A Brand New Year!

It’s a brand new year at Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library and we are looking to make it our best year yet! We send out our thanks to all the patrons who utilized our collection and other resources last year. We would also like to thank all the businesses and individuals who have made donations, participated in our fundraising programs such as Adopt-A-Magazine, our Memorial Brick and Memorial Book programs, and those who have donated time and supplies for the library to hold programs and do special projects for the children of our service area. Without the support of the community our library would not be the wonderful resource that it is.

An Adult Book Discussion will be held on Thursday, January 14th, 7 p.m. The selection for this discussion will be “T for Trespassing” by Sue Grafton. The library will soon have copies available for a small donation of $8. If you’d like to participate sign up at the library!

Starting in February our Children’s Librarian Lesa Byers will be having Mother Goose Time at 11 a.m. on Mondays. This program is open to toddler age children and their parents so come on down and have fun! Also starting again in February is a community favorite, Story Time! Story Time will be held every Thursday at 11 a.m. So come get warmed up with a great story and some fun projects!

Also starting in February are our teen oriented programs. Saturday, February 6th, 2010 we will be holding a Board Game Tournament from 11 a.m. to noon. Come down and show off your mad skills! Stick around for our Poetry slam right after that from noon to 2 p.m. We will have judging set up and prizes will be awarded!

By now most people are aware of the economic woes libraries are facing. We at Eccles-Lesher aren’t giving up without a fight! This winter we have been vigorously streamlining our collection of materials and saving the items we withdraw to include with our generous donations of items to hold a Spring Fling Book Sale! Save the dates of Thursday, March 25th through Saturday, March 27th to come down and take advantage of this three day, super cheap event! Our ever popular Buck-A-Bag policy will be in effect for all three days, allowing you to stuff as many great books, movies, etc. into a bag as you can and we’ll only ask you for $1 for all of it! If you have items you think people would ‘adopt’ that you would like to donate to our cause to raise money please bring them down! We are often given books that are moldy, excessively damaged, covered in dirt, etc. While we appreciate the gesture and feel people’s hearts are in the right place, these items do not help the library. We politely request that you only donate items that are in decent and acceptable condition.

Beginning Monday, January 11th the library will be selling 50/50 Raffle Tickets to help raise money! Tickets will run one for a dollar or a sweet deal of 6 tickets for only $5! In a 50/50 Raffle the money earned is split down the middle, half going to the library and the other half going to a lucky ticket buyer! Stop in and tell your friends! Who couldn’t use a chance to win a little extra cash? The winner will be announced Saturday, March 27th during our Spring Fling Book Sale Event! Buy up as many chances as you can!