News Release
Great River Regional Library
GRRL Headquarters:
1300 W. St. Germain St.
St. Cloud, MN 56301
320-650-2500
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Breanne Fruth, Communications and Development Coordinator
320-650-2532
Subject: Locally Growin’ Campaign Begins April 1st
Spring has sprung! It's time to see what's growin' at the library. Locally Growin', Great River Regional Library's (GRRL) fundraising campaign runs Tuesday, April 1, through Wednesday, April 30, 2025. This year, the fundraiser will be held in April instead of March to align with Library Giving Day (April 1) and National Library Week (April 6-12).
Our Locally Growin' campaign keeps donations 100 percent within the branch library of the donor's choosing. Each library selects a specific "wish" item and a campaign goal. Over $27,000 was raised around the region in 2024 to support a wide variety of goals. Each library's goal is unique and focuses on its community's interests and needs.
GRRL’s northern library locations are raising money for the following this year:
- Staples wishes for a visit from the zoo and to add more books to their collection;
- Eagle Bend wishes for a visit from the zoo and to add more books to their collection;
- Long Prairie wishes for Play2Learn toy kits and Try It Yourself pickleball kits;
- Grey Eagle wishes to add adult fiction books to the local collection;
- Swanville wishes to add an exploration station;
- Upsala wishes to add exploration station toys;
- Little Falls wishes for Play2Learn toy kits and children’s room items;
- Pierz wishes to add Playaway ready-to-play books;
- Royalton wishes to add an exploration station set, decodable books, and children’s theatre and STEM programs.
GRRL's central library locations are raising money for the following this year:
- Sauk Centre wishes to add audiobook read-alongs, decodable books, and Play2Learn toy kits;
- Melrose wishes for Playaway ready-to-play books;
- Albany wishes for Playaways and audiobook read-alongs;
- Waite Park wishes for children's STEM and theatre programs;
- Foley wishes to add juvenile book series to their local collection;
- St. Cloud wishes for audiobook read-alongs and children's programs;
- Belgrade wishes for family activity area items;
- Richmond wishes for Playaways and audiobook read-alongs;
- Paynesville wishes to add Try It Yourself hobby kits to their collection;
- Cold Spring wishes for Playaways and audiobook read-alongs;
- Clearwater wishes for audiobook read-alongs.
GRRL’s southern library locations are raising money for the following this year:
- Kimball wishes for exploration station items;
- Becker wishes to add decodable books to their collection;
- Big Lake wishes to add Playaways and audio read-along books to their collection;
- Annandale wishes for an exploration station;
- Buffalo wishes to add Play2Learn toy kits and audiobook read-alongs to their collection;
- Monticello wishes to add an exploration station light table set and kids’ graphic novel series to their collection;
- Elk River wishes for STEM exploration station items;
- St. Michael wishes for an exploration station light table set;
- Cokato wishes to add audiobook read-alongs to their collection;
- Howard Lake wishes to add Try It Yourself hobby kits to their collection;
- Rockford wishes to add Playaways and audiobook read-alongs to their collection;
- Delano wishes to add Playaways and Try It Yourself pickleball kits to their collection.
Stop by to learn what is growin' at your local library! You can learn more about the Locally Growin' campaign and make a difference at your library or by giving online at griver.org/locally-growin.
Great River Regional Library (GRRL) provides library services at 32 public libraries and one to-go system in Benton, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, and Wright Counties. GRRL2GO is a locker system that allows you to pick up items at the Sartell Community Center. GRRL supplies the residents of Central Minnesota with nearly 1 million books, CDs, and DVDs, 250 public computers, and information services.
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