Inaugural Card Crawl Coming to L.E. Phillips Library on Sept. 30
the first-time event is in celebration of Library Card Sign-up Month
Did you know September is Library Card Sign-Up Month?! The L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library is makin’ sure to celebrate by hosting a fantastic all-new event: Card Crawl 2023.
Make sure to bring your library card – or get one! – on Saturday, Sept. 30, and explore all of the family-friendly activities going on from 10am-5pm at the library. With fun freebies up for grabs all over the building by “getting carded” at special stations, a grand prize drawing, special library swag available, and more, you’re not going to want to miss this first-time event.
Eau Claire Transit will be offering free bus rides to library cardholders all day long on any route (not just to the library!) by showing the driver your library card or the MORE Libraries app.
Attendees are also invited to take selfies with the "Very Large Library Cards" in two different locations during the Card Crawl. The library will also unveil its Greg Goetz Memorial Library Card Collection – a special map detailing the travels of longtime staffer Goetz across the region's public library system.
If you’re in need of a library card, stop by the customer services desk on Level 1 of the library. Even if your library card’s been lost or damaged, they’ll replace it (and that day, it’ll be replaced by a special vintage version).
Schedule of the day’s events:
- Friends of the Library Bag Sale
- 10am-2pm at the Dabble Box Courtyard (outside)
- Family Storytime + Pablo Center ARTmobile
- 10-11:30am at the Youth Program Room on Level 1
- Make a Seed Bomb with Beaver Creek Reserve
- 10am-12pm at the RCU Dabble Box Makerspace on Level 0
- FREE Vanilla Custard from Culver’s
- 11am-3pm at the Plaza (outside main doors)
- Fold an Origami Library Card Holder
- 12-5pm at the RCU Dabble Box Makerspace on Level 0
- Kids DIY Library Card Lanyard
- 1-3pm at the Youth Program Room on Level 1
- Spin the Wheel o’Fabulous Prizes
- 2-5pm at the Friends of the Library Bookstore on Level 0
Most of the Card Crawl activities require a library card or account proof via the MORE Libraries App, where you can also sign up for a library card.
For more information about the library, contact Information and Reference at (715) 839-5004 or email (librarian@eauclaire.lib.wi.us). Read more about the Card Crawl online.
