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Library fund-raiser to show families how to save stories
By Justin Goble
A fund-raiser for the Jackson County Library Building Fund will give participants a tool to preserve priceless family stories.
Dale Cate of Sylva will be on hand Saturday, Sept. 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at City Lights bookstore to sell Books By You personal publishing kits. The kits allow children and family members to write stories and print pictures in book to be used as family keepsakes.
Dale Cate, left, and City Lights bookstore owner Joyce Moore look over some of the books created with Cate’s Books By You publishing kits. Cate will selling the kits at City Lights on Saturday, Sep. 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Proceeds from the sale will go to the Jackson County Library Building Fund. – Herald photo by Justin Goble.
“It’s a new thing,” Cate said. “It’s a niche. It’s not for a publisher who wants to put out books. It’s for families.”
Cate said she got into selling the kits because she wanted all seven of her grandchildren to make their own books, but found the price of such a large order to be too high.
“I ran into as lady that sold kits, and with the order I was about to place it was cheaper to just start my own business,” Cate said.
Cate said that selling publishing kits is an ideal way to raise money for the building fund, and that she wants to help the library because of her own experiences there.
“I believe in a local library.” Cate said. “I’ve volunteered at the library. I think it’s a good source for the community.”
The library building fund aims to gather enough money to build a new county library building at Jackson Plaza, though construction is several years away.
City Lights owner Joyce Moore said that the fund-raiser is one way of keeping the topic in the public eye.
“We’re keeping the whole concept alive,” Moore said. “We’re keeping it in front of the community.
“We hope people will learn about Dale,” Moore continued. “I hope people will love to do their own books, and I hope people will have money to donate to the fund.”
Moore said that she sees the event as more than just a fund-raiser. She said that, with people able to write their own stories, they gain a deeper appreciation for the library and the community.
“It’s another way to look at books,” Moore said. “People have stories to tell. It’s exciting for them to have their words written down. Helping people tell their own stories, it helps them appreciate other people’s stories. The library is a place where people can share their stories. In turn, any time people talk to each other and tell their stories, it brings the community together.”
For more information about the fund-raiser, call City Lights at 586-9499.
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