MEDIA
ALERT/PHOTO
For Immediate Release Contact:
Suzanne Thinnes
412.578.2458
Supporters of Carnegie Library of
PITTSBURGH, June 6, 2011 – Our Library, Our Future will kick-off with
a day of activities and information on Wednesday, June 8 beginning at 10:30 am
at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh -Main in Oakland and continuing in the late
afternoon/early evening at locations across the city.
Our Library, Our Future is a community-based
initiative that has been organized to raise awareness about the need to provide
financial support for Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and the critical services
that the Library provides.
Who: Mary Frances Cooper (Deputy Director, Carnegie Library of
Judge
Frank Lucchino and Councilman Patrick Dowd (Co-Chairs, Joint Committee on
Sustainable
Library Funding)
Suzy
Scherf (Our Library, Our Future
spokesperson)
Library
users
Supporters
of the Our Library, Our Future initiative
What: Kick-off of Our Library, Our
Future initiative
Photo
opportunities: children, seniors and other Library users telling their stories,
art installation (flags representing Our
Library, Our Future)
When: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 10:30
am- 12 pm(Press conference at
11:30 am)
Where: Carnegie Library of
Front Steps (in the event of inclement weather the
briefing will take place in the Library’s main lobby)
CLP-Allegheny,
5:30 pm(Special interest: local band and Library card costume)
CLP-Beechview,
4 pm (Special interest: local teen band)
CLP-Homewood,
5:00 pm (Special interest: Jazz Workshop, Salsamba- a Latin jazz band)
CLP-Lawrenceville,
4:30 pm (Special interest: Lemonade stand)
CLP-Squirrel Hill, 4:30 pm
(Special interest: Rally signs, parade in business district and
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