From: Ester Library <library@esterrepublic.com>
Subject: RE: Readers on the Run!
In-Reply-To: RE: Readers on the Run!
Date: October 6th 2008

Thanks. We have a lot of fun with them. The music festival went fairly
well--not big enough crowds, but we did make more than last year, and
will be able to pay for heating oil and rent, which was our basic goal.

If you do a Readers on the Run sort of thing, keep us posted. We can
always use ideas to refine our own fundraisers, or new ideas to keep
our fundraisers lively.

Deirdre

On Oct 6, 2008, at 3:27 PM, freya.anderson@alaska.gov wrote:

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> What fun! I love reading about Ester's creative fundraisers, but I
> think that this one tops them all. I may have to borrow the idea
> for the Juneau chapter's next Publicity Tip of the Month.
>
> Freya
>
> From: library@esterrepublic.com [mailto:library@esterrepublic.com]
> Sent: Mon 10/6/2008 1:56 PM
> To: aklalist@akla.org
> Subject: [AKLA List] Readers on the Run!
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>
> (This is a AKLA List message, replies will go to the whole list.)
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> Here's our last fundraiser of the year, a new one we've never tried
> before. Please forward and post. Thanks!
> Deirdre
>
>
> Readers on the Run!
>
> Join us for this fun 5-kilometer footrace and poetry composition
> contest and fundraiser on Sunday, October 12! The race will start and
> end at the new John Trigg Ester Library grounds, looping through west
> Ester and the Tailings. Contestants will be judged on times and
> literary compositions, with extra credit for costumes. Come test your
> mind and body and help raise funds for the Ester library!
>
> Date & Location:
> Sunday, October 12, Village Road, Ester
>
> Rules:
> Entry/registration fee: $10
> Late registration: $15 (Oct. 10 through day of race)
> Race day registration starts at the starting point at 9 am
> Registration forms are available on line at www.! esterlibr html
>
> T-shirts available for entrants at race, entrants pay $10 for first
> shirt, $15 each additional (extras available to the public on first-
> come, first-serve basis after entrants have purchased their shirts).
> The logo is designed by local cartoonist Dan Darrow. Limited
> quantities of sweatshirts also available.
>
> Check-in time: 10 am
> Race start: 11 am
>
> Race starts at library grounds and makes three loops on the race
> course for a total of 5 kilometers. After each loop, runners/walkers
> stop at the library grounds poetry table, take a handful of magnetic
> poetry words, and assemble poems or a short prose piece out of the
> magnetic poetry. Contestants are given exactly one minute to compose
> their literary segment from the time they withdraw their hand from the
> bag. Contestants then proceed on to the next loop. Volunteers will
> copy down the literary composition, adding! the next BR>time around,
> to create each entrant's magnetic poetry composition.
> Compositions may be submitted as one three-part piece, or three
> separate pieces. At the conclusion of the race, literary pieces will
> be judged in a separate category. Marjorie Kowalski Cole, author of
> Correcting the Landscape and winner of the Bellweather Prize for
> Literature, will serve as the magnetic poetry judge.
>
> Award categories include: top times by age group; top literary
> compositions (children/adults); best costume.
>
> For more information, contact Ed Rouleau at 458-9550 or go to www.esterlibrary.com/readersontherun.html
> checks payable to JTEL
> PO Box 468, Ester AK 99725
>
> John Trigg Ester Library
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