The Mysterious Stranger Who Keep Donates DVDs
Petersburg, VA (United Sates):
The mysterious stranger comes in the middle of the night, a large white envelope filled with DVDs is placed in the book drop outside Richard Bland library and the culprit disappears into the night without a trace. In the morning, when library employees check the book drop, they discover the envelope and the typed index card attached to the outside, which reads; "The enclosed DVDs are for the RBC Library's Film Collection."
"We get an average of two to three drops a month," said Amy Shay, Library Secretary.
The deliveries have been coming since the late 1990s and have helped RBC to build a substantial entertainment library. The movies are usually recent bestsellers or old movies that have just been released in DVD format.
"We don't have the funds to buy these recreational type videos," Deborah Vroman, circulation and reference librarian. "The kids are so excited and it brings them in for other reasons. It's kind of the good hook."
Before the DVDs began arriving the "Anonymous DVD Donor", as he or she is referred by the staff, donated VHS tapes.
"They made the switch from VHS to DVD almost as soon as the new technology became popular," said Vroman.
Occasionally the library's Anonymous DVD Donor will even donate cash or a Best Buy gift card, so that the school can purchase DVDs they might not receive.
To date, the library has received over 1,000 VHS titles, over 1,500 DVD titles and more than $850 in funds to purchase additional and replacement DVDs.
"It's kind of fun," said Vroman. "You don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth, but sometimes our curiosity gets the best of us."
Vroman and her colleagues have speculated on who could be the Anonymous DVD Donor. Perhaps it is a school employee or just a local movie lover, but the staff has no idea who their mystery benefactor real is ... Do you?
Oct 02, 2005
Susan Robertson, Petersburg Progress Index, VA
Petersburg, VA (United Sates):
The mysterious stranger comes in the middle of the night, a large white envelope filled with DVDs is placed in the book drop outside Richard Bland library and the culprit disappears into the night without a trace. In the morning, when library employees check the book drop, they discover the envelope and the typed index card attached to the outside, which reads; "The enclosed DVDs are for the RBC Library's Film Collection."
"We get an average of two to three drops a month," said Amy Shay, Library Secretary.
The deliveries have been coming since the late 1990s and have helped RBC to build a substantial entertainment library. The movies are usually recent bestsellers or old movies that have just been released in DVD format.
"We don't have the funds to buy these recreational type videos," Deborah Vroman, circulation and reference librarian. "The kids are so excited and it brings them in for other reasons. It's kind of the good hook."
Before the DVDs began arriving the "Anonymous DVD Donor", as he or she is referred by the staff, donated VHS tapes.
"They made the switch from VHS to DVD almost as soon as the new technology became popular," said Vroman.
Occasionally the library's Anonymous DVD Donor will even donate cash or a Best Buy gift card, so that the school can purchase DVDs they might not receive.
To date, the library has received over 1,000 VHS titles, over 1,500 DVD titles and more than $850 in funds to purchase additional and replacement DVDs.
"It's kind of fun," said Vroman. "You don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth, but sometimes our curiosity gets the best of us."
Vroman and her colleagues have speculated on who could be the Anonymous DVD Donor. Perhaps it is a school employee or just a local movie lover, but the staff has no idea who their mystery benefactor real is ... Do you?
Oct 02, 2005
Susan Robertson, Petersburg Progress Index, VA
