with the help of my new podcasting friends. [...]