Monday, April 28, 2008
Do the Dewey 2008 - now on video!
If you were lucky enough to be at our Do the Dewey event this past Saturday, you will want to watch for yourself in our latest YouTube video right up at the top of this post. Couldn't make it? Watch the video and you'll see how much you missed - we hope it inspires you to join us for Do the Dewey 2009. What happens at Do the Dewey? The library opens its doors after hours on a Saturday night and for a small admission charge, guests are treated to free food, drinks, live entertainment, activities, and the chance to win great prizes all night! Some of this year's lucky winners took home strings of pearls from R.C. Wahl Jewelers, delicious bottles of wine from WineStyles of Des Plaines, and other prizes ranging from iPods to Cubs tickets to, yes, cold hard cash -- we held a scavenger hunt in the stacks for $100 bills! Wandering around the library was like a treasure hunt even without the money: tables overflowing with food, happy bartenders ready to fill your glass, and opportunities for a neck massage, a mehndi henna tattoo, an aura reading, dance lessons. Even those who didn't take home a prize certainly took home a smile. Approximately 300 people attended and thousands of dollars were raised, making this our most successful Do the Dewey ever. Yay.
Way, way, WAY too many people to thank, so I'm going to take the easy way out and just list them, as many as I can conjure up. An event this big takes many hands and much hard work, months of planning for a few hours that fly by. Before we list those who donated, a huge THANK YOU goes out to our tireless, fearless kitchen crew that night, led by our own Barb Saletnik, along with Angy Socha, Virginia Holler, and tons of other volunteers. We especially thank our Teen Advisory Board and Key Club volunteers, who gave up a Saturday night to prepare, serve and clean up. I could, seriously, go on for days thanking people - as you'll see from the list below. First, here are some photos from the event:
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Awesome video of the event. Hope to be there next year. A Friend
ReplyDeleteLooks like a lot of fun,I wish my library would do something like this!!
ReplyDeleteBetter than the video -- was the choice of U2 for the music background. Now THAT'S what I'm talking about. Only a cucumber would know about these things!
ReplyDeleteAnd further proof that U2 is beyond cool - when I posted the video, I was concerned about copyright and fair use. But we actually received an email from YouTube telling us UMG gives people permission to use the song on YouTube. Hooray for the Internet.
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun! Yay Miss Libby- the best dance teacher ever!
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