Write a Love Letter for the San Marino Public Library

The San Marino Public Library has applied for a grant from the State of California for the rebuilding of our library. We need your help to win it! Write about how much you love the library, how you use it, and what it means to you.

Bring the letter in to us and we will forward it to the State Office of Library Construction as part of a package supporting our grant application. If you need some help writing your letter, visit http://sanmarinopl.org/support.pdf. Mix and match sample "talking points" listed there, or use your own.

Please address the letters to:

• Office of the State Librarian
• c/o San Marino Public Library
• 1890 Huntington Drive
• San Marino, CA 91108

The deadline to bring your letter to the Library has been extended to Saturday, August 28, 2004. To show our thanks, we will give every letter writer a certificate good for a free DVD or video rental from the library. If you have questions or would like to discuss the library project, call Carolyn Crain (300-0778) or Suzy Crowell (796-4200).

Patron Free Week

The San Marino Public Library will close from Sunday, August 29 through Monday, September 6 for our annual "Patron Free Week". During this week, the library staff dons their grubbies and tackles the tough cleaning that can't be done during the rest of the year. Librarians comb the collection to pick out old books that no one checks out any more. Clerks and pages wash, clean out, and move items that are way overdue for a good scrubbing. We welcome our public back on Tuesday, September 7 at 11:00 a.m., ready for the new school year and looking much improved after an intense week of work.