The Blogger’s Library-Loving Challenge is the brain-child of author Jennifer Hubbard who was looking for a way to generate support for libraries and foster blog connections. I’d say it was successful; last year, participating bloggers raised over $1600 for their local libraries.
Want to help make this year even better? Leave a comment on this post. It’s super easy, and I won’t send you any junk mail or pester you to help fund my next Big Idea, I promise. (Unless you want in…it’s going to be spectacular!) I will donate $1 to the Ames Public Library for every comment received between now and Friday, March 26, up to $100. And when you’re done here, click over to Jennifer’s master post to visit other participating blogs and raise even more money.
So come on people, I dare you to top 100 comments! My WordPress stats will go nuts 🙂 You type a message, I pay, everyone wins. That’s what I call a great challenge.
March 23, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Lets make wordpress go a little wacky today!
March 23, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Libraries!
March 23, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Great idea!
March 23, 2010 at 2:41 pm
Take that, WordPress!
And thank you for joining in!
March 23, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Awesome that you’re doing this!
March 23, 2010 at 2:48 pm
What a great idea. Thanks, Sarah!
March 23, 2010 at 2:49 pm
The library has more potential for influencing the actions of people in a positive direction than any other publicly funded institution.
March 23, 2010 at 3:02 pm
This is great! Most libraries are in dire straights right now! And can use all the help they can get.
March 23, 2010 at 3:04 pm
I LOVE Ames Library!
March 23, 2010 at 3:07 pm
I geek the library! Thanks for doing this, Sarah.
March 23, 2010 at 3:14 pm
You have a great challenge. Good luck. Wish me luck too. I just posted mine.
March 23, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Yay for libraries!
March 23, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Good luck with your challenge! Go libraries!
March 23, 2010 at 3:29 pm
thanks for supporting libraries
March 23, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Thanks for participating in the challenge, Sarah!
My library-supporting blog entry can be found here: http://bit.ly/ilovelibraries
March 23, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Hooray for libraries!
March 23, 2010 at 3:54 pm
So awesome! Libraries are the best.
March 23, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Sarah, you’re amazing. Best of luck with the challenge!! Can’t wait to hear how it goes.
March 23, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Thank you, fellow lover of libraries
thedragonsroost.net
March 23, 2010 at 4:22 pm
Love libraries! Thanks, Sarah!
March 23, 2010 at 4:30 pm
“When people who can read and write start fighting on behalf of people who can’t, you just end up with another kind of stupidity. If you want to help them, build a big library or something somewhere, and leave the doors open.”~Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times.
March 23, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Here’s one more entry toward your goal, Sarah. Hooray for libraries!
March 23, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Yay, libraries! I joined the challenge at my blog, too.
Michelle 🙂
March 23, 2010 at 4:48 pm
I love libraries!
March 23, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Just a library lovin’ fool
March 23, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Hi library-loving blogger!I wish my library was bigger so it could hold more books!
Here is my challenge:
http://taffyscandy.blogspot.com/2010/03/library-loving-blog-challenge.html
March 23, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Spreading the Library Love…I’m doing the challenge at my blog, too, Holly Cupala, Tell Me a Secret!
March 23, 2010 at 5:38 pm
The Iowa Falls library is waiting in anticipation for Sarah Gilbert to come to town!!!
March 23, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Hence the limit of $100 😉 We have a house to remodel!
March 23, 2010 at 6:06 pm
i will drain your bank account lady
March 23, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Fine, no wedding present for you this summer 😉
March 23, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Sorry Megs, only one comment per commenter counts 🙂
March 23, 2010 at 7:09 pm
Thanks for helping your library! We need more people like you 🙂
March 23, 2010 at 8:34 pm
I love libraries!
March 23, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Hurray for libraries!
March 23, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Awesomesauce! Good luck with your challenge!
March 23, 2010 at 10:03 pm
What a great idea! I might have to do something like this at work.
March 23, 2010 at 10:57 pm
I love libraries, too!
If you get a chance, stop by and leave me a comment!
http://spiritsofbelleviewbiltmore.blogspot.com/2010/03/library-loving-blog-challenge.html
Spirits Of Belleview Biltmore
March 24, 2010 at 12:38 am
Libraries – one of my favorite places! Thank you for doing this.
March 24, 2010 at 12:54 am
Love of books – a great thing to share with family and friends! So proud of your challenge and happy to participate in something that you’re paying for!
March 24, 2010 at 4:05 am
Gee, thanks Mom 🙂
March 24, 2010 at 12:59 am
Hooray for libraries!
coll
March 24, 2010 at 1:17 am
Great work Daughter!
Your NCAA teams had better start doing their part to help with your donation!
March 24, 2010 at 4:05 am
Yeah yeah Daddio, we’ll just see whose bracket comes out on top…
March 24, 2010 at 2:12 am
[…] S. Fox (Through the Wardrobe) Angela De Groot Taffy’s Candy Hilari’s Post-it Place Sarah Mullen Gilbert (The Writing Cave) They Napalmed My Shrubbery This Morning Reflective Renewal C.J. Omololu Jessica Shea Book […]
March 24, 2010 at 5:12 am
Libraries rock!
