At our Summer Library Program Workshop, Becky Arenivar (Prescott) mentioned that she got great results with a weekly reminder e-mail for families signed up to participate in the program. The main point is to publicize programs for the week, but it can also be used to highlight reading goals, remind people about prizes or deadlines, and so forth.

I love this idea--it is hard to keep track of everything, and a reminder that doesn't require lots of extra paper seems smart. To make matters even easier, Tami Richardson (Rice Lake) clued me in to a free service called Mail Chimp, which allows you to make graphically interesting emails and send them to a mailing list.

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