9/11: Mesa library provides community event to honor first responders

The Mesa Public Library invites the community to create cards designed to honor and support first responders in advance of the National Day of Service on Sept. 11.

Families and individuals are invited to use their artistic skills to design cards or write notes to show community appreciation to local first responders.

Cardmaking events will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sept. 1 at the Red Mountain Library, Sept. 2 at the Main Library and Sept. 3 at the Gateway Library. There will also be a session at the Dobson Ranch Library from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 4.

All supplies are provided, and no registration is required, city officials said. Residents unable to participate in the scheduled cardmaking sessions are encouraged to make their own cards at home and bring them to the Main, Dobson, Gateway and Red Mountain locations through Sept. 4.

Library volunteers will deliver the cards to police and fire stations throughout Mesa before Sept. 11.

For more information about the Cards for First Responders programs and other library events, visit mesalibrary.org.