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Special
Programs and Events
Book Sale, July 4, 8:00am - 2:00pm, at the
park
Visit the FRIENDS of
the Library Used Book Sale in the park on July 4th from 8:00am to 2:00pm.
Bargains are available on gently used books. All proceeds benefits library
programs and services. See you there.
Library Volunteers Honored in July 4th Parade
Watch for library
volunteers in the parade on July 4th. Wonderful people volunteer
throughout the year at Towanda District Library!
Pandemic Preparedness at the library
The library
implements these measures to assure your safety:
1. All books and DVD’s are dropped into book bins inside the front door
and under the front desk. They are not handled for at least 3 hours after
arriving at the library – since viruses can survive on non-human objects
up to 2.5 hours.
2. Library staff wash their hands frequently.
3. Hand sanitizer is available to the public throughout the library.
4. Clorox wipes are available near the computer hub. Bleach is used
regularly on the front desk, toys, and restrooms, as well.
Summer Teen
Nights, monthly on Thursdays,
7:00-9:00pm
Teens enjoy a place to relax and socialize
with their peers. The library offers teens a monthly opportunity for
casual, unstructured fun in a name-your-own activities format. The library invites teens to consider the library when
they say, “What is there to do around here?” Upcoming events:
July 9:
Game Night -
Guitar Hero, Wii.
August 13: Teen Movie Night
Family Movies Nights, Fridays, at dusk (around 8:30pm)
July 10: Secondhand Lions
July 24: Escape to Witch Mountain
Summer Reading Program,
Wednesdays, June 17
- July 22, 10:00am
Weekly programs at the
Towanda District Library will provide engaging, interactive performances,
community speakers, craft projects, games, readers’ theater, and reading
challenges. Each Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. Joanna Ranninger and
Karen Bersche will provide a variety of age-appropriate programs for youth -
ages 3 to 6 years and 7 to 12 years.
Open enrollment allows
children to join the fun anytime during the 6-week program – June 17
through July 22, 2009. The theme for the 2009 Summer Reading
Program is:
Read on the
Wild Side!
See our
schedule of programs.
Thank You Summer Reading Program Sponsors:
Towanda Ladies’ Night Out, Towanda Parent Organization, FS FastStop,
Towanda Senior Citizen’s Organization, Towanda HCE, R E-Z Storage,
Alexander Mfg. and Meyers, Inc., Ed Anderson Trucking, First Farmers
State Bank, Midwest College of Cosmetology, Towanda Lions Club and
Towanda 4-H
Reading for the Dogs, Tuesdays, June 23 - July 28, 6:00pm -
7:00pm
Youth can read one-on-one with a trained and certified canine friend -
by appointment only - from June 23 - July 28 on Tuesday
evenings between 6:00pm and 7:00pm. See the
R.E.A.D website for the benefits of
this program.
Pre-School Story Hours,
11:00am weekly during the school year
Pre-school Story Hours run from
first Monday after Labor Day to the Monday prior to Memorial Day.
Pre-schoolers may participate in the
Summer Reading Program on Wednesday mornings during the summer.
Mondays
each week during the school
year, preschoolers
learn the “joy of reading”. Youth Services Librarian
Joanna Ranniger reads to
children ages 3 through 5 and leads them in educational activities.
Younger brothers and sisters may listen to online, animated TumbleBooks or
enjoy board books with parental supervision. Open enrollment allows
children to enter the program whenever they turn three.
Friends of the Library, Wed,
Sept 16, 6:00pm
The next meeting of the Friends of
Towanda District Library is Wednesday, September 16 at 6:00pm.
The meeting will be held at the home of a
member. Contact the library for location and directions.
TOWANDA READS Book Club, Wed,
Sept 16, 7:00pm
The next book for TOWANDA READS club
book to discuss is:
The Girls of Ames - A Story of Women & a Forty-Year
Friendship,
by Jeffrey Zaslow. TOWANDA READS welcomes new participants
at any of its sessions. The meeting will
be held at the home of a member. Contact the library for location and
directions.
Economize at the Library
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Magazines can be checked out
free-of-charge.
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There is no charge for DVD and video rentals.
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Summer Reading and other programs are
free.
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Books on Tape and MP3 Play-a-Ways
are free.
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Wireless access to the internet is free -
on our computers or on your laptop.
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Copier and Fax are available for a small
fee.
National Endowment for the Humanities
The Towanda District Library is pleased to
invite you to join us as we celebrate our selection as a part of the
We the People national grant initiative "Picturing America"
Bookshelf.
Our library is one of 4,000 libraries nationwide selected to receive a
We the People Bookshelf grant including free hardcover editions
of 17 classic children’s books. The grants, presented by the National
Endowment for the Humanities in cooperation with the American Library
Association, are provided to support the teaching, study and understanding
of American history and culture in our library.
Listing of book selections.
Buying children's books as gifts?
You can help support the
Towanda Library by purchasing your books through the Friend's of the Library
online book sale at
Usborne Books. A percentage of each sale will go to
benefit the library. Click on
Friend's of the Towanda District Library page at Usborne Books
to see and purchase books.
Towanda History
The Towanda
District Library has partnered with the Towanda Area Historical Society to
document and display Towanda Area History on the web at
towandahistory.org.
A new feature of the Towanda District
Library is a History Corner, with books, displays, and archives
of Towanda area history. Following is a list of history binders contain
information researched, compiled and donated to the library by Nancy J.
Miller of Bloomington:
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Census records for 1860,
1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
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Civil War Soldiers from
Money Creek Township
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Towanda in the Black Hawk
War - 6/3/1832 - 8/3/1832
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History of Elizabeth
'Mattie' Stephenson (1853-1873) of Towanda, Proclaimed a Heroine by Citizens
of Memphis, Tennessee
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Miscellaneous Collection of
Newspaper Articles on Towanda, 1850 - 2008
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Section 33 and Landowners
in Money Creek Township
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History of the William R. Duncan Family and Descendents,
1818 to 2008
Library delivery service
If you
have difficulties getting to the library due to age or health issues,
please call us and we can bring library materials to you. We have two
very dedicated volunteers ready to deliver books and other library
materials to your home monthly. Right now they only have one customer and
they want more! A staff member at the library will select items
based on your requests. Please call the library at 728-2176 and ask for
Karen.
Book Sales
The ‘Friends of the Library’ runs a book sale at
the 4th of July flea market. There are also donated used
books for sale at the library year round.
Please donate
your no longer needed books, videos, CDs, DVDs and audio books in
condition appropriate for resale.
Books appropriate for resale include:
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Only books published since 1985
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Hardcover
fiction books
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Up-to-date non-fiction items (ex., travel, medical and
science items less than five years old) or non-fiction items that will
never be out-of-date (ex., how-to’s, biographies, history, etc.)
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Paperbacks in good condition (clean, bright
pages, sturdy spines only)
WE DO NOT ACCEPT
textbooks, magazines, Reader’s Digest Condensed Books, “book club edition”
books, encyclopedia sets of any kind, musty books, yellowed books or books
in poor condition because these items can’t be put in our collection nor
do they sell at our book sales and we do not have the resources to pass
them on or recycle them.
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