Celebrate National Library Week with Culvers

In celebration of National Library Week, April 10-16, Culver's and the Wisconsin Library Association Foundation, with the help of the Youth Services Section, are sponsoring a "Create your own story @ your library" drawing campaign for children 11 and under.

This is the 15th year local Culver's restaurants in Wisconsin have sponsored this event, which encourages children to read and celebrate their favorite book characters.

Children can enter the drawing event by picking up drawing sheets from local libraries. Children are encouraged to draw book characters that they would like to meet at the library. Every child who completes a drawing will receive a "Be Our Guest" coupon for a free single scoop of frozen custard from Culver's and be entered into a random drawing to win an additional prize of a free Team Scoopie Kids meal coupon.

If your library is participating in the program, materials will be arriving soon. Volunteers will meet at the WLA offices on Thursday, March 24 to sort and prepare materials for immediate shipment to your local library system. More information and program materials, including a press release and the coloring sheet template are now available on the YSS website. http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/yss/culvers.htm

Culver's Evaluation

Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2010 National Library Week Culver's Coloring Contest.

Please take a few minutes to fill our an evaluation of the program at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WNP7MGM and send a thank you note to Culver's to thank them for their continued support of the program. Notes can be sent to:

Mary Schluter, Marketing Director
Culver's Franchising System, Inc.
1240 Water Street
Prairie du Sac, WI 53578

Culvers & National Library Week

It's almost April and that means its almost time for the annual Culver's National Library Week Coloring Contest!

For those of you who signed up to participate this year, the coloring sheets and posters will be coming at the end of the month. But if you just can't wait to see what everything looks like, check out the poster, coloring sheet, sample press release, and tips for promoting the contest at http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/yss/culvers.htm.

Help Needed

We're looking for any volunteers who are able to help sort and repackage the Culver's materials at the WLA offices on either March 24 or March 25. A meeting room has been reserved, so any time that you're able to stop by and help sort would be greatly appreciated. Please email yssadmin@gmail.com ASAP if you have a few hours to spare to help sort the thousands of Culver's coloring sheets and posters.

Culvers & National Library Week

It's almost National Library Week! Once again, Culver's is continuing their joint National Library Week program with the Youth Services Section of the Wisconsin Library Association. The program will be the same as in previous years and children will be asked to submit coloring sheets that correspond with the Join the Circle of Knowledge @ Your Library National Library Week theme. When children return their coloring sheets to participating libraries they receive coupons for free custard. After coloring sheets have been collected, each participating library chooses one grand prize winner (this is done either by a drawing or by judging the entries). Culver's will be providing rubber playground balls and mini camping lanterns as prizes for the top entries at each library.

The project runs in April and libraries are free to design the program that best fits your needs. Many libraries collect coloring sheets in the early weeks of the month and then present the prizes to winners, either chosen through a drawing or by library staff serving as judges, during National Library Week (April 13-19, 2008). The program is for children ages 11 and under. This is an optional program and libraries are not required to participate.

Please contact your system liaison before February 13 and let them know how many coloring sheets and custard coupons your library will need. Happy coloring!