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Please pardon my lack of posting yesterday; I couldn’t get my login to work. I promise to make up for it tonight with a series of posts about my first two days at PLA. I have to say, that I’m definitely filling the “way too excited about everything” niche.

Wednesday, after our Party Bus arrived, I stood amongst the other librarians milling about, wondering what I could expect and what anyone could possibly want to talk to me about for two and a half hours. Once we were finally allowed to funnel into the dark hall — why was it so dark, anyway? No house lights? — I began to feel flutters of anticipation, but I still had no idea what inspiration there was in store.

“He had me at hello” was made for men like Jon Wood. I swear, 5 minutes in to his presentation, I was all teary. And then I figured out why the room was so dark — so people like me could hide and not feel quite so goofy about the premature tears.

Room to Read is one of those monumental efforts that could be daunting, but is, instead, exhilarating. It was only 10 minutes in when I dug through my bag, searching for a notebook and pen.  I wrote down two things: the url for the Room to Read website, and “What can I do to help?” Because Mr. Wood shows you just how easy it can be.

Every year during Summer Reading Program, we have our children work on a service project to see the importance of giving back. It wasn’t 15 minutes before I knew that Room to Read would be our project this year. We have a wishing well that the children can put their pocket money in and I’m going to approach a few local businesses about matching the childrens’ donations. At $1 a book, I think even my small town can make an impact.

Tags: PLA, pla08, PLA2008, RoomtoRead

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