6 posts tagged “childrens programs”
The grant will pay for a musical educator to provide monthly programs for small children, $500 of early reader and picture books, $1,000 of juvenile fiction, non-fiction and biography, comfortable chairs for the kids area, an outdoor A-frame sign with changeable letters, and craft supplies for our Tuesday and Saturday programs.
Our Tuesday program will continue through December 4th (and will start again in the new year), two more Chinese sessions are scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 2nd 9:30am to 10:30 and Sunday, Dec. 8th 9:30am to 10:30. The book club book this month is "The Mammoth Cheese" meeting December 11th at 6:30pm (new members always welcome.) You can always find out about library and other local activities on our programs page (see link to the right.)
Last week kids in the after-school program painted their bowls. Here are a few photos.
Kick off Party
We will kick off our After school program with the CLiF book party for kids of all ages. Come by the Pittsfield Town hall at 3:30 on Tuesday October 23rd. Help us celebrate the arrival of over 100 brand new kids books from the Children's Literacy Foundation with a PARTY. The foundation will give us a presentation especially for kids! We'll have laminated library cards with your names on them, snacks, special activities and LOTS of NEW BOOKS for you to check out.
Tuesday After School Program
Volunteer Joyce Stevens is organizing a fall after school library program. Thanks Joyce! Kids 2nd grade and older can get off the bus and come right into the library (younger children are welcome with parental assistance.) Programs will run until 5pm.
October 30th - Carve Jack - o - lanterns to decorate the green.
November 6th - Make mini books to decorate the Library's Christmas Tree for the Festival of Trees.
November 13th and 20th - Create and paint paper mache bowls ready to bring home for the holidays
November 27th - Check back here for details.
Trick or Book!
Stop by the Pittsfield Roger Clark Memorial Library for a surprise when you're trick or treating your way around the Pittsfield Green on Halloween.
Summer is over.
Join us October 27th for our last Summer Saturday. We've had so much fun we've extended summer through the end of October. After the 27th we will be closed on Saturdays for the season.
New Programs Page
Have a look at our kids activities page. We list lots of kids activities and resources here. The link will always be on the right side of the page with our other links.
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**As some of you know we have to raise at least $300 to take advantage of our CLiF sponsorship. This will provide over 100 new library bound children's books for our library. To raise money the Swiss Farm has generously offered to hold a fund raising dinner. The dinner will be on November 2nd at 6pm. The cost is $16 (children $8) for soup, salad, dinner and desert. Please call the Swiss Farm 746-8341 to make a reservation.
**Our Tuesday after school program is scheduled to start up in mid October. This program will be for anyone 2nd grade or older and will start at 3:30 (or whenever you get off the bus) and finish by 5pm. Younger children may participate with the help of their parents. Programs may include pumpkin carving, art projects, speakers, cooking, and tree decorating.
**Our Saturday morning kids program will continue for another two months. Bring your kids Saturdays from 9:30 to 10:30 for stories, crafts and time at the playground.
**Book club continues, this month's book is "On Kingdom Mountain" by Vermont author Howard Frank Mosher. We will meet to talk about it October 2nd at 6:30 pm. If you'd like to order the book through us call Sharon at 746-9962 or e mail at gashala@verizon.net
**Look for the library book sale on the Pittsfield Green during the Pittsfield Bazaar Spetember 29th.
Remember we are 100% volunteer run, from selecting books, to setting mousetraps. So if you like the library, please thank a volunteer.
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Roger Clark Memorial Library Pittsfield Vermont Meeting 9/6/07
Meeting started 6:30 pm attending: Susie Martin (trustee), Sandy Begin (trustee), Joyce Stephens, Angelique Lee, Beth Sullivan, Marion Abrams (trustee), Kelly Zieggler, Stacey Veilleux
Treasurers report
received: $21 donations at picnic, $350 annual from the town
spent: $300 matching CliF grant, $10 Creemee certificates
total: $1924.00
Old Business
Next meeting first Thursday of the month. October 4th.
Angelique reports that the CliF grant we received will provide 100+ new children's books and include presentations at Stockbridge, Killington, Rochester and Barstow Elementary schools, AND a party for our kids to be held at the town hall. We will have Pizza and library cards. We hope to use the party as a kick off for the Tuesday program.
