I don’t see this any­where on the web (either on the ILA site or the MVLD one), so I’m post­ing this to help pub­li­cize the effort. It appeared in the most recent of the Illi­nois Library Association’s e-News.

“The mag­netic library rib­bons mea­sure 8″ and say, “Sup­port Illi­nois Libraries.” They sell for $1 each for amounts of 100 or more. $1.25 each for smaller amounts. Ship­ping will be extra or you can pick them up at the Mis­sis­sippi Val­ley Library Dis­trict (408 West Main, Collinsville, IL 62234; phone: 618.344.1112 ex. 113; fax: 618.345.6401).

Please con­tact Bar­bara Rhodes (bar­barar at mvlibdist.org) and send her your name, library (if applic­a­ble), address, and phone num­ber. Indi­cate if you would like the rib­bons shipped or if you will pick them up.

The Mis­sis­sippi Val­ley Library Dis­trict will be sell­ing these rib­bons to the pub­lic for $2.00 each as a fundraiser.”

I’ll admit that when these mag­netic rib­bons first started appear­ing every­where, I wasn’t a fan. But a few years ago, MFPOW started offer­ing ones the ones that Mis­sis­sippi Val­ley is using, so I put one on my car. It’s still there today, and I con­fess that every time I look at it, it gives me a twinge of pride. YMMV (no pun intended).