Last Friday, we received a call from the Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County Library in Fitzgerald, Georgia telling us that they had been given some tickets for the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.  The ticket donor gave them to the southern Georgia library asking if they could arrange for the tickets be distributed to someone who would take some children to the event.  The Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Library, in turn, offered the tickets to Monterey Public Library, thinking that we might be in a better position to accomplish this, given our proximity to Pebble Beach. 

So, we held a surprise drawing for the tickets the following day at our Summer Reading Program Kick-off Party, and now two local kids will be having a day at this world-class event with a parent in tow.  As the mom of one of the ticket winners said of her son, “He will be giving his dad an awesome Father’s Day gift!"

Thanks, Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County Library and your donor for your generosity!  You made a couple of dads very happy (and some children, too!)