Salinas Public Library Crisis
NATIONAL | April 4, 2005
In Steinbeck's Birthplace, a Fight to Keep the Libraries Open
By CAROLYN MARSHALL
Unless Salinas, Calif., can raise $500,000 by June 30, the John Steinbeck, Cesar Chavez and El Gabilan Libraries will be shuttered, victims of the city's budget shortfall.
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Have you heard that Salinas wants to close all of its public libraries for lack of funds?
The good people at CodePink had a read-in this past weekend.
They also have an online petition that they're going to present to Schwarzenegger.
Can you tell people about it?
Pamie-lovers love libraries!
thank you!
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Hi Pam, You may have already heard about this, but just in case, I wanted to alert you to the impending library closings in Salinas, California. Salinas is the exact kind of community that desperately needs libraries--with a large population of migrant farmworkers and low-income families, kids in Salinas need the affirmative support for reading that comes with a library. I don't have a fundraising plan or a drive to suggest, but given your site's historic support for California libraries, I thought you might have ideas of ways to help. Happy birthday! Gretchen Hoff (faithful pamie.com reader)
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News on the Demonstration.
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I'm so happy to see the national attention thrown at this closing library. They've been fighing for months now.
Here's the Friends of the Salinas Public Library website. They're collecting donations for their book sale at the end of the month. You could send them something Media Mail rate and have it reach them in time.
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Save Salinas Libraries
In Steinbeck's Birthplace, a Fight to Keep the Libraries Open
By CAROLYN MARSHALL
Unless Salinas, Calif., can raise $500,000 by June 30, the John Steinbeck, Cesar Chavez and El Gabilan Libraries will be shuttered, victims of the city's budget shortfall.
---
Have you heard that Salinas wants to close all of its public libraries for lack of funds?
The good people at CodePink had a read-in this past weekend.
They also have an online petition that they're going to present to Schwarzenegger.
Can you tell people about it?
Pamie-lovers love libraries!
thank you!
--
Hi Pam, You may have already heard about this, but just in case, I wanted to alert you to the impending library closings in Salinas, California. Salinas is the exact kind of community that desperately needs libraries--with a large population of migrant farmworkers and low-income families, kids in Salinas need the affirmative support for reading that comes with a library. I don't have a fundraising plan or a drive to suggest, but given your site's historic support for California libraries, I thought you might have ideas of ways to help. Happy birthday! Gretchen Hoff (faithful pamie.com reader)
--
News on the Demonstration.
--
I'm so happy to see the national attention thrown at this closing library. They've been fighing for months now.
Here's the Friends of the Salinas Public Library website. They're collecting donations for their book sale at the end of the month. You could send them something Media Mail rate and have it reach them in time.
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Save Salinas Libraries
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