...One hundred thousand cans on the wall, one hundred thousand cans. Grab a stash, redeem it for cash...ninety-nine-thousand-nine-hundred-ninety-nine cans on the wall... Catchy, yes? We know how much our supporters miss sorting all those bottles and cans in the Redemption Shed at the Barnstable Transfer Station…just kidding! What we all miss is that it was a GREAT fundraiser for the Library, so we’ve created our OWN version.

THE BACKGROUND: The bottle redemption fundraiser brought in $5,000 in operating funds annually for the Library. Since the Redemption Shed is still closed, and we know people have redeemable items stashed away in their garages and basements, we want your help to turn those cans into cash. HOW?: At five cents a can/bottle, we need to redeem 100,000 items to reach $5,000 by June 30, 2021. Here's how: Take your redeemables to a supermarket (Stop & Shop, for instance) or Cotuit Liquors, where there are automatic machines that will take your cans and give you a slip that you exchange for money. You can then donate that money to the Library. Redeem your materials as above, but instead of waiting to turn in your machine-generated slip to the store cashier, just drop it off at the Library at your convenience, and we'll take care of it.

We’ll be keeping track of the progress we’re making in this challenge and sharing it with the community. You can start today by taking your items to be redeemed!  Thank you for joining the 100,000 CAN CHALLENGE!

Questions? Call us at 508-428-8141, or email Director Antonia Stephens at librarian@cotuitlibrary.org