Gift Subscriptions for Libraries

It's the end of the year and you're giving gifts and writing checks anyway, so why not give a gift that keeps on giving the whole year? No Clark Griswold, I'm not suggesting the "Jelly of the Month Club," but I am suggesting that you share your hobby interests with your whole town.

Give a subscription to your favorite hobby magazine to your local library.

Budgets are never high enough for libraries, and magazine subscriptions are among the first things cut in order to maintain other services. Opportunities to share our hobbies exist beyond specialty shows and events, and we rarely take advantage of them. Educating and informing others about your hobbies is the first step to attracting new enthusiasts, and that's a vital component to the health of every hobby from bass fishing to old cars to antiques to...you get the idea.

Take a moment to talk to your local librarian -- don't forget to bring in a copy of the magazine -- and explain that you'd like to give a gift subscription to the library. Once you get the green light from the librarian, it's pretty easy to add that extra subscription on to your existing account.

By the way, those gifts are tax deductible for you, and that's always a welcome thing this time of the year.