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Permit No. 62

Pioneer Library System

Bus Trip
Library Advocacy Day
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Albany, NY

Ride in style and comfort and arrive in Albany ready for action Bus trip amenities include: Bathroom Cloth seats Yummy snacks And, of course, a briefing and the PLS Advocacy Day Communications Guide

AdvocacyDayBus

Pioneer Library System 2557 State Route 21 Canandaigua, NY 14424

Joinyourfriendsandcolleagues onabustriptoAlbany tomeetwithyourlegislators

Why should I travel to Albany to talk with my legislators about library issues?
Libraries need you to speak out for them. Libraries need stable State funding. Legislators need to learn what libraries

Advocacy Day Bus Trip Our message this year:

We are asking our legislators to support the restoration of Library Aid to match the proposed increase in School Aid during the states 2012-2013 fiscal year an increase of 4%. According to a recent Siena Research Institute poll of registered voters conducted by the New York Library Association, 71% of respondents agreed that libraries deserve the same funding increase as schools. State funding for library services is currently at $79 million or what it was in 1994. No other educational institutions are funded at 1994 levels. Since 2008, library funding has been reduced by 23%. During that time, library usage has increased from 147 million items borrowed in 2007 to 165 million items borrowed in 2010 (an 11% increase). Libraries are essential to our communities, our schools and our college campuses. Libraries serve people of all ages and backgrounds and at every phase of their learning development. No other state funded service serves so many people for so few dollars. Library Aid amounts to less than one tenth of one percent of the State Budget, and yet the libraries and library systems this funding supports serve over 14 million New Yorkers.

Cost is $18 per person (includes snacks)

Thanks to the generous support from Library Friends Groups, we are able to keep the cost low.

do for the people of New York State.

Deadline: February 27, 2012 Name: Library: Address: City, Zip: Day Phone: Email: I will board the bus on March 6 at:
Avon Park & Ride at 390 Exit 9 Bliss Shurfine Food Mart, Manchester 1 mi south on Rte 21, off Thruway exit 43 Thruway exit 41, Petro Stopping Ctr.
Mail reservations to: Jeanne Hayes Pioneer Library System 2557 State Route 21 Canandaigua, NY 14424
(Payable to Pioneer Library System)

How do I do this?
Sign up for the PLS Advocacy Bus. Receive a briefing on the bus. PLS will make appointments with each of

our legislators. Visit your legislator at the Capitol. Tell him/her how important your library is to the community and its voting citizens. Tell him/her that funding for libraries is ESSENTIAL and CRITICAL.

Bus Schedule on Tuesday, March 6, 2012

6:30am Bus leaves Park & Ride at 390 exit 9 in Avon 7:15am Bus picks up additional passengers at Bliss Shurfine Grocery, Manchester 1 mi south on Rte 21 off Thruway exit 43 7:45am Bus picks up additional passengers at Petro Stopping Ctr Rte 414 near Waterloo Thruway exit 41 10:30am Bus arrives in Albany 2:30pm Bus leaves Albany 5:45pm Bus arrives in Waterloo, Petro Ctr. 6:15pm Bus arrives in Manchester, Bliss Shurfine Food Mart 7:00pm Bus arrives in Avon

Payment MUST accompany reservation.

585-394-8260
As of January 20, Friends Groups of the following libraries have donated to the 2012 bus trip to Albany: Clifton Springs Library Geneva Public Library Livonia Public Library Macedon Public Library Ontario Public Library Palmyra Community Library Sodus Community Library Walworth-Seely Public Library Williamson Free Public Library Wood Library

Additional donations anticipated and appreciated!