You may have received this message from Turner Masland through the libs-or mailing list, if not, here is a neat way to help out libraries around the country. And as of this post, Oregon has climbed to #4 in the fund-raising totals with $250!
"Hopefully by now you have all heard of
EveryLibrary - a start up National PAC whose mission is to build financial and tactical support to ensure that local library initiatives pass at the ballot box.
EveryLibrary is attempting to raise $50,000 by November 7th. This money will be used to (A) Fundraise nationally to transfer "seed money" to local ballot committees and PACs; (B) Hire great campaign consultants to make sure we do voter outreach and education right; and (C) Fund full time staff to keep the PAC engine growing for future success.
In an attempt to hit this goal by election day, (founder)
John Chrastka has put forth a challenge to every state to raise $1,000. Here are how the top six states are doing so far:
NY - $1185
NJ - $700
CA - $255
CO - $145
TX - $125
OR - $110
Oregon is still in it to win it! We are only $890 short. Which means, if 89 people each threw in $10, we could hit $1000 in no time
.
Donating can be done online here:
http://tinyurl.com/OR4ELPAC
You can also follow our progress on
Facebook and
Twitter.
If you haven't already, be sure to read John's great article over at
American Libraries."
