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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear members of our network,<br>
We are pleased to share an interesting idea from the USA, which enables libraries to facilitate international exchanges for their visitors. </div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Anyone interested in supporting the global networking of library users is kindly asked to contact Erica Newman directly.</div>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>International Library Pen Pal Club</b> πβοΈ</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Our program has expanded quickly, and we are now especially hoping to connect with more libraries outside the United States. </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We currently have more than 300 participating libraries, representing 36 U.S. states and 4 countries, with thousands of patrons taking
part.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Because of your role supporting library cooperation in Switzerland, Iβm hoping you might be willing to share this invitation with public
libraries in your network that may be interested in joining.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The idea behind the program is simple and flexible. Pen pals exchange letters through their participating libraries rather than sharing
personal home addresses. Each participant receives the mailing address of their pen palβs library and mails their own letters directly to that location, addressed c/o their pen pal.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For example:</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Weβre excited to let you know that your pen pal match has been made! π</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Your pen pal is Addison May, age 8, from Arkansas, USA.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Mailing Instructions:</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Danville K-6 Library<br>
c/o Addison May<br>
PO Box 939<br>
Danville, AR 72833<br>
USA</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For international matches, the same system applies. The participant mails the letter to the partner library in the appropriate country,
using the library as the safe receiving location.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I maintain a master Google Sheet containing all participating libraries and patrons. Participating libraries can add and update their
own information, and I handle the matching.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Google Sheet:<br>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aLmB-Ic5Cvm9dbiBmPVPzke8TiWXU8Gk7xRacCutmoY/edit?usp=sharing" data-outlook-id="368cf4d1-a7f7-46c4-8550-c910fabee8ea" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aLmB-Ic5Cvm9dbiBmPVPzke8TiWXU8Gk7xRacCutmoY/edit?usp=sharing</a></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We also have a Facebook group where participating libraries can communicate, share ideas, celebrate letters received, and watch the program
continue to grow:</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/3012785308912907" data-outlook-id="275746ec-a946-46a3-b0f3-6a0151652ab5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/3012785308912907</a></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We would be thrilled to welcome public libraries from Switzerland into our growing international pen pal community.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thank you for considering sharing this with libraries in your network. Something as simple as a handwritten letter can create meaningful
connections across borders. ππ</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Warm regards,<br>
Erica Newman<br>
Library Assistant<br>
Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library<br>
106 W. Water St.<br>
Edenton, NC 27932<br>
<a href="mailto:enewman@pettigrewlibraries.org" data-outlook-id="cf84f308-87f5-45e6-b20f-e7f749b178a6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">enewman@pettigrewlibraries.org</a></span></p>
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