Volunteers Needed!

Volunteers are needed for Summer Reading and special projects throughout the year.

The annual volunteer boot camp, where volunteers help staff prepare for Summer Reading, will be held May 26th through 28th.

Volunteers are needed for Registration Week June 1st through 6th to act as guides for registrants.

Throughout the 2 months of Summer Reading, volunteers may also act as reading mentors or help with special programs.

At the Grande Finale event on August 1st, volunteers are needed to take tickets, help with the ice cream social, staff games and more.

Contact Ceil Carey at 815-327-2524 for more information. Email, text and IM contacts are also always welcome!

Thanks to our volunteers

Tomorrow evening, there is an open house event to recognize the wonderful individuals who volunteer their time and expertise to the library.

Our volunteers spend their time on a wide variety of jobs that help us: from directing traffic at Summer Reading registration to babysitting kids for the Conversation Club participants to stuffing prize bags to doing data entry for grants. Without their dedicated service and support, the library could not do all of the things that we do for the community.

Thank you, volunteers, for your service to the library and your community. I deeply appreciate all of your help.

Thank You, Citizens Referendum Committee!

I want to make sure everyone knows how wonderful all of our volunteers and supporters are! Thank you all for your hard work on the campaign.

The volunteer Citizens Referendum Committee actively supported and campaigned for this referendum. Co-chairs Vicky Polito and Barbara Ebeling led the committee. Other volunteers included: Cheryl Basso, Nancy Bennett, Jana Bruen, Dennis Fink, Mina Green, Nikki Kaysen, Kristy Kipka, Mary Anne Michaels, Jim Racich, Elsbeth Ritz, Anthony Scala, Mary Stevens, Dawn Strand, Janet Swatek, Tammy Tunac, Jim and Mary Anne Waldorf, Bill and Pam Wilson, and Erica Wood-Bedi.

The Village of Plainfield and Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 both passed resolutions of support for the expansion plan. Representative Tom Cross, Senator Linda Holmes, Village Trustee and Mayoral Candidate Bill Lamb, and Village Trustee Jim Racich expressed their support in letters to editors of local newspapers. Community organizations, parent-teacher organizations and local service organizations hosted presentations and provided information to their members. Thanks to all who opened their doors to us and allowed time at their meetings for presentations!