Card Crawl 2024: Back to the Stacks

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month, and to show you how much we love our library cardholders, we’re hosting Card Crawl 2024! Bring in your card—or get one—on Saturday, Sept. 28 (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.), and explore the building to unlock loads of library fun! You’ll find fun freebies all over the building, a big book sale, free frozen custard from Culver’s, cool craft activities, a grand prize drawing, and soooooo much more. You’ll even get FREE bus rides from Eau Claire Transit!

Get a Library Card!

Don’t have a card? All day long, stop by the big Customer Services desk on Level 1 to sign up for a library card. Our friendly staff makes it easy!

Schedule of Events

Friends of the Library Bag Sale
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Level 0: Dabble Box Courtyard (outside) • It’s the return of the famous bag sale! Fill up a bag of books and take it home for a suggested goodwill donation.

Seed Starting Workshop with Beaver Creek Reserve
10 a.m. to Noon • Level 0: RCU Dabble Box Makerspace • Learn the basics and benefits of native plants as you make your own seed starter to take home and plant! Native seeds and materials provided.

Family Storytime + ARTmobile
10:30 to 12:15 a.m. • Level 1: Youth Program Room • Enjoy storytime for the whole family followed by an art project with the Pablo Center’s ARTmobile!

FREE VANILLA CUSTARD from Culver’s
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. • Plaza (outside main doors) • Enjoy a scoop of tasty, frozen vanilla custard from the generous people at Culver’s. (While supplies last.)

DIY Library Card Lanyard
12:30 to 3 p.m. • Level 0: RCU Dabble Box Makerspace • Families! Drop in to the Dabble Box where kids (and kids at heart) can craft and decorate their own lanyard card holder.

SUPER HUGE LIBRARY CARD Coloring
12:30 to 3 p.m. • Level 0: RCU Dabble Box Makerspace • Collaborate on a community project to color in part of our SUPER HUGE LIBRARY CARD.

LEGO® Club
1 to 3 p.m. • Level 1: Youth Program Room • Recommended for school-age children and their grown-ups, join fellow brick fans for free building. We supply the LEGO®s, you supply the imagination!

Fabulous Freebies: Collect ‘Em All!

All day long, get carded at each stop on the crawl for fun prizes. Can you find these locations?

Level 0: Friends of the Library Bookstore
Level 1: Youth Services Desk
Level 1: Youth Study Rooms (Room 132)
Level 2: Genealogy Room
Level 2: Local Authors Section
Level 3: Innovation Lab

PLUS! As you’re exploring, search for our roaming Card Crawlers. Find them to claim a mystery prize!

But There’s More!

Win the Grand Prize
Stop by our Library of Things on Level 1 at any time to enter our grand prize drawing for this year’s Basket o’ Bookish Delights.

Take Selfies with Our VERY LARGE LIBRARY CARDS
Level 1 Pablo Lounge: Kids Selfie Station
Level 3 Art Gallery: All-Ages Selfie Station

Library of Things on the Loose
All day long, check out a rotating display of cool Library of Things items—great gear you can check out like a book!

Lost Bookmark Adoption Center
On Level 1 near the main desk, check out a display of all the forgotten bookmarks our Circulation Department has collected over the years. And they’re all free to a good home!

Teen Lanyards-n-More
Teens can stop by the Teen Lounge on Level 1 to make their own lanyard, perfect for holding your library card’s little sidekick, the library fob. Plus: friendship bracelets!

And There’s FREE Bus Rides?!

Yep—for one day only, your card is a bus pass! All day on Sept. 28, the fine folks at Eau Claire Transit will provide free bus rides on any route (to destination), when you show the driver your library card (or the MORE Libraries app on your phone). Each passenger must have their own library card/account to show.

Don’t forget! We love to see your library card, and you’ll need it to unlock the fun. So before you come, grab your card, install the MORE Libraries app on your phone, or get ready to sign up for a shiny new card.