5K + Libraries = ?

This is more than just another 5K for libraries. You get to decide what your 5K looks like and participate from anywhere in the world!

August 31, 2021

Registration for 5K Your Way For Libraries is officially open!

Join EveryLibrary as we raise $50,000 to ensure stable funding and access to libraries for generations to come on September 26 -October 2, 2021.

You may be wondering, “What does a 5K have to do with supporting libraries?” You know what they say: You can’t judge a book by its cover! Participating in a 5K and saving libraries may not seem to have a whole lot in common. Still, they both involve the collective effort of many individuals coming together to make an impact.

Similar to how a library is more than just a place that holds books, this is more than just another 5K. You get to decide what your 5K looks like and participate from anywhere in the world!

What does 5K mean to you?

5 kilometers of walking and running? 5 thousand seconds of reading? 5 thousand jumping jacks? It's up to you! Do it “your way,” and express what libraries mean to you personally.

EveryLibrary needs your support to continue to do the important work we have been doing for libraries and librarians for the last 9 years. Join library supporters around the county from Sept 26-Oct. 2, 2021, as we raise $50,000 to ensure EveryLibrary can continue our library-saving work. Here’s how you can help:

Form a Team: Become a team leader and invite your friends and family to join your team and raise critical funds.
Join a Team: Join an existing team, get moving, and ask others to support you with a donation.
Join as an Individual: Sign up as an individual, do your thing, and raise some money!
Donate: Make a donation to ensure EveryLibrary can continue to help libraries in crisis across the country.

Everyone who registers at the $30 will receive 1 pair of limited edition 5K Your Way For Libraries custom John's Crazy Socks*

Sign up today for the 5K Your Way and help us support libraries in the United States

Thank you for supporting EveryLibrary’s mission to ensure stable funding and access to libraries for generations to come!

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Join the 5K Your Way For Libraries Facebook Event Group to stay up to date on what others are doing. Share how you will 5K. Ask questions and share success stories!
Save the date and join us on Sunday, September 26th at 3 pm EST for our Facebook Live event to kick-off event week!

Thank you to our Event Supporters:

Team Sponsor:

Tech Logic is the leading provider of innovative sorting technologies, circulation staff support tools, and patron self-service solutions for public and institutional libraries throughout North America. Over 20 years ago, Tech Logic created the first automated materials handling system specifically designed for the library industry to address the redundant and repetitive staff-work associated with checking in returned materials. Our philosophy then is the same as it is today — Automation should accentuate the efficiencies of an operation, not highlight the inefficiencies. Looking to the future, Tech Logic is invested in developing products and services that meet the needs of our Partner Libraries.

Event Supporters:

Library Juice Academy offers a range of online professional development workshops for librarians and other library staff, focusing on practical topics to build new skills. Library Juice Press publishes books on theoretical and practical issues in librarianship from a critical perspective, for an audience of professional librarians and students of library science.

OverDrive strives to create “a world enlightened by reading.” Serving a growing network of 73,000 libraries and schools in 88 countries, OverDrive delivers the industry’s largest digital catalog of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and other content through award-winning apps. The Libby reading app for libraries is one of Popular Mechanics’ 20 Best Apps of the Decade, while the student reading app Sora is one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2019.

*Please allow 8 weeks for the delivery of your 5K Your Way For Libraries custom John's Crazy Socks. The socks will be delivered to the address that you register with.

You may also donate by check or money order (US Funds only) made out to:

EveryLibrary
P.O. Box 406
45 E. Burlington St.
Riverside, IL 60546

Or donate via ActBlue
Or donate via PayPal

EveryLibrary is a registered 501(c)4 organization (FEIN 46-1534149). We invite you to check up on us before donating by finding out more about us on Guidestar, the most trusted guide to non-profits on the Internet.

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