Need some gift ideas for this holiday season? Perhaps you’re on a strict budget this year. Or you’re looking for something a little different. Maybe you want a gift that has a double meaning.
Consider the ENCORE Bookstore just inside your Vista Library as your newly found gift shop for the season! Not only does every purchase benefit the library; many items will make great gifts, too (hence the double meaning).
Here’s a list of ideas for that special holiday gift:
- Movie DVDs
Check out our ever-changing supply of DVDs. Grab one of a collection of favorites for your friends and family.
- Coffee table books
Lined along our window, we have boxes and boxes of coffee table books, arranged by topic, that are beautiful to look at and fun to read.
- Friends of the Vista Library Membership
Is your family member or friend a library supporter? A Friends of the Vista Library Membership might just be the unique gift they will love. Yearly membership starts at $10 for students and seniors, or splurge on a lifetime membership for $200.
- Puzzles
We always have a few puzzles in stock, and they make great gifts.
- Crafts
Make a craft at one of our free library events. From Ceramics with Alex, Painting with Alma, or Black Ink Painting with Brenda, our craft events will show you how to make that homemade gift that someone will appreciate. If you can’t attend our events, grab a book on crafts and do it yourself in the comfort of your own home.
- Music CDs
Look for your favorite artist in our CD collection.
- Book Collections
Our books are so affordable that you can get an entire collection for someone based on their hobby. Gardeners, crafters, cooks, sports enthusiasts, history buffs, thriller lovers, romance types, mystery solvers. You name it; we probably have it.
- A beautiful leaf on our Wall Tree
Just inside the library on the wall, you’ll see a tree with hundreds of leaves in silver, gold, platinum, and bronze. All of these leaves represent donors, and many of them donate in the name of someone else as a gift or memoriam. A bronze leaf starts at $100, but plan ahead because engraving is involved and lead time is needed.
- Gift card
If you just want to send a card, we have those too, at 10 cents each or three for 25 cents.
- Food
Our supply of cookbooks will help you find the right items to cook as giveaways or for a family meal or party.
- Donation
Got some people on your list who say they don’t want any more “things”? These non-material folks may just love you making a donation to the Friends of the Vista Library in their name.
Be sure you mention to your recipient that your gift helped fund free library programs, bought more books, and financed needed equipment. We are grateful and so will they be when they see how meaningful of a shopper you were.
Happy holidays from all of us at the Friends of the Vista Library.
