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@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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