Everylibrary announces 5K Your Way For Libraries initiative

What does 5k mean to you? 5 kilometers of walking and running? 5 thousand seconds of reading? 5 thousand jumping jacks? What if you are able to do it all?

EveryLibrary, the national 501c4 non-profit with a mission to support libraries and librarians in the United States, is hosting “5K Your Way For Libraries” initiative, with the goal of raising $50,000 to ensure EveryLibrary can continue their library-saving work!

“Similar to how a library is more than just a place that holds books, this is more than just another 5K. Participants get to decide what your 5K looks like and participate from anywhere in the world!” says John Chrastka, Executive Director of EveryLibrary.

There are many ways to join EveryLibrary’s 5K between September 26th to October 2nd:

Sponsorship: Become a sponsor and show your network you support the work of EveryLibrary.
Form a Team: Become a team leader and invite your friends and family to join your team and together raise critical funds.
Join a Team: Join an existing team, get moving, and ask others to support you with a donation.
Join as an Individual: Sign up as an individual, do your thing, and raise some money!
Donate: Make a donation to ensure EveryLibrary can continue to help libraries in crisis across the country.

Registration started on August 9, 2021 on 5kyourwayforlibraries.org, participants are encouraged to use the hashtag, #5KYourWayForLibraries.

EveryLibrary’s work helps public, school, and college libraries secure new funding through tax and advisory referendums, bond elections, negotiations with school boards, and advocacy at municipal, state, and federal levels.

“5K Your Way For Libraries” is sponsored by Library Juice Academy: Library Juice Academy offers a range of online professional development workshops for librarians and other library staff, focusing on practical topics to build new skills. Library Juice Press publishes books on theoretical and practical issues in librarianship from a critical perspective, for an audience of professional librarians and students of library science.

“We are excited to engage our supporters with this unique event to ensure our vital work of fighting for libraries is supported now during these challenging times and into the future” Chrastka adds.

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