Send some cheer this holiday season.
By Erin Baber
The Garland County Library and the Oaklawn Center on Aging invite Garland County residents to write short letters and submit cards to elderly members of the community for the holidays as part of the Send Some Cheer Project.
Garland County Library Children’s Programmer Brook Olsen is reprising this letter-writing campaign after the popularity of the Send Some Love Project, which took place in February of this year.
“The pandemic has caused cancellations and delayed events that kept many people apart even into this year. Sending some cheer to those who are otherwise isolated this holiday season is a small thing we can do to show them we care and to hopefully brighten a person’s day,” said Olsen. “For this reason, the Library has partnered with the Oaklawn Center on Aging to provide hand-written notes, postcards, and holiday cards to our homebound and assisted living residents.”
Letters and cards can be provided in multiple ways: fill out a provided template available at the library; mail submissions to the Library at 1427 Malvern Avenue, Hot Springs, AR 71901 C/O Send Some Cheer; or submit via a form found at www.gclibrary.com.
Submissions are accepted until Friday, December 17, and will be dispersed by the Oaklawn Center on Aging before the winter holiday. For privacy reasons, please do not include personal information in submissions.
The Garland County Library is located at 1427 Malvern Avenue in Hot Springs. For more information about the library’s array of services and offerings including free delivery, call 501-623-4161 or email gcl@gclibrary.com. Visit www.gclibrary.com.
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Erin Baber is Public Relations Coordinator at the Garland County Library.
