Our July Pot Luck community picnic became a pot luck dinner, but in spite of the rain we had a great turn out. Several of us came home with Amish Friendship Bread starter (thanks Shari). If you loved Angelique's cole slaw, the recipe can be found here (Angelique suggests cutting the oil in half).
It was a great honor to have "Children Gather Round" and their huge drum here in our little town hall. Here are a few photos.
Join us Wednesday the 23rd at 6pm for a nature scavenger hunt, and every Saturday morning for stories and crafts.
See our whole summer programming list here.
CHILDREN GATHER ROUND Drumming from the Heart has performed at schools, libraries, camps, festivals and 1st Night celebrations in Vermont and New England.
Gather with us around the drum and celebrate the heartbeat of Mother Earth.
Children and adults alike...everyone gets to drum, dance and sing with us!
The picnic is by the playground next to the Pittsfield Roger Clark Memorial Library on the green on route 100. The picnic starts at 4pm and the drumming program will be at 6pm. The event is rain or shine and will be held in the Town Hall next door in the event of rain. Please join us and bring your friends and neighbors to this free community event.
Read about the rest of our library summer programs here.
And please note our extended summer hours Tuesdays 3 to 5pm, Thursdays 5 to 7pm, and Saturdays 9 to 11am. Stop in and see the latest additionas to our adult book collection, if you are in the summer reading program don't forget to pick up your next sticker toward a Free Pizza donated by Picarrellos.
View our programs page here, don't forget to bookmark it.
We had our first picnic of the summer and kicked off our summer reading programs. If you couldn't be there, stop in any time during our open hours to start summer reading logs. After 5 visits to the library you get a coupon for a free small pizza donated by Picarellos. Our next picnic is July 20th and will feature the great company of neighbors and friends as well as Native American drumming group Children Gather Round. Please join us, we love to make new friends.
Summer has started! Please join us Sunday for our first Library Community Picnic of the summer. This is a chance to reconnect with friends and neighbors after a long snowy winter and see the MANY new books we've added to our collection. Invite a neighbor you've always wanted to talk to. Mention it to friends. We welcome anyone of any age.
The details:
June 29 - Sunday, 4pm - 7pm
Pot Luck Community Picnic next to Pittsfield's Roger Clark Memorial Library on the Green off Rt 100
Featuring Outdoor Games for Everyone and Summer Reading Program Kick-Off.
KIDS - Come pick up your FREE Summer Reading Program T-Shirt,
and learn how to earn a free pizza donated by Picarello's and a pass to the Champlain Valley Fair!
The library will be open and our volunteers are shelving hundreds of new books for adults, kids, and young adults, great summer reading is ahead.
For information on programs look here.
For dates and times of summer programs here.
To get regular e mail updates about library activities send a note to pittsfieldvtlibrary@gmail.com.
Greetings Friends and Neighbors!
The 100% volunteer Roger Clark Memorial Library is once again gearing up for a season of wonderful summer programs, with something for everyone - including outdoor activities, music and picnics. Our volunteers are shelving hundreds of new books for adults, kids, and young adults, great summer reading is ahead.
A collection of children's magazine subscriptions from Muse, Calliope and Ask, to Young Rider and Animal Baby have arrived for the coming year.
Our summer hours will start the weekend of July 12th when we will add Saturdays from 9 to 11am to our Tuesday and Thursday hours.
New this summer we are participating in the Vermont Department of Libraries Summer Reading Program for Children: Catch the Reading Bug. Remember way back in February kids signed up for a free t-shirt? We'll have those and more incentives to kick-off the program at our first community picnic June 29th. We look forward to seeing you this summer - AT THE LIBRARY!
June 29 - Sunday, 4pm - 7pm
Pot Luck Community Picnic
with Summer Reading Program Kick-Off
and Outdoor Games for Everyone
KIDS - Come pick up your FREE Summer Reading Program
T-Shirt, and learn how to earn a free pizza donated by Picarello's and a pass to the Champlain Valley Fair!
July 12 - Saturday, 10am - 11am
Susie Smolen Music Program for Young Kids
July 15 - Tuesday, 4:30pm
All Ages Mushroom Walk with Jason Hayden
July 19, Saturday, 10am - 11am
Story and Craft for Young Kids
Library opens at 9am
July 20 - Sunday, 4pm - 7pm
Pot Luck Picnic with All Ages Audience Participation Native American Drumming
and Storytelling by "Children Gather Round"
July 23 - Wednesday, 6pm - 8pm
All Ages Nature Scavenger Hunt
Bring a basket or container for your treasures
July 26 - Saturday, 10am - 11am
Story and Craft for Young Kids
Library opens at 9am
July or August TBD - Watch for Posters
Parachute Games for Kids
August 2 - Saturday, 10am - 11am
Story and Craft for Young Kids
Library opens at 9am
August 6 - Wednesday, 7pm-9:30pm
Teen Movie Night for 6th Grade and up
August 9 - Saturday, 10am - 11am
Story and Craft for Young Kids
Library opens at 9am
August 16 - Saturday, 10am - 11am
Story and Craft for Young Kids
Library opens at 9am
August 23 - Saturday, 10am - 11am
Story and Craft for Young Kids
Library opens at 9am
August 24 - Sunday, 4 - 8 pm
Pot Luck Picnic and Outdoor Movie A Bug's Life. Summer Reading Program Awards and Catch Fireflies! Bring your own jar!