March 24, 2010 at 11:36 am
Yay for the library!
March 24, 2010 at 12:05 pm
I’m currently up to my elbows in glass jars and wedding paraphenalia! So I’m very happy to be doing something else for a minute – and helping such a worthy cause! You rock!
March 24, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Libraries. Home to two great things: books and librarians.
Nice work, Sarah.
March 24, 2010 at 3:12 pm
I love libraries! I start taking my kids from the time they are babies and we go almost every weekend!
March 24, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Thanks for doing this. I’m thrilled to see how many people are participating! Libraries really need our support now during this tough economic climate.
March 24, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Yay! Libraries! Thank you for your support!
March 25, 2010 at 1:41 am
Thanks for supporting libraries!
March 25, 2010 at 2:54 am
Thanks for showing your support to libraries! This is such a great challenge, it’s inspiring to see so many people take part 🙂
March 25, 2010 at 3:16 am
A significant event when I was a kid was receiving an -adult- library card so I could check out anything in the Des Moines Public Library. Yay, libraries!
March 25, 2010 at 3:17 am
Lots of library love! The Texas Sweethearts are participating in the challenge as well: http://texassweethearts.blogspot.com/2010/03/library-loving-blog-challenge.html
March 25, 2010 at 3:24 am
Every town, no matter how small, should have a library.
It’s great that you’re doing this. My library-loving post is at http://www.ishtamercurio.blogspot.com
March 25, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Wonderful Cause
Well done all.
With a smile
Ita Roche Author & Lover of Simple Words
http://www.ita-simplewords.blogspot.com
March 25, 2010 at 4:51 pm
These days, libraries need all the help they can get!
March 25, 2010 at 6:51 pm
What a mitzvah!
March 25, 2010 at 7:28 pm
Gotta love them libraries!
March 25, 2010 at 8:35 pm
Hooray for libraries!!! A love of great books begins at an early age! Good Luck, Sarah!
March 25, 2010 at 8:40 pm
Thanks Miss Jane! I love hearing stories from your classroom 🙂
March 25, 2010 at 10:39 pm
I couldn’t live without libraries.
I’m participating in the library blog challenge, though I’ve gotten a bit of a late start:
Michael Crichton’s Recommended Reading – Library Promo
http://www.musingsonmichaelcrichton.com/2010/03/michael-crichtons-recommended-reading.html
March 25, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Thank you for doing this for your local library. Libraries can make such a difference in kids’ lives : )
March 26, 2010 at 1:02 am
Good luck with your challenge! All this library love makes me so happy.
March 26, 2010 at 2:03 am
Congratulations on being part of such a worthy cause. All libraries need our patronage and financial support. Good luck with your fundraiser.
March 26, 2010 at 2:17 am
Thanks for supporting your local library! Libraries can make such a difference in the lives of kids!
March 26, 2010 at 3:06 am
What a great idea! As a former Cyclone and Ames resident I thank you for doing your part to make the library and community better!
March 26, 2010 at 3:41 am
Hooray for fellow Cyclones!
March 26, 2010 at 4:00 am
Way to go, Sarah! You have a lot more friends than I thought…just kidding. I hope you make it to 100. I love libraries and of course: Go CYCLONES!
March 26, 2010 at 4:14 am
I love libraries!
March 26, 2010 at 4:18 am
Fellow midwesterner says thank you for your support of libraries. Cheese and Psych? I like you even more.
March 26, 2010 at 1:36 pm
We love books! Incidentally, I have an interesting story about Ames from my past. 🙂
March 26, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Libraries ROCK! And the Ames Library is fantastic — especially the children’s section (my favorite place!)
March 26, 2010 at 2:09 pm
I’ve always loved libraries! And now I get to watch my kids fall for them too!
March 26, 2010 at 2:17 pm
What a great cause! Don’t you just love the library…
March 26, 2010 at 2:18 pm
I use libraries often and absolutely love the Iowa City and Coralville libraries.
March 26, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Ames rocks! And…so do your sugar cookies…
March 26, 2010 at 7:40 pm
Hi Sarah – You rock!!
March 26, 2010 at 8:51 pm
You’re getting close to 100!
March 27, 2010 at 12:07 am
Thanks for supporting a library.
March 27, 2010 at 12:52 am
Awesome idea! Thanks for yoour support!
March 27, 2010 at 3:23 am
Thanks for doing this!
March 27, 2010 at 4:43 pm
I love libraries!
March 27, 2010 at 4:46 pm
This is great…I’m happy to help you write a check to a library!
March 27, 2010 at 7:51 pm
I love your passion for libraries and good books. What an awesome idea! Good luck!
March 29, 2010 at 11:33 am
Great idea to promote and support the local library!
Best of luck!