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

[Holly Kirsten]

Both our staff and our the parks and rec staff had a flood of phone calls
in the past week, but with the help of our police department and the Warren
Astronomical Society we all survived. Our local newspaper got some pictures.

http://media.voicenews.com/2017/08/21/photos-solar-eclipse-viewing-party-in-chesterfield-township/#7

Holly Kirsten
Chesterfield Township Library

On Tuesday, August 22, 2017, ConnieJo Ozinga <cjozinga at commercelibrary.info>
wrote:

> What a miserable day.  We had 200 pairs, and we said we would be giving
> them away at our eclipse viewing party beginning at 1 p.m.  People started
> to line up at 7:30 and demanded I give them out now.  They all had a sob
> story.  Meanwhile back in the building two people are needed to answer all
> the phone calls about glasses.  In the last week we have probably had a
> thousand phone calls about eclipse glasses.  So I had angry people who
> didn't get any  screaming at me from the end of line, and at least one
> nasty post on facebook - I had to work its not fair.
>
> The people at the viewing party who had them were wonderful about sharing
> with those who didn't, and everyone tried out the pinhole viewing boxes.
>
> After this experience I am not sure I would do this again.  All anger
> about not enough glasses, very little appreciation.
>
> It's been a long time since I spent most of my work day outside. I am glad
> we stocked up on bottled water to hand out.
>
> Connie
>
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 3:16 PM, LVW Mary Russell <
> lvwoperations at llcoop.org
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','lvwoperations at llcoop.org');>> wrote:
>
>> 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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>
>
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> Connie Jo Ozinga
> Library Director
> Commerce Township Community Library
> 180 E. Commerce
> Commerce, MI 48390
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Holly Kirsten
Head of Youth Services  Chesterfield Township Library

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