Giving Tuesday 2024

Giving Tuesday is December 3, 2024.

Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 to celebrate the power of generosity and kindness. Celebrated on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving following days like Black Friday or Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday is a day to support non-profit organizations and give back to your community. 

Want to support your library while also supporting local businesses? This Small Business Saturday, we're asking you to buy gift cards from Schuler Books, Big Apple Bagels, and Wild Birds Unlimited - East Lansing, and donate them to the library for Giving Tuesday! Please drop off your gift cards at the service desk, and the library will put them to good use. By purchasing and donating gift cards, you will be helping to support your local library AND support local small businesses. Double win!

Wild Birds Unlimited generously provided equipment and expertise to make possible our bird sanctuary, viewable from the east bay windows! They also donated the supplies for our Birding Kits, which allow patrons to take birding equipment like binoculars and field guides on the go. And, they give us a discount on the bird seed and suet that keeps our bird population thriving and well fed! We'll use the gift card donations for upkeep to our birding set-up, and to keep our bird seed well-stocked through the year.

Big Apple Bagels kindly donates bagels for various library programs, including our Books and Bagels program for 4^th-6^th graders, our Book Bites program for middle school students, our Birding Club, and more! We buy cream cheese and other goodies to supplement, and your gift card donations will make sure everyone is well-fed at our programs. 

Schuler Books gives the library a generous discount on the purchase of books used by some of our book clubs! Your gift card donations will help us continue to provide free copies of books for participants of our kids' and teens' programs. 

Of course, you can also choose to support the library in other ways too:

• With a donation through our website via credit card
• Mailing a check
• Designating us in your Kroger Community Rewards account
• Volunteer your time, or donate books and money to the Friends of the East Lansing Public Library
• Share your voice in the community! Tell your friends about library resource! Share ELPL's social media posts! Call an elected official to share why you think supporting libraries is valuable!

By sharing your time, money, and voice, you help us out immensely so we can keep doing all the cool things we love to do.

Thank you for your generosity, and for your support of the library and our programs all year round.