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.
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.
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.
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Get the app for free from your app store, available for:
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).
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!
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
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