Library-spirited gift ideas

November

The Desmond-Fish Library is Garrison is looking for some holiday gifts of its own and is making the shopping quite easy. The creative librarians have come up a holiday idea that is sure to warm the hearts of the givers and benefit the library for a long while to come.

The library’s annual holiday boutique opens Saturday, Nov. 29 where it sells items made by local artists and crafts people. Proceeds benefit the library. But the library is hoping for some other gifts and to that end will have a “Wish List” hanging about with ideas. This year, the library is hoping gift-givers also remember their beloved institution of knowledge and learning which is struggling under recent budget cuts.

“The boutique features many talented local artisans, and a portion of all sales benefit the library. It is a wonderful place to find gifts, but we hope that you will also consider another kind of holiday gift this season,” Library Director Carol Donick wrote in a recent email. “The recession is taking its toll on the library. Our income is down (we’ve just been told that we will be receiving $5,000 less from the town of Philipstown) at the same time that more people than ever have recognized that using the library is a great way to save money. In this time of financial difficulties we hope that some of our patrons might be interested in helping the library add more books and other items to its collection. One of my favorite activities as a librarian is picking out new books for the library, and I’ve enjoyed choosing many new books, books on CD, and DVD’s which we cannot afford to buy to add to the library’s wish list. ”

The library has even registered its “Wish List” with Amazon.com so givers don’t have to search around for a particular item.

Choices include:

•”Martha Stewart’s Cooking School” by Martha Stewart

•”Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China” by Leslie T. Chang

•”DogFriendly.com’s East Coast Dog Travel Guide” by Tara Kain and Len Kain

This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 12:56 pm by Barbara Nackman.
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