Good morning, My library is also thinking of running this program for this year's summer reading program. We are going to set up a mailbox in the library to avoid giving out personal information to other patrons. We will ask patrons when they register for our program whether they want to participate in this or not. Those who do want to participate, we will assign them someone random out of others who are also participating in the program. Whenever they would like to drop off letters for their pen pals, they may do so using the library mailbox. Then, myself or another staff member will reach out to the pen pal and let them know there is a letter to pick up. I wish you well in this endeavor - it's a super fun idea! On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 11:07 AM Director via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:
Good morning everyone,
My library staff came up with a great idea to go along with this year's "All Together Now" summer reading program, wherein we would set up a pen pal program with the Indian River County Library in Florida, active throughout SRP (from one Indian River to another).
However, I am having a hard time working out the details around what this process would look like - if your library has done a pen pal program, can you share the procedure and any other information that would help guide us? Thank you in advance and I am happy to share responses!
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