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MEDIA ALERT/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

 

 

For Immediate Release                                                                                    Contact:   Suzanne Thinnes

                                                                                                                        412.578.2458

                                                                                                                       

Supporters of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Kick-Off Effort to Help Secure the Future of the Library

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 Pittsburgh)

            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 PittsburghMain

            4400 Forbes Avenue, Oakland

            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 Murray the Squirrel costume)

 

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