I just wanted to let you know that my co-worker, Lisa Rivers, put on a wonderful Frozen program last Saturday. I have been with KPL more than 9 years, and that was the most highly attended library event that I have ever seen. We had more than 500 people come to our Frozen party. People were parking a block away as the parking lots were full.
We were absolutely swamped, pushing out crafts, answering questions, finding books, etc. Poor Pam Penza made the mistake of stopping by to pick up something and we grabbed her and put her to work for an hour or two also! I called my home and had my 16 year old daughter come in and cut out more crafts for us. We had another volunteer, an 8th grader, Cory, who was so helpful too. Both teens stayed all the way through to the end to help clean up,vacuum and get things back in order.
There were so many smiles and happy families. Lots of people wanted to know when we were going to do it again. People kept telling us thank you, and that it was so nice.
Tom from Culver's was very gracious. We had to split the Frozen Sing-A-Long into two sessions as there were too many people for the fire code. Even then, we had to turn people away. Tom offered the people that we had to turn away some cups of custard, and he kept the smiles going. I know he called to his store and had them bring more custard as we had so many more people than we expected. They gave away a lot of custard that day!
As the event was winding down, Lisa came around to Circulation and Adult Reference and offered every employee some custard too. We were all tired, but it was a good tired! It took all of the hard work of the staff at Southwest library to make this event a success!
Lisa had the crafts, photo booths, games and the flow of the crowd so thought out ahead of time. I know that Jill Miatech was part of planning and setting up the Sing-A-Long too. It was a busy day for employees but great day for our patrons who visited Southwest Library. I know how much work Lisa put into this program to make it such a success.
I am wondering if there is someway we could acknowledge Tom and Culver's for their time and donations to the program? Perhaps in a newsletter or on the website? Culver's is wonderful at supporting our Youth Services summer reading programs too. If so, Lisa Rivers would have his contact information.
Sincerely,
Donna Holmen
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