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Rochester Public Library needs support in uncertain economy
Mon, Jan 7th, 2013
Posted in Rochester Arts & Culture
Posted in Rochester Arts & Culture
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Rochester Public Library had salsa dancing last year as part of fundraising. Photo submitted
The noise level at Rochester Public Library is increasing. Somewhere on the precipice of the fiscal cliff, or perhaps mid-air just beyond, the library’s free public resources are in high demand.
John Hunziker, Communications Chief of Rochester Public Library says, “The library is finding that the uncertain economy is driving more and more people to take advantage of everything that the library offers.”
With less and less money in the average person’s pockets, those with ever-tightening belts are finding it prudent to forego the Netflix subscription for the Library DVD stock, to pass up the Amazon.com impulse buy and place a book hold, to save $30 bucks a month in Charter bills and make the library their home office with Internet access.
Says Hunziker, “Every morning the library lobby is filled with people waiting to access our internet to both find and apply for jobs. Most everyone requires online applications and not everyone has a high speed computer, internet at home, email and the skills required to use them.”
To raise money to support staff and maintain resources, the Rochester Public Library on January 19 will temporarily lift the Whisper Rule and replace it with three more appealing W’s—Wit, Wisdom, and Wine. It will be the twelfth iteration of an annual festival in which patrons are welcomed to support the public library in gala attire for a silent auction, wine and hors d’oeuvres, jewelry raffle, and engaging speakers.
Last year, Wit, Wisdom and Wine offered Salsa dancing (pictured). This year, ten featured presenters will discuss topics of interest in themed breakout sessions. You can sit in on Father Nick Mezacapa recounting his personal Seven Wonders of the World, Dr. Jon Ebbert on food addiction (and perhaps book addiction?), or Johnny Mangouras (Chef Mango) as he reveals culinary secrets in a session entitled “Food and Wine: the World’s Longest Lasting Love Affair.”
Further, Rochester Art Center will be on site to host a “collaborative art project” in which attendees will work together to create a portion of a larger collage which will be displayed at the Rochester Public Library. Among the items to bid on at the silent auction will be art projects assembled from discarded books.
Tickets are $75 per person ($85 per person after January 11), and registration forms are available at the library or online at rochesterpubliclibrary.org.
For those who can, now is a critical time to keep the doors open at Rochester Public Library—a local resource that does nothing else but open doors for the community facing uncertain times.
John Hunziker, Communications Chief of Rochester Public Library says, “The library is finding that the uncertain economy is driving more and more people to take advantage of everything that the library offers.”
With less and less money in the average person’s pockets, those with ever-tightening belts are finding it prudent to forego the Netflix subscription for the Library DVD stock, to pass up the Amazon.com impulse buy and place a book hold, to save $30 bucks a month in Charter bills and make the library their home office with Internet access.
Says Hunziker, “Every morning the library lobby is filled with people waiting to access our internet to both find and apply for jobs. Most everyone requires online applications and not everyone has a high speed computer, internet at home, email and the skills required to use them.”
To raise money to support staff and maintain resources, the Rochester Public Library on January 19 will temporarily lift the Whisper Rule and replace it with three more appealing W’s—Wit, Wisdom, and Wine. It will be the twelfth iteration of an annual festival in which patrons are welcomed to support the public library in gala attire for a silent auction, wine and hors d’oeuvres, jewelry raffle, and engaging speakers.
Last year, Wit, Wisdom and Wine offered Salsa dancing (pictured). This year, ten featured presenters will discuss topics of interest in themed breakout sessions. You can sit in on Father Nick Mezacapa recounting his personal Seven Wonders of the World, Dr. Jon Ebbert on food addiction (and perhaps book addiction?), or Johnny Mangouras (Chef Mango) as he reveals culinary secrets in a session entitled “Food and Wine: the World’s Longest Lasting Love Affair.”
Further, Rochester Art Center will be on site to host a “collaborative art project” in which attendees will work together to create a portion of a larger collage which will be displayed at the Rochester Public Library. Among the items to bid on at the silent auction will be art projects assembled from discarded books.
Tickets are $75 per person ($85 per person after January 11), and registration forms are available at the library or online at rochesterpubliclibrary.org.
For those who can, now is a critical time to keep the doors open at Rochester Public Library—a local resource that does nothing else but open doors for the community facing uncertain times.
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