GET ON BOARD AND READ @ YOUR LIBRARY

With only a few weeks left in the Get On Board and Read @ Your Library program, now is the time to remind teens to submit their entries. Teens can send entries in by themselves or the librarian can collect entries at the library and send them in bulk in order to receive special incentives.

If you send in:

5 - 14 entries ~ you'll received 50 coupons for Hershey's Milk

15 - 24 entries ~ 15 Hershey's Milk t-shirts

25 or more entries ~ an autographed poster of Tony Hawk, plus
25 t-shirts

Librarians who submit at least 5 entries, along with a report on how they promoted the program and sample publicity materials, will be entered into a drawing for a $100 gift bookstore gift certificate.

Here are some last-minute ideas to promote the program:

• Host a Get on Board and Read party for your teen book club or advisory board at your library. Invite them to bring a favorite book and create their entries. Provide inexpensive door prizes for those that attend
  
  
• Encourage teachers to use the program in class, either as an assignment or as extra credit.
  
  
• Post signs in the teen area about the deadline with copies of the entry form.

Remember ~ all entries must be postmarked by Friday, April 23, 2004. No express mail packages (UPS, FedEX etc.) can be accepted because the location is a PO Box.

About the program ~ To enter, teens between the ages of 12 - 18 select a book from the library and create an entry about the message of the book and why it's meaningful to them. Entries may be submitted in a written essay or a creative entry consisting of a poem, painting or video, and may be created individually or as a team. Each teen or team must have their librarian sponsor them in the contest by having the librarian fill out a sponsor form.

All of the information about the program, including the official rules, information about incentives and free downloadable promotional materials is available at www.hersheysmilk.com/getonboard.