{"id":376,"date":"2018-04-06T16:29:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T20:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/?p=376"},"modified":"2019-04-05T11:06:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T15:06:12","slug":"what-you-may-not-know-about-the-2018-bruins-pj-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/2018\/04\/06\/what-you-may-not-know-about-the-2018-bruins-pj-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"What you may not know about the 2018 Bruins PJ Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-377 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6743-1_BB_PJdrive_1200x628_Jammin-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"331\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6743-1_BB_PJdrive_1200x628_Jammin-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6743-1_BB_PJdrive_1200x628_Jammin-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6743-1_BB_PJdrive_1200x628_Jammin-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6743-1_BB_PJdrive_1200x628_Jammin.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><em><strong>By Celeste Bruno, Communications Director at the MBLC<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Collecting PJs to give to DCF kids is a good thing and libraries across the state have pitched in to be community collection sites. The Boston Bruins set a lofty goal for libraries\u201410,000 pairs in just over a month\u2014and while we\u2019re still counting, here\u2019s some fun things you may not know about this year\u2019s PJ Drive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new record high of 146 libraries participated\u2014that\u2019s up from 93, just three years ago!<\/li>\n<li><em>ALL<\/em> of Boston Public Library\u2019s branches participated.<\/li>\n<li>Trustees at Norwood\u2019s Morrill Memorial Library matched the PJs donated by the public\u2014very nice!<\/li>\n<li>The Boston Symphony made a generous donation of 100 PJ\u2019s to Great Barrington\u2019s PJ Drive<\/li>\n<li>First Lady Lauren Baker did the chicken dance at Chicopee\u2019s PJ and Pancake Dance Party!<\/li>\n<li>The Bruins made a one-of-a kind Team Jersey for Jonathan Bourne Public Library\u2014the entire team signed it!<\/li>\n<li>This is the very first year that a library from every part of the state has participated: from the Berkshires to the Islands!<\/li>\n<li>More than 50% of libraries reached or exceeded their goal in spite of four Nor\u2019easters.<\/li>\n<li>First Lady Lauren Baker gave a shout-out to libraries during her NESN interview during a Bruins game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>But please remember<\/strong>: No matter how many pairs of PJs you collected, each one makes a difference in the lives of the children who will wear them.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all the libraries that help make this drive such a huge success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Celeste Bruno, Communications Director at the MBLC Collecting PJs to give to DCF kids is a good thing and libraries across the state have pitched in to be community collection sites. 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