Back in the late 1990s, we obtained used shelving from
a public library that had closed, when I served on the
Board of Trustees of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library
and Music Hall in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.
Each year, our United Way chapter has an annual "Day
of Caring," when local companies allow some of their
employees to skip work for one day, to do work for a
local non-profit organization. So, one of the tasks
accomplished by the volunteers at the Library, during
that "Day of Caring," was to assemble these shelving
units.
So, you might check with the United Way in your area
to see if they have a similar annual program. Another
group, called "Pittsburgh Cares," has similar programs
all year-round. So, you might also check with other
non-profits and social service groups in your area, to
see if they have similar types of programs.
gaw
>>>Original Message:
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:54:34 -0600
From: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Shelving
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I concur with Kelli Bacon about getting the
installation included with
the
purchase of the shelving. Several years ago our little
local history
museum in
Oconomowoc purchased used metal shelving from a local
office supply
store that
went out of business. We bought the entire store for
$300, good
shelving at a
great price, right? Wrong! Only later did I discover
that all the
hundreds of
shelving components dumped in my storage area was
mismatched,
disassembelled
in a hurry, and the shelving was from three different
companies that
are not
compatible. To make matters worse, no one will
volunteer to
re-assembell the
shelves, so it's left to me put them together and me
with absolutely no
mechanical ability. (as a child I guess I was playing
with dolls
instead an
erector set) I did ask our carpenter to help me sort
it out and he did
but at
his carpenter-hourly wage, so that isn't an option
either. My advice,
get your
price for shelving with the assembely and installation
included. Sorry,
I
guess I over-ran my whinning-time today.
Valerie Davis
Oconomowoc and Lake Country Museum
=====
gaw
Glenn A. Walsh
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