Winter Wise Challenge
A frosty winter pattern, the left half of which is covered with green squares with icons showing environmentally-friendly concepts.

Join our Winter Wise Challenge: Green and Thrifty Edition

October to January 2024

As we enter a new season, we invite you to embrace the concept of Winter Wise: Green and Thrifty and carry it with you throughout the new year. Start with the activities enclosed; designed to encourage a deeper understanding and strive to use the concept of sustainability in many aspects of your life.

Get Started

Paper Challenge Tracker

Pick up paper challenge tracker available at your local branch. The paper challenge trackers must be returned to your local branch by January 31, 2024 to be entered into the prize draw.  

Online Challenge Tracker

Sign into Beanstack, a website and app, to track completed activities and share resources and reading lists to earn badges and tickets to enter to win prizes. 

View Tutorial

Download the Beanstack Tracker App 

Get the app for free from your app store, available for: 

  • iPads and iPhones running iOS 15.4 or newer from the App Store
  • Android tablets and smartphones running Android 6.0 or newer from Google Play

What's Involved

Reading Log 

Track the minutes that you read or listen to a book. Any book counts, it does not need to be related to this challenge. Every 45 minutes earns you a ticket to enter the prize draws. You can earn up to 10 tickets (a total of 450 minutes of reading).

Activity Log 

Complete 2 activities in a themed badge to earn that badge. Each badge provides 2 tickets for prize entries. There are 5 badges for a total of 10 tickets that can be earned.

All activity logs must be returned to your local branch by January 31st, 2024, to be entered into the prize draw.

Bonus Points!  

Complete our Winter Wise survey and earn an additional 6 tickets!

Prizes 

  • Prize Pack 1: Refill Gift Box, $25 Indigo Gift Card, $10 PC Gift Card, Book Nerd Socks & Book Bag (1 of 2)
  • Prize Pack 2: Refill Gift Box, $25 Indigo Gift Card, $10 PC Gift Card, Rainbow Book Nerd Socks & Book Bag (1 of 2)
  • Prize Pack 3: Refill Gift Box, $10 PC Gift Card, and Literary Charades Game (1 of 3)

Booklists 

The Winter Challenge’s booklists can be viewed here. Place your holds today! 

The Winter Wise Challenge: Sustainable Winter Cooking

The Winter Wise Challenge: Energy-Efficient Home

The Winter Wise Challenge: Explore your Community

The Winter Wise Challenge: Swap it Out

The Winter Wise Challenge: Eco-Friendly Finances


Please note:

  • You must have a valid ORL card to participate. Don’t have a card? Sign up for one online or get one at your local library branch
  • Participation in the Adult Winter Challenge is open to all adult Okanagan Regional Library card holders. However, per the ORL Board Policy & Regulations, ORL Employees and Board Members and their immediate families are not eligible to enter the prize draws.
  • The Adult Winter Challenge can only be completed once per person.
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