ALA Puts Library Promo on Cereal Boxes

ALA just released this news yesterday:

The American Library Association (ALA) is working with Safeway Inc., on a roll-out of the first two of five Safeway-brand cereal boxes with back-panel content about libraries and librarians. The boxes will launch this October and will be available at Safeway’s 1,500 stores across the nation.

“We want to thank Safeway for presenting us with a unique opportunity,” said ALA Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels. “The cereal boxes will bring information about some of the exciting ways to enjoy libraries – and about the value of libraries -- straight into people’s homes.”

The first boxes to feature the library-related content are Toasted Oats and Honey Nut Toasted Oats. There will be a staggered launch for the rest of the panels.

The panels focus on five content areas:

1. Get rich @ your library lists free resources available at libraries and encourages readers to add up how much they save by using the library’s resources.

2. Learn for a lifetime @ your library features the ways that school and public libraries encourage lifelong learning.

3. Great mysteries answered @ your library contains fun facts about libraries, including the number of questions answered weekly by reference librarians at our nation’s academic and public libraries.

4. Discover the world @ your library positions a library card as a passport to the world.

5. Discover your family tree @ your library encourages readers to go to the library to research their family tree.

All feature the @ your library® brand of ALA’s Campaign for America’s Libraries and links to resources available at www.ilovelibraries.org, ALA’s advocacy and public awareness Web site for the public. The first panels focus on genealogy and international libraries.

Visit ilovelibraries.org/safeway to preview the back panels and learn more.

Click here to find which Safeway stores are near you.