[OPLINLIST] Summer fun, summer savings! Ohio State Parks & State Fair SRP incentives, & Explore the Outdoors

Wed May 19 10:49:17 EDT 2010

Reposting, with slight revisions, this announcement originally
distributed in March, because SRP is coming up FAST!  Please note that
any public library in Ohio offering a summer reading program may
distribute the Ohio State Parks and Ohio State Fair incentives, and may
participate in Explore the Outdoors, regardless of the theme of or
turnout for your SRP.  

Please excuse multiple postings.

Dear colleagues,

I'm pleased to announce that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources,
Division of Parks and Recreation, in partnership with the State Library,
is supporting Ohio libraries' 2010 Summer Reading Programs with a
special incentive.

At your library's discretion, any library user of any age may receive a
certificate for 50% off Sunday-Wednesday camping or getaway rentals at
Ohio State Parks upon completing your SRP.  Some restrictions apply.
Please review the instructions on the certificate.  The certificate is
available for download on WebJunction Ohio at:

http://oh.webjunction.org/ohsumread (click on Documents tab) or 

http://oh.webjunction.org/ohsumread/-/articles/content/93600789 (direct
link)

Please photocopy the certificate on green paper.  When you hand it out
this summer: complete the participant's name, your library's name, and
the date in non-black ink.  (However, if you are expecting to hand out a
lot of these, you won't want to write your library name each time.  You
may write/print your library name on the master copy & hand-write just
the person's name and the date on each individual certificate.  Remember
to use non-black ink.)  This will assure State Parks employees that the
certificate is original.  Failure to do this may result in people being
turned away, so prevent disappointment by copying & completing the
certificate as requested.

This certificate may be distributed by any public library in Ohio that
is offering a children's, teen, and/or adult SRP.  Distribute
certificates only to people who complete the requirements of your SRP.
Each certificate may be used for a single overnight or a multiple night
stay, provided each of the nights fall within the Sunday - Wednesday
time frame and are consecutive.  Offer only one certificate per person,
but there is no further restriction on the number of certificates per
family/household.  Adults ARE eligible to receive a certificate if you
have an Adult SRP.  Only one certificate may be redeemed per group per
visit.

Also, as previously announced, the Ohio State Fair is once again
supporting libraries' Summer Reading Programs, with a coupon for $4 off
admission to the 2010 State Fair for any 5-12 year old who has completed
a local library's SRP.  The State Fair coupon is also available at
http://oh.webjunction.org/ohsumread (click on Documents tab) or
http://oh.webjunction.org/ohsumread/-/articles/content/89610758 (direct
link).  Please photocopy this coupon on yellow paper.  Any Ohio public
library may distribute the Ohio State Fair coupon in conjunction with
its SRP.  Please note that the dates for the 2010 Ohio State Fair are
July 28 - August 8.

If you wish, you may distribute both the State Fair and State Parks
incentives to your SRP "completers".

Libraries distributing either or both of these incentives will be asked
to report the number of certificates/coupons distributed.  Plan to track
your library's distribution, so the State Library can report back to
ODNR and the Ohio State Fair.

Finally, I encourage you to consider participating in ODNR's Explore the
Outdoors program, by distributing the Explore the Outdoors booklet to
children and teens using your library this summer.  Children and teens
who register for Explore the Outdoors at a public library are eligible
for special prizes upon completion of the ODNR program.  Details are in
a letter from State Library and ODNR available for review at
http://oh.webjunction.org/ohsumread (Documents tab) or directly at:

http://oh.webjunction.org/ohsumread/-/articles/content/93601015

Please contact me with any questions.  Thank you.

Sincerely,
Janet

Janet Ingraham Dwyer 
Library Consultant 
State Library of Ohio 
jdwyer at library.ohio.gov 

614.644.6910 
http://library.ohio.gov

http://library.ohio.gov/youthservices 

The State Library of Ohio provides services and resources to assist
state government and libraries in providing the best service to all.

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