9 posts tagged “summer”
Library Community Picnic
What a great way to end the summer! Thank you Nancy Blessing and Doug Johnstone for organizing our final pot luck of the summer. Thank you Angelique Lee for organizing the summer reading program and handing out certificates and ribbons. Thank you Picarello's Pizza for donating free Pizza certificates to this summers big readers. Thank you Joe and Courtney Desena for loaning us their projector for our screening of "A Bug's Life." What a treat to have a movie right here in town, and the popcorn was free!
Thank you to everyone who participated in our summer picnics. We hope you will continue to stop in the library through out the year.
Thanks to Carl Oertell (Odell) the kids at Saturday's story time got to try on real firefighter helmets, boots and even a coat. They read about volunteer firefighters putting out fires in small towns then put out a pretend fire using an Indian Pump.
COMING UP:
September 2nd 4pm Volunteer Jason Hayden leads a mushroom walk.
September 4th 6:30pm Volunteer and trustee meeting, new volunteers always welcome.
September 11th Olympic Skier Doug Lewis 6pm.
September 27th Pittsfield Bazaar and Library Book Sale.
Thank you Sharon Mayer and Nancy Blessing for organizing this fun afternoon, and thank you Angelique Lee for taking the photos you'll see below. We had a great group of about 18 kids and adults.
AUGUST 24th - Nancy Blessing will be organizing our final summer pot luck community picnic (inside the Town Hall if it rains). Along with a great chance to catch up with neighbors we'll be screeing the movie "A Bug's Life," and handing out the summer reading awards including Pizza certificates donated by Picarellos Pizza. Dinner starts at 4, screening of "A Bug's Life" at 7.
SEPTEMBER 2nd - Jason Hayden's mushroom walk has been rescheduled , this is a great chance for adults (kids are welcome too) to learn about all the mushrooms we've been seeing this wet summer. Meet at the library at 4pm.
SEPTEMBER 11th - Special program with Olympic skier Doug Lewis. More here.
SEPTEMBER 27th - We will hold our now annual book sale at the Pittsfield Bazaar.
SEPTEMBER 30th- The library book club starts up again. Read "20 Chicken's for a Saddle" and join us at 6:30pm.
We're working on the photos, they will be here soon! Check back.
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.
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
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.
A group of 10 volunteers showed up Sunday for our second library work day. We moved boxes, cataloged books, weeded shelves, set up new displays, updated spine tags, and generally spruced up books. Stop by, we add new books every week.
We have lots of plans for the summer including picnics, presentations, outdoor games, a big summer reading kick off and more. Our second Saturday of the month music and stories for toddlers will continue, and we'll start our Special Saturdays up again too. Check back here for details.
Have you noticed there are no photos lately? My camera's broken, I should have it back in a few weeks.
