Your letters, cards, and messages can brighten the holidays for many in our community.
By Erin Baber
The holiday season is here and we’re celebrating the best way we know – by hosting events that help our neighbors in Garland County.
Our Send Some Cheer Project is currently in full swing. We encourage kids, teens, and adults to write letters, make cards, and submit cheerful messages online. Find the online submission form at gclibrary.com/news or drop by and write a short message at our mail station set up in the front of the Library. These communications will be distributed in time for the winter holiday by the Oaklawn Center on Aging to elderly community members who are homebound and in assisted living facilities.
Also going on now is our Holiday Donation Drive. In years past, we’ve collected warm winter clothes as part of the Mister Rogers’ Sweater Drive. This year, we’ve extended our drive to include warm winter clothing and accessories, personal hygiene products, non-perishable food items, and new toys. Donations will be distributed to local non-profit organizations whose missions are to help those in need in our community.
Finally, we’re celebrating the season with “Tunes for Toys: A Holiday Concert and Toy Drive” on December 8 starting at 11 a.m. Notable Hot Springs performer, Jacob Flores, will sing holiday songs while Library staff serve pastries and refreshments to those in attendance. We hope everyone will join us for the festivities and take advantage of the opportunity to donate a new and unopened toy.
The Garland County Library is located at 1427 Malvern Avenue in Hot Springs. Contact the library by phone at 501-623-4161, email at gcl@gclibrary.com, or through the Library’s social media accounts. Learn more about everything the library offers, including free delivery, ebooks, special events, and more at www.gclibrary.com.
Erin Baber is Public Relations Coordinator at the Garland County Library.
