Thank you to all who participated in the Free2 Contest! We are thrilled to announce our 10 Grand Prize Winners:
Roslyn Head-Lyons, Oakland Main Library: Free2 think beyond the confines of my race, looks and income to continue to strive to be the best I can be.
Viktor Karanovich Beall, Martin Luther King Library: Free2 look afar beyond the sea. I am free to have the knowledge that is key. I am free to be me.
Niko Plakakis, Martin Luther King Library: Free2 inspire students in becoming what their greatest fears told them not to.
Mike McInerney, Serramonte, Westlake and San Bruno Branches: Free2 think, read, listen and learn. Free to say what I want and free to write what I feel.
Laurie Darroch-Meekis, Oakley Library: Free2 reach beyond myself, into a vision of the world and all its magnitude, gathered and presented at my local library.
Poornima Meenakshisundaram, Newark Library: Free2begreen (save energy&trees, learn about earthfriendly choices.) With two kids engaged with their books, I am free2beme and free2befree!!!
Dale Wolfe, Palo Alto Main Library: Free2 define, design and develop new languages, theories, methodologies, personal technologies and personal traditions, unencumbered by irrelevant exogenous cultural and institutional influences. Online libraries can help.
Tara Bates, San Francisco Main Library: Free2 research school papers, learn how to care for my wilting houseplant, improve my Spanish and peruse the huge multilingual children's section under the guise of checking out books for my 7 year old nephew-- all in one afternoon.
Arabela S. Virata, Northbeach Branch: Free2 EDUCATE MY MIND and LIVE GREEN at the same time! By borrowing books, I help in the conservation of earth's resources.
Sarit Elata,Palo Alto Main Library: Free2 read all the great books I've been
craving to read and have alternative life experiences and unexpected learning
while sitting at my favorite armchair.
Read the Press Release about the winners of the Free2Contest
Stay tuned for more contests, activities and Free2 events!
Santa Clara Library Director, Erin Ulrich, Talks with KBAY