Joyce reports that the Tuesday after school program will run from Oct 16th (depending on the CliF party) to December 11th. It will be for 2nd graders and up (but younger children may participate with their parent's assistance). It will start at 3:30 (or when kids get off the bus) and run until 5pm when the library closes. Programs may include pumpkin carving, cooking, tree decorating, oral history, Art projects and speakers.
Publicity was discussed. Kelly will get info into the Killington School News, Stacey will put it in the Stockbridge School news. Marion will contact Mt Times and Herald of Randolph.
Fundraising dinner will be at The Swiss Farm Inn November 2nd at 6pm. Cost will be $16 for adults and $8 for kids. Our volunteers will assist Joyce. Soup, Salad, Dinner and Desert will be served. Call Swiss Farm for reservations.
Book Sale Pittsfield Bazaar September 29th.
Anyone around please help with set up at 9am
Karen W will cover set up to 11am,
Marion 11 to 1
April 1 to 3
All available hands please help with break down.
New Business
Will we continue our Saturday program? April, Kelly and Angelique will keep it going through September and October. We will re address the question then. Library will be closed during the Bazaar on the 29th.
We should send Thank You notes to donors. Volunteers will write notes during shifts. I will provide a page in the white notebook to write who notes were sent to and the date.
We will set up a “Guilt Free Library – generosity jar” at the desk.
Book sets available from dept of libraries.
Announcements
Book club meeting 6:30 pm Oct 2nd. Orders to Sharon by Friday (tomorrow.)
Meeting notes 5.31.07
Present:
Trustees: Susie Martin, Marion Abrams, Susan Davidson
Volunteers: Courtney Desena, Angelique Lee, Kelly Ziegler, Karen Waterworth, April Hayden
Minutes will be put on vox and 1 copy printed out for library archives
Next meeting
Thurs July 6, 6:30
Treasurer’s report:
Checking: $1804
Cash on hand: $108.25
Alberta E. Fairbrother Memorial Award: $1702.66
$500 award going to either Cullen Haskins and Rebecca Major, based on GPA
Zilpah Ranney: $1000.00 CD
Robert P. Jutson: $1000.00 CD
Old Business
Community picnic
Community picnic sponsored by library: June 24 at 6 PM
Soccer Sundays 5–6:30 PM through summer. Post sign to piggyback onto soccer game: “Pittsfield Library community picnic—potluck / Playing fields behind the library / Bring games, instruments / Door prizes”
Simple foods: hot dogs and lemonade
Karen to provide grill; Courtney to provide hotdogs and buns, condiments; Marion to provide watermelon; Susie to provide lemonade, cups, napkins; Kelly to provide cookies and paper plates. Have free will bucket for library donations. Borrow tables from town hall.
Door prize: 1 child and 1 adult
Cremee certificates (for kids): Susie
Book for next book club (for adult)
Courtney to provide tix for door prize
Marion will make sign with sawhorse
Susie to make sign for the “P”
If possible, balloons on sign for Sunday morning, from Rochester Hardware
Have library open during picnic. People to rotate shifts. Keep track of how many people come into library that day. Collect email addresses to
Other community picnic dates: July 29 / August 26
Angelique to look into American Flatbread and Breyers ice cream donations for 8.26 picnic. Maybe show movie this night. General thought to find acoustic musicians
Computer for library
Angelique and Sean prepping a new computer with wireless router for library. Working on security issues with Patty.
Marion reported on free library software to get our collection online. She is continuing to pursue possibility.
New Business
New trustee
April Hayden will be introduced to the selectboard as the library trustees’ choice to fill Kris Sperber’s seat. Susan to write to selectboard.
Additional hours for summer
Add Saturday hours for summer: 9–11 AM
Open Saturdays beginning June 16
Book weeding
To make space to update collection and to consolidate for move for Town Building project
Team: Marion, Karen, Kelly, Courtney, Beth
Vermont Libraries consultant Bob Geisler will help us
Trustees agree to give team authority to weed, as long as there’s a trustee present
Summer programming
VT Dept of Libraries has summer children’s programming, with affordable performers, etc., to encourage summer reading
Team to work on summer programming: April, Angelique, Courtney
Special award books, such as Dorothy Canfield Fisher books—can we stock those books in our library? Would bring young adult readers in.
