TREEmendous Library Card Campaign
Celebrate "5 Seasons of Library Card Love & Prize Drawings" with us. Each season will feature an arboreal theme, share ways that library cards are beneficial, and have two prize drawings for adults, one each for new and active cardholders.
Our goal is for 10% more Lake Foresters to get and use library cards by December 2025. That means that out of approximately 19,000 residents, the stable pool of library cardholders climbs from 7,300 to 8,000.
Follow along each season!
TREEmendous Library Card Campaign: ROOT
Season 1 of 5: ROOT
We don’t need to go out on a limb to say that library cards are fantastic. Like sunshine brightening a forest, library cards enrich and empower the Lake Forest community with resources to facilitate literacy, resilience, and growth.
That’s why we’re inviting you to celebrate “5 Seasons of Library Card Love & Prize Drawings” with us. Each season will feature an arboreal theme, share ways that library cards are beneficial, and have two prize drawings for adults, one each for new and active cardholders.
Our goal is for 10% more Lake Foresters to get and use library cards by December 2025. That means that out of approximately 19,000 residents, the stable pool of library cardholders climbs from 7,300 to 8,000.
Season 1 Prizes
New and active cardholders are eligible to enter their respective prize drawing once each quarter, plus additional entries from successful referrals. (Details are in the following “Root for Library Cards” section.)
When you sign up for or use your Lake Forest Library card September through November, you are automatically entered for a chance to win a Kindle Paperwhite!
Treemendous Library Card Campaign: LOG ON
Season 1 was ROOT. Season 2 is LOG ON!
Sometimes you can’t get to the Library building, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use your Library!
That’s why the arboreal theme for our second installment of “5 Seasons of Library Card Love & Prize Drawings” is LOG ON! This season we are happy to celebrate all the ways to enjoy the Library in cyberspace. You might ...
- Kick-start your library card at www.lakeforestlibrary.org/card.
- Browse the online catalog, access your library account info, and more with the Lake Forest Library app, www.lakeforestlibrary.org/app.
- Take a virtual tour of the Library building at www.lakeforestlibrary.org/virtual-tour.
- Complete a webform to ask your Librarians for reading recommendations at www.lakeforestlibrary.org/rec.
- Browse, borrow, and enjoy digital content in the Libby, CloudLibrary, Hoopla, Kanopy, Freegal, and New York Times apps.
- Log your reading in the Beanstack app to earn prizes during Winter Reading for all ages.
- Register for events in the web calendar at www.lakeforestlibrary.org/events.
- Engage with the Library’s social media channels and read posts at www.lakeforestlibrary.org/blog.
- Tackle DIY projects and online learning with Creativebug, Craft & Hobby, Tutor.com, and LinkedIn Learning.
- Send a 3D Printing Request to the Media Lab at www.lakeforestlibrary.org/3d.
- Research topics including arts, business, genealogy, history, and science using nearly 100 databases and online resources.
Your Lake Forest Library card is your ticket to all this digital and virtual goodness! We hope you’ll get a card if you don’t already have one, and use your card if you do.
Our goal is for 10% more Lake Foresters to get and use library cards by December 2025. That means that out of approximately 19,000 residents, the stable pool of library cardholders climbs from 7,300 to 8,000.
Season 2 Prizes
New and active cardholders are automatically entered in their respective prize drawing once each quarter, plus additional entries from successful referrals. (Details are in the following “Library Card Referrals” section.)
When you sign up for or use your Lake Forest Library card from December through February, you are automatically entered for a chance to win a cozy book basket full of goodies from local businesses!