Goal:
To get local bookstores and libraries to establish topic specific
areas on end-of-life issues and create a quiet, comfortable
space for reading and contemplation.
Suggested timing:
Start now and work throughout the fall
Suggested Steps:
Contact your local
Borders, Barnes & Noble, independent bookstores, and public
libraries and ask for designated space throughout the fall,
to coincide with the Finding Our Way newspaper campaign. Give
them the schedule of topics for the series. Explain that because
there are new topics every week, there are a wide variety
of relevant books to highlight.
What the bookstores or libraries can do:
- Highlight books and information on a broad range of end-of-life topics from talking to parents, help for caregivers, books on bereavement, and books for children.
- Set aside an area for reading and contemplation with copies topic-appropriate books and the Finding Our Way newspaper articles. These might be “housed” in a 3-ring binder. You may want to provide stores with brochures on local end-of-life services for them to have available. Prominently display the Finding Our Way easel-back poster (request it by emailing:
findingourway123@aol.com).
- Create a "book club" discussion group of the Finding Our Way articles and related books.
Related media activities:
Write a news release announcing the participation of the local stores and libraries in the Finding Our Way campaign. Point out that the stores and libraries are doing this to make it easier for local residents to access helpful information. Include the dates that they will be participating and send the release to the community newspapers and the news desks at your local radio and TV stations for use as news or public service announcements.
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