August 30 - Saturday, 10am - 11am
Story and Craft for Young Kids
Library opens at 9am
Roger Clark Memorial Library Meeting Minutes 6/5/08
Attending: April Hayden (Trustee & secretary), Marion Abrams (trustee Chair), Susie Martin (Trustee & treasurer), Karen Waterworth (trustee & Secretary), nancy Blessing (volunteer), Sharon Mayer (volunteer), Angelique Lee (volunteer)
Treasurer’s Report:
Half.com $94.08, R & J CDs $1,000 each, Checking ending balance $4,262.41, AEF CD $641.53.
Planning of Summer events:
Picnics will be held June 29 (Karen), July 20 (Kelly), and August 24 (Nancy). Special events/neighborhood games will be held during picnic.
Saturday story time will be held during July and August from 9:30-10:30 starting July 12. Library will be open from 9-11.
We now have a movie license. Nancy will lend us “A Bug’s Life”; Courtney- projector?; Marion – speakers.
Jason will lead a mushroom walk in July – if weather has been rainy enough.
Greg Lobella will do a “parachute tutorial” with any interested parties, Sharon will pick up Parachute, and Nancy will look for her book on games.
Reading incentive program – We’ll give bug stickers for visits to the library – we will submit proposal to Greg for Picarellos’ Pizza certificates!
TAG – Teen Advisory Group – proposed a movie and pizza night and maybe a sleepover?
Adult programs – There were seven who attended the retirement program. There was some discussion about community interest in adult events – perhaps we will wait until fall.
Mailing – Angelique will coordinate and design but will need help with putting together.
The Killington Library is hosting a resort librarian meeting. Anyone interested in attending? No one was able.
The first set of new Ingram books are here – primarily junior fiction.
Listen Up VT – we need to get trained for this and find out more about passwords.
Do we want to get a dry erase board to feature/highlight upcoming events? Tabled for now.
Library Trustee Meeting Minutes (continued)
It was decided that the Book Club will not meet during the summer months, but will resume sometime in September. Regular host, Sharon Mayer, encourages members to read the next selection, Twenty Chickens For A Saddle by Robyn Scott, at their leisure and be prepared to discuss it in the fall.
Angelique Lee offered to take on the task of finding a suitable sofa for readers with funds from the Turrell Grant as previously decided.
July 12th was chosen as the start date for this summer’s Saturday morning Story Hour. The library will be open from 9 to 11 for story hour and a related arts & crafts project suitable for preschool aged children. A variety of library enthusiasts are encouraged to assume responsibility for hosting at least one of these sessions.
It was mentioned that the Roger Clark Memorial Library was largely featured in a documentary film about the Cliff Grant Children’s Literacy Foundation.
A note was written to thank Mr. Skrobak for his retirement planning presentation on May 28th.
The meeting was adjourned by 8:30 pm
Start planning, here are some of our Summer Schedule Highlights, we'll get you more details soon.
Look for monthly community picnics with some extra surprises. The picnics will be from 4 to 7pm on June 29th, July 20th & August 24th
We'll add 9 to 11 Saturday mornings to our library hours starting July 12th.
We'll run our Saturday story and craft program for kids every week from July 12th through the end of August.
.Also look for a Mushroom Walk July 15th, a nature scavenger hunt, parachute games and more.
Hello all,
Thank you to those who attended the last meeting and discussed "Three Weeks with My Brother". The concensus was that this is a lovely book and an enjoyable read.
As we all have many commitments and obligations, vacations planned and LOTS to do this summer, we have decided to suspend the meetings of the book club for the summer months. We will resume in September. The book chosen by April for the next meeting is "Twenty Chickens for a Saddle" by Robyn Scott.
The plan is to order this book now for those interested and give everyone ALL SUMMER to read it. So, please RSVP as soon as possible if you are interested in being included on this order. I will be putting in the order on Monday, June 9th and will need your response by then in order for you to be included.
I will send the September meeting date out in August.
Have a great warm summer,
Sharon
Our next volunteer and trustee meeting is Thursday June 5th at 6:30.
We would really like to nail down our summer schedule so we can send out a town wide mailing. WE CAN'T RUN ANY PROGRAMS UNLESS WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS WILLING TO MAKE A COMMITMENT. Please come to the meeting and let us know what you are able to do. If you can't make the meeting please let us know if you can:
Run a Saturday morning craft and story program (just one would help),
host one of our monthly picnics (we'll do one each month for 3 months),
run an adult program (speak or present on something you think would interest the community),
organize outdoor games during a picnic or another evening (kick the can etc..).
To see the agenda click here. If there is anything you would like added to the agenda, just let me know.
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