Saying Thank You Doesn't Seem Like Enough

A Guest Blog Post by Mrs. D'Elia, School Librarian

For the first time this school year, the Library & Technology Center had the help of nine parent volunteers to run the circulation and clerical parts of the library. Looking back on this year, I can see all that Mr. Callahan and I were able to accomplish knowing that the library was in the good hands of the volunteers.

Mrs. Mahoney	Mrs. Mirra	Mrs. Coram
Mrs. Daly	Mrs. Downie	Mrs. Churchill
Mrs. Detzel	Mrs. Barnstein	Mrs. Desmond

Let me take a moment to highlight some of the truly amazing feats that these stellar Volunteer Assistants accomplished this year:

• Checking out, checking in, and reshelving 22,908 books,
• Pulling, filling, and managing 1,643 holds (although we're still trying to figure out how that Hold system works! Right, Mrs. Mirra?),
• Changing the call # and spine labels on the entire Easy Nonfiction collection (that's close to 1,000 books!),
• Stamping and barcoding approximately 600 new books that were added to the collection,
• Smiling through every task,
• and making every single person who walked into the LTC feel welcome.

There is so much more that I have not mentioned here but I think you get the picture. I could not have done all of that on my own and still teach students. Thank you for your time, thank you for your willingness and dedication to Pine Glen, and thank you for helping to make the LTC an inviting space and an invaluable resource.