[Michlib-l] Did you survive eclipse day??

[BillieJo Bluemer]

We survived the eclipse! We had 200 pair of glasses to pass out (after
sharing our stock with other libraries) and did limit to 2 per family at our
event starting at 1:00 today. Everyone was patient and accepted our 2 pair
limit and we had over 500 people in attendance at our "little" library (not
everyone stayed here to view the eclipse). Our parking lot was full of
people--local and from outside our area--- sharing glasses to watch the
eclipse for over an  hour and a half. It did help that we fed them snacks of
Little Debbie's "Moonpies, Cosmic Brownies, and Star Crunchs".

While they all had fun, the staff is glad to no longer have to answer the
phone calls asking about the glasses.

We're glad it's over!


BillieJo Bluemer
Director
Rauchholz Memorial Library
1140 N Hemlock Rd
Hemlock MI 48626
989-642-8621
billiejo at rauchholzlibrary.org



-----Original Message-----
From: michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org] On
Behalf Of LVW Mary Russell
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 3:17 PM
To: michlib-l at mcls.org
Subject: [Michlib-l] Did you survive eclipse day??

We made it!!
We received 200 pairs of glasses and only passed them out at our 2 programs.

The first program was last month and 40 attended, so that left us 150 pairs
for today.  We held strong and did not pass any out ahead of time (whew,
that was hard!).
We expected maybe 100 people. We had activities such as coloring pages, word
search, galaxy slime, plus moon themed snacks and of course the coveted
eclipse glasses.  We ended up with more than 300 in attendance with many
waiting in line for 30 minutes or more to receive their glasses. We ran out
in the end and the last groups had to share. 
The best thing about the day, besides the awesome turnout, was the fact that
almost all were very respectful, calm, and willing to share. 
I hope your day went as well as ours! 

Mary Russell
Assistant Director
Tamarack District Library
832 S Lincoln Ave, Box 469
Lakeview, MI  48850
989-352-6274
tamaracklibrary.org

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