We are at the start of a new term with Jamie as our 2019-2020 President.
As we don’t meet during the summer months of July and August, this is the last meeting before we reconvene in September. Any questions or comments can be directed to us in the comments section or in an email. We can be reached at lindenwold.library.friends@gmail.com
Now, the meeting minutes.
Fall Book Sale
The book sale will be on the following days:
- Thursday, October 10, 2019 from 12PM – 8PM.
- Friday, October 11, 2019 from 9AM – 5PM.
- Saturday, October 12, 2019 from 9AM – 2PM.
We need volunteers!
Signup sheets will be available in the library for sign up in September.
Friends of the Lindenwold Library will have a new Facebook Page coming soon. Stay tuned for that!
The following items are needed for the book sale. Further details will be discussed in the September meeting:
- Signs
- Flyers
- School Distribution
- Senior Communities
A lot of donations have been given to the library. Members can help by presorting the donations in the shed if possible.
The cash box will be stocked and ready to go for the book sale opening at Noon on Thursday! Select members may not be available for the book sale as they will be traveling.
Summer Schedule and Plans at the Lindenwold Library
- Summer Reading Club
- For children up to the age of 13.
- For every 75 minutes of reading accomplished by a child, s/he will receive a raffle ticket to be included in the draw for a prize at the end of the summer program.
- Every child who signs up for the reading program will receive a bag that has a tattoo sticker, 2 bookmarks, the summer events, and a sheet with stars to color in for every 15 minutes read.
- The Lindenwold Library hosts Space themed arts & crafts in partnership with Robin’s Nest/Connections on Thursdays from 4pm – 8pm.
- The State theme this year across its libraries is SPACE!
- Program lasts for 9 weeks to August 29, 2019.
- The Food Bank provides the meals during the arts & crafts programs.
- Supplies are needed for the arts & crafts. Please contact Brenda for more details.
- Downstairs portion of the library will be decorated with Space as a theme.
National Night Out
It takes place at the Lindenwold Memorial Park on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 from 6pm – 9pm. Gift baskets will be available, and volunteers are needed! Please inform Brenda or Mary if you are able to participate!
Friends of Scouts
It has been determined that the Friends of the Lindenwold Library will donate $50.00 to the Friends of Scouts.
Back to School Drive
The President suggested hosting a “Back to School” drive in August/September to help promote the library. Mary volunteered to communicate with the teachers of the Lindenwold School District to see if they would find the idea helpful. One suggestion for the giveaway was a loaded backpack or supplying the more expensive items children may need for school. Mary also suggested stocking loose items from clearance sales to help with the drive if the program gets support from the community.
The soonest the Back-to-School drive can occur, then, would be in 2020.
New Website
If you made it here, that means you already noticed that this is now available. There is still a lot of work to be done and information to be entered, but it is definitely an on-going project.
For those of you interested, subscribing to the blog will allow subscribers to be notified of new posts that will include information about things Friends of the Lindenwold Library is planning.
The posts will typically make up of our meeting notes, upcoming Friends events, and all meeting dates.
Separation of Members and Volunteers
It has been suggested and agreed upon by members that there will be two categories of involvement:
- The first category is volunteers. This is for people who want to be involved but not attend meetings.
- The second category is members. This is for people who want to be involved in both the meetings and events. Additionally, should the attendance requirement be met, eligible members also vote for the President and Secretary positions.
This concludes the meeting notes for June. This is our last meeting for the summer. There will be no meetings held in July or August.
Please do come by and support the Library. The Supervisor has a lot of good arts & crafts planned!
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