I Donated Firefly & Serenity to my local library .....

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PUMAMANREDUX

Saturday, April 21, 2007 7:50 PM

*bump*

The topic of donating DVDs cropped up recently in a new person's thread at

http://fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=20&t=28280

so I decided to bump this thread and mention that these threads inspired me to write a message about donating Surface TV show dvds over at

http://www.savesurface.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2505

So it doesn't just have to be Firefly and/ or Serenity DVDs ... it could be that copy of Gigli you got for Xmas a few years back

*Begin PSA announcement*

so if you like a TV series or movie and have a few spare $$$ or other currency then donate copies to a venue like a (town, city, college, et al) library, an Armed Forces organization or a troop, a sci-fi club or whatever group you see fit. Check the rules and regulations with the venue you select so you make there are not any complications.

*end PSA*

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HIGGINS

Saturday, April 21, 2007 10:02 PM

Speaking as a librarian, I highly recommend this idea. Don't forget school and academic libraries as well as public ones. Most libraries have a high demand for DVDs and a limited budget to buy them with so donations are usually appreciated. I second checking the library catalog first to make sure that they don't already have Firefly/Serenity and then checking with the head librarian (or media librarian if the staff is big enough) to make sure the donation will be welcome. You will want to get a receipt or some other acknowledgement of your donation if you plan to write it off on your taxes.
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PUMAMANREDUX

Sunday, June 3, 2007 9:28 PM

Any new browncoats (or even older ones) going to try this method of spreading the firefly love?

Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

SISTER

Sunday, June 3, 2007 9:58 PM

In the small rural community I live in not too many folk HAVE DVD players!! I kid you not! Those that do aren't generally the type to frequent the library...(in my opinion). What I've resorted to is 'one browncoat at a time'... A woman who works at my veterinarians' office doesn't even have television...but she and her family do have a DVD player and they are the local blockbusters' best customers.. So last time I was there I loaned her the DVD of Firefly... Next time I saw her she said she and her family were amazed and intrigued and couldn't believe the show had been canceled with so many questions left unanswered and so many stories left untold. I then loaned them the movie Serenity...and when I got it back she was so grateful. Just small steps in a small community. I will check with our library, tho to see if they accept donations. It's a good idea this time of year with kids out for the summer.

FOLLOWMAL

Sunday, June 3, 2007 11:33 PM

Also donating Serenity: Collector's Edition when it comes out is a good idea.

Accomplishes two things... spreads the Firefly/Serenity love.

Buys another copy of the BDM Collector's Edition for Uni to see we're still here and still interested.

To join us go here:
http://www.serenitymovie.org/browncoats/forums/index.php?showtopic=154
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PUMAMANREDUX

Friday, September 28, 2007 1:48 PM

Minor update

I have yet to donate a Serenity CE to my local library.

However, during these past few weeks I thinned out my DVD collection a little (some titles I doubt I'll watch again or were still in shrink wrap) and purchased some new titles (cheaply at a W**-M***)

EMMAZULE

Friday, January 11, 2008 3:48 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MrT:
I recently bought three copies of the BDM as it was on sale... the intention was to donate them to my local library. Dutifully I checked the online catalogue and... they have 25 copies of Serenity already and two of Firefly as well as the soundtracks!!

Right - suggestions please for what is the best way to spread the word with three spare copies of Serenity? ( I already have two lending copies!)

There's always Goodwill (hey, you'd be surprised how many people shop there precisely because things are so cheap. This INCLUDES people looking for media - like DVDs - on the cheap, who might not buy it at full price, but might well still fall in love with the series!)

There's also college and high school libraries, too. God knows that I would rather have watched FF or Serenity when we had a sub than the thousandth viewing of Remember the Titans!

~Emma

PUMAMANREDUX

Saturday, January 12, 2008 1:42 AM

wow

Someone found this thread in the attic here at fff.net

Since posting my last post, I have donated a few more cheap movies and the copy of the TV series Surface I donated a while back has been put in circulation ....

Triva at Wal-Mart there are a ton of movies priced at $5 and $7.50 .. sometimes even less. At larger WM stores there are many seasons of TV shows priced at $19.99. Not Firefly tho

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JOSSISAGOD

Friday, February 8, 2008 6:14 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by FollowMal:
Also donating Serenity: Collector's Edition when it comes out is a good idea.

Accomplishes two things... spreads the Firefly/Serenity love.

Buys another copy of the BDM Collector's Edition for Uni to see we're still here and still interested.

To join us go here:
http://www.serenitymovie.org/browncoats/forums/index.php?showtopic=154
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I don't have the cash to donate the CE, but I will be donating my original copy of Serenity, and when I save the money to get another, my original copy of Firefly.

Fe'nos Tol
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Friday, February 8, 2008 6:27 PM

oops, posted twice.

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