EcoChallenge #1

#1 - How long can you go without buying something made of plastic or something packaged in plastic? How many days? How many hours?

Send your response with your name and Elmhurst Public Library Card number to: ecochallenges@gmail.com
For participating, you will get another entry into our summer reading prize drawings (for one of 5 iPod Shuffles and other prizes). We’ll post some of the best responses on this blog. We’ll take responses for EcoChallenge #1 through the end of the day on Monday, June 30, 2008.

Participate in our Xtreme EcoChallenges for additional chances to win one of 5 iPod Shuffles or other prizes. We'll post one challenge every other week of the 10-week summer reading program. That's a total of 4 EcoChallenges, and 4 more entries into our prize drawings. Why EcoChallenges? Elmhurst is part of the Cool Cities initiative sponsored by the Sierra Club. There will be a Greenfest in Elmhurst on Saturday, August 9, 2008, where we can all learn how to reduce our carbon footprint.

To participate in an EcoChallenge, email us at ecochallenges@gmail.com. Tell us what you did in response to that challenge, and include your name and Elmhurst Public Library Card number. Only serious entries that respond to each specific EcoChallenge will receive an additional entry for the drawings. We'll post some of the best responses on this blog.

Teen Summer Reading Program

Read or listen to just 4 books and receive coupons for free stuff plus an entry into the drawing for one of 5 iPod Shuffles and other prizes.

Read or listen to 4 more books and receive another set of coupons and another entry into the drawing. Keep reading! For every 4 books you read, you'll receive an additional entry in the drawing for an iPod Shuffle and other prizes.

Pick up a booklog, fill it out and turn it in to the Information Desk on the 2nd floor of the library. Check out our Xtreme Booklists available on the 2nd floor and on the website.