Win Padres tickets in library contest

The San Diego County Library is conducting its first Checkout Challenge including three branches, San Marcos, 2 Civic Center Drive, and Vista, 700 Eucalyptus Ave., as well as La Mesa. The branches are competing to reach a million checkouts for this fiscal year, which ends Monday.

The San Diego Padres, a sponsor of the Checkout Challenge, have donated thousands of tickets to upcoming Padres games for the contest. Library patrons that check out 20 books, movies or CDs will receive a set of two tickets, while supplies last.

The winning branch will host a community party with hundreds of new DVDs available for customers to check out. Additionally, the manager of the San Marcos Library pledged to dye her hair red, white and blue if her branch wins, and five staffers of the Vista Branch pledged to publicly cut their hair into mohawks if they win. Library Director José Aponte also announced that he will sport a mohawk if any branch sets the record this fiscal year. Current standings put the Vista Library at about 960,700 checkouts, followed by San Marcos with about 848,200 checkouts, and La Mesa with about 804,100 checkouts.

“The Checkout Challenge aims to raise awareness about the great resources we offer at San Diego County Library,” Aponte said. “Staff and customers alike are having a great time with the competition, and we are honored that the San Diego Padres jumped in to support the effort with their donation of tickets.”

All library materials count toward the Checkout Challenge, including e-books and renewals. E-books may be downloaded from the website, and library patrons may renew materials by phone or online.

For more information call (858) 514-4765 or visit sdcl.org.

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