Angelique reported on Children’s Literacy Foundation 4 to 1 match for children’s books—next application deadline Sept 1. Need a plan for raising funds for grant app.
Susie and Marion to work on clearly written instructions so volunteers know how to proceed with tasks to be done in the library.
Volunteers: Make sure to keep visitor records for your shift. Break down into age categories:
5 and under
6 to 12
13 and older
Sandwich board: Add to Library wish list
Bulletin board: Courtney to spruce up the bulletin board outside the library
Angelique suggests the need for a fund-raising committee. Put on agenda for next meeting.
April to contact Distribution to Underserved Communities Library program re: art books
Book club meeting June 7th: The Glass Castle
Theme: “Help Us Grow”?
Adjourn: 7:55 PM
June 3, 2007, 4 pm
Meeting Recap submitted by Angelique Lee
Children's Programming Team
Roger Clark Memorial Library
Present: Angelique Lee, April Hayden, Courtney Desena
1 We agreed to ask Marion if we could keep records of our efforts and notes on events at the Vox site so that there is continuity and a foundation for future Teams.
2 We discussed offering programming for infant through young adult, realizing that we will sometimes offer intergenerational programming.
3 State summer reading program starts in February. We are too late to join and receive funding per a phone call with our contact Rob Geissler, but he is providing us with a copy of the materials. We will offer local kids the opportunity to follow the program, but realize that most kids are probably already engaged at the Killington Library.
When we receive the performers list, Angelique will leave it at the library so we can all tag
our favorite ideas and see what consensus we can come to, and who is available. At that point
we will ask Marion for money. We hope to schedule performers on Saturday mornings.
4 Saturday shifts will become "Special Saturdays" where the volunteer will offer something our of the ordinary for kids, it will be announced on posters and our bulletin board. April will offer storytime and a craft, Angelique may just bring in muffins and lemonade, or set out a special book display on an interesting summer subject. The volunteer can do whatever they are comfortable doing, it is self determined.
5 Community Picnic is a time we would like to do something special to increase our circulation numbers, like offer a treat of some kind for Pittsfield kids when they take out a book. We probably need to revisit this, we didn't go beyond this.
6 We would definitely like to apply for a CliF grant, Angelique will call to confirm August deadline and start the paperwork. We discussed having a fundraiser at the Fall Bazaar to raise the $300 that we would need. Note that the Libri Foundation rural book grant also requires matching funds of $250 max, so we can aim extra high if we're up for it! Some ideas were face painting, balloon fund raiser with nice prizes, ice cream or creamees. We could have a big sidewalk chalk mural project as an attraction, April suggested something more permanent. Weeded kids books could be sold for a small donation. We are all going to give this some thought to the Bazaar.
7 We started a Wishlist for the children's section:
• Glider Rocker for moms
• Comfy floor pillows or beanbag chairs for kids
• Update toy/truck collection, add kid's kitchen (April may donate)
• Chalkboard
• Rug
• Carpet Squares (let's shoot for extra fun colors, no beige!)
• Markers/Crayons/Paper (I added this, my daughter suggested it)
• Rockers on the front porch
8 We started a "Kid's Picks" shelf. Courtney has been designated official designer and will create a beautiful sign for the black corner display. The display will ask kids to put a recommended book on the shelf, fill out an index card with their name and the reason it is good, and take a small packet of goldfish for their troubles. Courtney is also purchasing some plastic buckets for the goldfish, markers and index cards to hang from the display. April's daughter Maisy kicked off the shelf with a few of her favorite picks.
We will expand on this during the school year by contacting teachers at the Stockbridge and Killington schools to ask if local kids' book report projects can be featured at the library. This will give us a great program for grant money to purchase a display, current books driven by kid interests, and draw in more community. This is a good Turrell Fund program.
9 We discussed afterschool programming for the fall. Special Tuesday after-school snack and book time for kids getting off the bus. We will need an additional component to draw kids, something that encourages weekly participation. This is another Turrell Fund program.
10 We discussed starting a book donation program where the donor would be acknowledged with a special book plate, and a certificate or letter. This is for people to donate their favorite books, or hopefully to make a donation in honor of a friend or relative on their birthday or a holiday.
11 We are going to keep an eye out for local folk who may be able to share their interests, travels, talents, history, and skills at the library in the form of a program or display. We will share info with Marion, since she mentioned working on developing this resource.
