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Welcome to the fourth edition of the Hopkinton Public Library E-Newsletter. Welcome Library Board of Trustees!
The Hopkinton Public Library
welcomes the newly elected Library Board of Trustees. This is the first
time in the history of the Hopkinton Public Library that an election
was held for the Library Board of Trustees. Thank you Trustees for
volunteering your time and support. We look forward to working with you!
Marie Eldridge – Chair, John Belger - Vice Chair, June Harris – Secretary, and Mike McNamara and Stan Pulnik.
The Trustees will meet on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7 pm starting July 21, 2011. Hopkinton residents are invited to attend these meetings. Please check the town website for meeting location.
July 14th Countdown on Grant Award
The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) will be announcing the library construction grant awards on July 14th in a meeting to be held at the Northborough Public Library at 10 AM. Check our website for results. We are eagerly waiting for this announcement! The Permanent Building Committee (PBC) will hold a meeting on July 14th at 7 PM. This is an open meeting; check the town website for location information.
Library Friends Book Sale
The Friends of the Hopkinton
Library held its summer book sale on June 11 and 12. Thanks to all of
you who volunteered and all of you who donated fabulous books, this was
the best sale ever. The Friends Book sale raised $2660.00!!
Recently, in addition to buying a new museum pass, the Friends have
purchased a huge pull up movie screen and a DVD/CD disc repair machine.
Additional fund raisers include: The great Wine Charms ($10), which are still available at the Library. And now there is an eye-catching book tote bag ($5) with the "Library as the Heart of the Community” logo (shown above). The book tote is a way of promoting the Hopkinton Library as well as a practical tool. Thank you Friends and all Library supporters!
Family Program as part of Summer Reading
Monday, June 27 at 6:30 PM – Drum away the Blues
Preschoolers to Senior
Citizens, join us at the Library to learn from Craig Harris how to drum
away the global blues. Participate in singing, moving and drumming to
discover the joys of creating music and learning about music around the
world. This is an event you don’t want to miss!!
Summer Reading Programs are in full swing
Youth Summer Reading
The theme for the Children’s Summer Reading Program is One World, Many Stories.
Sign up and enter raffles for prizes; earn additional chances for
prizes for every 30 minutes read! See details and a calendar of events
on the Hopkinton Library Kids section of our website at www.hopkintonlibrary.org.
The theme for Teen's summer reading is You are Here. Sign up online by going to the Teens section of our website at www.hopkintonlibrary.org. Dont miss out on the events planned including the Harry Potter Contest!
Adult's Summer Reading
Hopkinton Library is offering a new Adult Summer Reading Program (Novel Destinations) this summer. Sign up online by clicking the Novel Destinations logo on our Library website (www.hopkintonlibrary.org). The first 50 entrants will receive a nice purple book bag and will be entered into a raffle. Readers will also be entered for raffle drawing for every 3 books they read. Join our new Reader’s Choice Book Discussion Groups to share your great reads and/or to be inspired by others sharing their favorites. The next sessions are scheduled for Thursday, July 7 at 10:30 AM and Monday, July 18 at 7:00 PM. Please email Susan at smarshall@cwmars.org or call 508.497.9777 to let us know if you can come.
Denise Kofron, Children’s Librarian awarded Hopkinton Hero Award
On May 31st, Denise Kofron was awarded the Hopkinton Hero Award by the HPTA. She was nominated by Rebecca Wood,
who submitted an essay as her nomination. Rebecca wrote: "I chose this
lady because she has made a difference in the community; particularly
the children …" Take a look at the complete essay on the Hopkinton
Public Library Children’s Web page by clicking Kids tab at www.hopkintonlibrary.org.
Network of Enterprising Women (NEW)
On Monday, June 20th the
Library hosted a networking meeting for NEW. Twenty-five members
attended this meeting. We were delighted to be the host of their
meeting! After the networking session, the group held their board
meeting in the library.
Girl Scouts & the Go the Distance Activity Book
Girl Scouts from troop 73791, Sara Freedman, Emma Galeucia, Avery McKenna, Amanda Rogers and Chloe Smith have worked hard to create the new Marathon – Go the Distance Patch.
In addition to creating this new Girl Scout patch, "The Hopkinton Five”
have created a notebook for people to enjoy at the Hopkinton Library.
This notebook is full of
ideas and activities to be used as a fun way to learn about Marathons.
The notebook is kept at the Reference desk.
Come take a look and make copies of any pages that you would like to use. We applaud these hard-working and inspirational Girl Scouts and thank them for thinking of the Library as a home for their great work!!! |
