AMnesty Week

We are pleased to once again announce our Groundhogs Day Amnesty Week. We've even extended the dates! From January 25 throught February 7, bring in one item of non-perishable food and we'll forgive up to $1 in fines, including old fines. For those two weeks, you can also pay for printing and copies with non-perishable food items also. Each item will be worth up to one dollar of prints/copies.

We're hoping for Phil not to see his shadow so that Spring will soon be here!

New Year's Reading Resolutions

On another blog, David W. posted his New Year's Reading Resolutions. I love this idea so I decided to create my own.

Here's are my New Year's Reading Resolutions- one for each month of the year:

1. I will read a biography

2. I will read a book about the history of my city

3. I will find a poetry book and read some poems out loud

4. I will visit a new library

5. I will read a yound adult novel

6. I will re-read a childhood favorite

7. I will read a non-fiction book on a new subject

8. I will listen to a Playaway

9. I will read a new author

10. I will share my favorite books of the year with my some of my favorite people

If you'd like to check out David's list visit http://shelftalk.spl.org/2009/01/06/new-years-resolutions-for-readers/. You will see some similiarities.

Share your New Year's Resolutions with me...

Library newsletter coming soon...

Greetings! We are just finishing up with the January newsletter.  It will be going to the printer this week and mailed out next week. Watch your mail! 

Some highlights from the newsletter:

ways to go "green" while helping out the library

update on our building project plans

programs for kids, teens and adults

Amnesty Week for fines- both current and old

Remote printing

Bus trips- group pricing is back thanks to a new partnership with the park district

Check out the newsletter for these stories and more....

The newsletter will also be posted online too

Have a great day and thanks for reading,

Mary S.

Wishes for 2009 and a few New Year's Resolutions...

2008 was a great year for our library. We increased usage and attendance at programs; offered some new programs that patrons really embraced; continued to plan for our future and created new services! 

We would like to thank all of our patrons- without you we wouldn't exist!  We hope that you continue to check out books, DVDs, CDs and audios; download an audiobook if you haven't yet (new iPod compatible books are coming soon); attend a program;  or check out our website.

Our resolutions for 2009 are to continue to offer materials, programs and services that meet the needs and desires of our library patrons. We will add or refine programs and services as needed. We will continue to inform you of the plans for our referendum. Finally, we promise to do our best to respond to any suggestions we receive.

My wish for you and your family is a Happy, Healthy and Blessed New Year filled with books, movies, music and fun!

Thank you to all that participated in the Gingerbread House Auction

I would like to send a huge thank you to all that participated in this year's Gingerbread House Auction.

We had 15 houses to auction off. There were many styles and methods used to create the houses! Pictures will be posted soon on the library's website.

In addition, the Friends group sold 6 baskets through Silent Auction.

The Friends income for this event was close to 900!! Many many thanks to all who helped us achieve this amount!

A special thank you to the Friends of the Library for all you do to assist us! 

We would also like to thank our auctioneer, Mr. Todd Holmes, for helping to make this a special Event! We would like to thank the Wilmington School District for use of the beautiful high school. Another special thank you to Bonnie, the HS janitor, who was incredibly helpful and providing great assistance to us. 

I hope that those of you who won a house or basket are enjoying them~ I know my family's enjoying the two that we won!

We hope to see you next year! 

Holiday help

If you're planning a party, looking for new cookie recipes, or ideas for homemade gifts, stop in @ your library. We have idea books for all of these plus much more. We currently have a display of holiday related books... some of the cookies look really yummy!

If you're looking for unique gifts, please consider entering a bid in our silent auction. We have about 5-6 baskets that are being auctioned off. Bids are being taken through Sunday afternoon. The baskets will be tranported to the high school for the Gingerbread House Auction for the final bids. Basket themes include High School Musical, Hannah Montana, Adventures in Reading, Organizing, and a Gingerbread themed basket. Stop by and check them out soon!

Also join us on Sunday, December 14 for the Friends of the Library's 2nd Annual Gingerbread House Auction. There will be a variety of houses to bid on, yummy snacks to enjoy and great fun to be had by all!

Carry out @ your library

Greetings on this cold November day! I just wanted to remind you about a relatively new service that the library has. We are now offering "Carry out @ your library"! To sum this service up, call us with a list of books, we'll check them out and bag them for you. Then, we'll either carry them out to the curb at a designated time or you can come in and pick up the bag. Give it a try today! This service was made possible with the assistance of the Friends of the Wilmington Library.