Altadenish must vote Yes on Measure A November 4th—that is, if the Altadena Libraries are to survive. This Saturday there will be a rally at 9am. The rally will last about 20 minutes and from there volunteers are encouraged to go door-to-door in the neighborhoods around the Branch. I wish I had this on my ballot, but Pasadenamanians do not get to vote on this one.
An equally worthy cause needs your attention on the same day!
Pasadena Rotary's "Done In A Day" Move-In for Room 13 at Eliot School begins at 9am Saturday, too. Room 13 has outgrown its original studio and is moving to the south side of the campus. Enter the parking loto on Boston Street and lend a hand.
Pasadena Rotary's "Done In A Day" Move-In for Room 13 at Eliot School begins at 9am Saturday, too. Room 13 has outgrown its original studio and is moving to the south side of the campus. Enter the parking loto on Boston Street and lend a hand.
Eliot School's first Room 13
Volunteers are needed:
For
cleaning, we
need help
sweeping and
mopping
floors,
washing
windows,
(there is one
wall which is
basically all
windows), and
everything
needs a good
wipe-down.
For
building, we
need people
with carpentry
skills to help
build shelving
and tables.
Also to paint
the furniture,
gesso
canvases, put
up organizers
and wall
hooks,
curtains.
For
sorting and
setting up, we
need lots of
help
organizing
supplies into
their various
centers
(painting,
drawing, clay,
fiber,
printmaking,
library, photo
and digital
arts), and
furniture put
into place. Not handy? How about some in-kind donations?
Room 13 needs fabrics, digital cameras, clay, paint, sketchbooks, beads, sewing machines, t-squares, turpentine, canvases new or used, oils, watercolors, acrylics, dressmaker forms, pins and needles, yarn, thread—anything you can make art with.
Please
call Patricia
Hurley to let
us know how
you can help.
Share this
with your
company,
family or
friends.
Phone (626)
590-1134 with
questions or just show up.
Thank you!
8 comments:
Two causes I would gladly join.
A bit of a trek for you, JM. But it would be nice to see you!
It's ludicrous that there should even be a need to have such a rally- a good library system must be one of the bedrocks of a thriving community.
I agree, William. Yet since the recession our schools and libraries have suffered severe cuts. Even some voters don't want to pay for them. I say bad schools and libraries today = bad kids and criminal minds tomorrow.
William & Petrea, the Altadena Library is its own system. It is not part of the LA County system. It consists of a main library in the central part of town and a branch on the west side. Altadena is not incorporated,so there are no city funds, and its independence from the County system does have the advantage of being able to tailor programs to our community wihout red tape. The library procures all its own funding.
Part of that funding for the past decades has been voted indebtedness via parcel taxes. This measure is not anything really new, but effectively a continuance of the parcel tax that is expiring soon. We Altadenans are proud of being able to help fund our beloved and independent libraries.
Thanks, Laura.
I agree with William. Most of the line items on our prop tax bills don't require a vote, they're just a given. So too should be the allocation for our library. In fact, I'll bet if we Altadenish had the chance to vote for a permanent tax to benefit the library, we'd go for it.
That's good to hear, Karin. I like to think we'd do that in Pasadena, too.
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