Free Community Share

Browse to take home, and/or share goodies!

Share extra flowers, handmade art to take home, recipes and vegetables with your community! Only those bringing produce need to register. All others, just attend. No prepared foods can be shared.

Enjoy fresh flowers, local handmade art to take home, recipes and fresh produce. Here's how it works: If you have plenty, share. If you'd like some, browse and take with you. And, there's no reason you can't do both!

**Please note food will be present. If you have a food allergy, please contact 812-428-8233 for more information. Due to the historic nature of the EVPL East, West and Stringtown buildings their meeting rooms are not fully ADA accessible. If you are interested in participating in a program that is not accessible please contact that location to arrange alternative accommodations. For current information on programming, please visit events.evpl.org.

Procedures for Stringtown’s

For those sharing fresh produce only: Community Share Share Participants are required to register if bringing produce.  This can be done up until each event start time.

For anyone sharing produce, we ask that produce and flowers be fresh and usable. Bring items for others as though you are sharing with a favorite family member or friend. 
Spoiled or overly ripe items are not suitable for the share. If you’re not sure if an item is suitable, do the self test: Would I feel comfortable and content eating this as it is or allowing my child to consume it?
All participants who are sharing vegetables or flowers are asked to remain on-site throughout the share. If they need to leave early, we ask that they take any items they brought with them. Items for sharing may not be left unattended. Anything not taken, needs to be taken away by the person who brought it.
Prepared foods are not able to be shared.
Recipes may be shared. Other items such as clothing, canned goods, toys or diapers may not be shared. EVPL Stringtown reserves the right to restrict exchanges made on EVPL property without prior notice to the community, should issues arise.
Items will not be sold at the Community Share. No money may exchange hands.
Individuals are asked to take what they need, remembering that others have needs as well. While individual maximums will not be imposed (due to differences in household composition and family size) the spirit of respectful sharing with one another should guide all interactions.
Any items left at the Community will be discarded by the library the same day or distributed as EVPL deems most appropriate. Sharers who leave produce items behind despite being asked not to (and signing an agreement to take back what they bring) will be advised that they are not allowed to return to the share for subsequent events in the 2025 season.
All sharing must occur downstairs in the meeting room. Distributions and exchanges in the parking lot or green space are not allowed, due to safety issues for all patrons.
Each adult participating will be asked to sign a copy of the procedures. This will be kept on file at EVPL Stringtown.
Cloth bags will be available while supplies last.  Participants are asked to only take one bag for the season. 
Each session that participants attend will earn them one entry into a drawing for a $30 Olive Garden Gift Card. Winner will be notified by August 22. 

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