Give Library this Holiday!
December 1, 2021
Give Library and Get Local this Holiday Season!
It doesn’t get more local than your library. That’s why Vancouver Island Regional Library is partnering with locally-owned and operated retail businesses in communities across our service area to Give Library this holiday season.
It works like this:
- We provide partnering retailers with professionally produced point of sale card stands loaded with holiday-themed library cards for kids and adults.
- Customers take one or more cards to give as stocking stuffers.
- We also stock our library branches with beautiful QR coded bookmarks that link straight to our online card sign up — another great stocking stuffer or add-on to a gift book
Local businesses feel good knowing they’re supporting literacy, connection, and community and they’ll get some free advertising to boot from their library.
Chances are, there’s a participating business near you. Stay tuned for a full list of businesses.
Why give a library card as a gift?
A library card is a great gift for anyone who loves to read books, watch movies, listen to music, learn languages, play games, and so much more.
The library card not only offers access to millions of items in our 39 libraries, it also opens a world of online products and services!
Here’s a snapshot of just some of the things available with a library card:
- Access to millions of books, ebooks, and audiobooks
- Video games, comics, graphic novels
- Critically-acclaimed streaming movies
- Free downloadable mp3 music
- A global selection of magazines and newspapers
- Lifelong learning opportunities
Let’s all Give Library and get local this holiday season!
Participating Businesses
Gabriola Island
Village Liquor Store
575 N Rd #4, Gabriola, BC, V0R 1X3
Port Hardy
Fields
8950 Granville St, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0
The Book Nook at Cafe Guido
7135 Market St, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0
Port McNeill
Fields
43-1705 Campbell Way, Port McNeill, BC V0N 2R0
Tahsis
Tahsis Building Supply
123 Harbour View, Tahsis, BC V0P 1X0
Nanaimo
Pure Spa
97 Commercial St, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5G3
Habitat for Humanity Restore
#1 – 4128 Mostar Road, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6C9
Ironworks Cafe & Creperie
200 Commercial St, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5G6
That 50’s Barbershop
16A Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5B8
London Drugs Port Place Shopping Centre
650 Terminal Ave Suite 2, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5E2
London Drugs Nanaimo North Town Centre
4750 Rutherford Rd Suite 175, Nanaimo, BC V9T 4K6
Toys “R” Us
6631 Island Hwy N, Nanaimo, BC V9T 4T7
Lucid
Campbell River
Island Grind
801 Hilchey Rd #104-105, Campbell River, BC V9W 0B5
Cowichan Lake
Swordfern Boutique
89 S Shore Rd, Lake Cowichan, BC V0R 2G0
Fields
33 S Shore Rd, Lake Cowichan, BC V0R 2G0
Bella Coola
Townsite Ace Hardware
635 Cliff St, Bella Coola, BC V0T 1C0
Masset
The Ground Gallery and Coffee House
Sooke
Sooke Chamber of Commerce
6631 Sooke Rd #1a, Sooke, BC V9Z 0A3
Sandspit
The Sandspit Visitor Information Centre
1 Airport Rd, Sandspit, BC V0T 1T0
Cumberland
Biblio Taco
2724 Dunsmuir Ave, Cumberland, BC V0R 1S0
Courtenay
Bigfoot Donuts
463 5th St, Courtenay, BC V9N 1J7
Comox
Komox Grind Espresso & Smoothie Bar
1811 #105, Comox Ave, Comox, BC V9M 3L9
Ladysmith
Ironworks Cafe & Creperie
422 Esplanade Ave, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1A1
Cowichan
Ironworks Cafe & Creperie
64 Station St, Duncan, BC V9L 1M4
Hornby Island
Hornby Island Co-op
5875 Central Rd, Hornby Island, BC V0R 1Z0
Sidney
Town of Sidney Municipal Hall
2440 Sidney Ave, Sidney, BC V8L 1Y7
District of North Saanich
1620 Mills Rd, North Saanich, BC V8L 5S9
Mary Winspear Centre
2243 Beacon Ave, Sidney, BC V8L 1W9
Port Alberni
SteamPunk Cafe & Coffee House
3025 3rd Ave, Port Alberni, BC V9Y 1S7
Chemainus
Willow Street Cafe
9749 Willow St, Chemainus, BC V0R 1K3
Gold River
Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations gym
100 Ouwatin Road, Tsaxana, BC
Qualicum Beach
Constituency Office of MLA Adam Walker
184 W 2nd Ave A, Qualicum Beach, BC V9K 2T5
Tofino
Rhino Coffee House
430 Campbell St, Tofino, BC V0R 2Z0
Ucluelet
Ucluelet Brewing Company
1601 Peninsula Rd, Ucluelet, BC V0R 3A0
Parksville
SOS Thrift Shop
188 West Hirst Avenue, Parksville, BC V9P 2G9
