A Priceless Gift

When Judi and her father visited the Library Gift Store recently, they agreed to share with the entire CMPL community a special event in their family's life. With the aid of her computer Judi created a real treasure. Here are Judi's words.

    "My Dad and I took this marvelous journey together through his childhood memories. We used questions from the journal 'Grandpa, tell me your memories…' as a guide. I asked the questions and took notes, Dad told the stories. We thoroughly enjoyed the time spent together with much laughter and joy inspired by the recollections…a priceless gift at Christmas when the family gathered. This is a gift that touches both the giver and receiver."

We hope you will stop at the Library Gift Store to see a few pages from this wonderful journal and decide to begin a family legacy of your own. Another visitor, Kay, found her mother's journal an "insightful look at both pain and joy throughout my mother's childhood and teenage years."

Check out the guided journals at the Library Gift Store. The next "best book" you and your family read might be your own. Don't miss it!

  Giving and Getting

Word and phrases change across generations--and sometimes after only months. Added value has become a more fashionable phrase for what some folks once called a bonus.

  With your purchase of gift store merchandise you get items that you enjoy AND give funding directly to the library. Whether you prefer calling this a bonus or added value, everyone benefits.

  The Library Gift Store offers EXTRA SERVICES for library customers, too. Personal CDs, DVDs or videogames can be repaired. The repair cost for a CD or DVD is $3 per disc and $5 each for videogame discs. Look for the coupon in the January-April 2008 Library Matters for even greater savings in repair prices through May 1, 2008.

  MORE? By April 1 you can send a fax at the gift store. The price is $2.00 for the first page and $1.00 for each additional page.

   PLUS, our volunteers are happy to help you with information about scheduled library programs or referrals to library staff.

The Library Gift Store supports CMPL's mission to provide excellent library services, collections, programs and facilities.