Towanda District Library

 301 S Taylor St
 Towanda, IL 61776
 309-728-2176
 Fax: 309-728-2139
 Email:
  towandalib@yahoo.com

     Photograph of the Towanda District Library

Hours:
 Monday:       10a - 7p
 Tuesday: 
      1p - 7p
 Wednesday:
 10a - 7p
 Thursday:  
    1p - 6p
 Friday:   
        1p - 6p
 Saturday: 
     9a - 2p
 

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  Links
  Link to Towanda District Library page at Facebook
  Link to Towanda District Library page at YouTube
  Link to the TumbleBook Library Collection which contains great animated stories, quizzes and puzzles for children. TumbleBooks are created from existing picture books licensed from children's book publishers.
  Link to NoveList for descriptions of novels, information on Author Read-alikes, Discussion Guides, lists of best fiction, lists of books by genre and reader age group, and more. Login with your Towanda District Library card number.   Link to NoveList K-8 for descriptions of children's novels, information on Author Read-alikes, Discussion Guides, lists of best fiction, lists of books by genre and reader age group, and more. Login with your Towanda District Library card number.
  Link to the website of the Village of Towanda, Illinois   Link to the Towanda Area History website, which contains newspaper articles, photographs, personal stories, audio interviews, and much more about the history of the Towanda area.
  Link to Web Junction Illinois, which supports library staff through online resources, community and continuing education.    Link to the website of the Indian Creek subdivision two miles north of Towanda
 
  References
  Dictionary
  Encyclopedia
  World Atlas
  US Cities


 
    

 

Volunteers

Photograph: Book sale volunteers
Book Sale Volunteers, July 4, 2005
 

Our volunteers do many valuable things for the library.

We have volunteers who help with our library grounds, both inside and out.  Bernice Gilchrist takes care of all of the library's indoor plants and provides the library with seasonal decorations; Marsha DeMay waters and weeds the flowers and shrubs outside during the summer; and Pat Polukas, who among other things, coordinates the 4-H library gardening and cleanup days.

We have volunteers who faithfully do many general tasks for the library, including the processing of library materials, computer inputting, card catalog filing, and many other tasks.  These wonderful volunteers include Beverly Meginnes, Shirley Herman and Susie Shoemaker.

We have volunteers who provide us with very particular services:  Margie and Roy Redding deliver books to homebound patrons monthly, Tina Krause covers book jackets, Helen Mogill created and authors this website, and Neil Sallee did much of our accounting in the past year.

We offer a great deal of thanks to our board members, who guide the library and who give many hours over the years to the library:  Tim Mogill, President, Mary Ann Boyd, Vice-President, DeAnna Belz, Secretary, Mark Schwamberger, Treasurer, Margaret Egebrecht, Kathryn Nelson, and Rochelle Wardel.

We thank each and every volunteer mentioned and to the following who donate their time: the 4-H Busy Bees, the Lion's Club, the Boy Scouts, the Cub Scouts, our newsletter contacts (Gail Ann Briggs, Pat Pulokas, Vicky Hogan, Donna Coit), and other organizations for all that they give to the library and to this community.

Photograph: volunteer with donated encyclodias
Thanks to Beverly M., who volunteers here and
who got a State Farm Good Neighbors Grant for the
library, we now have a new set of World Book
Encyclopedias!    December, 2005

Photograph: Volunteer moving boods
Volunteer moving books

 Every year the Towanda District Library hosted a volunteer appreciation event for the library's nearly 20 volunteers.  The following photos are from April, 2002.

Volunteer Appreciation Dinner, Spring, 2002

Photo of library volunteers and employees: Bev Meginnes, Neil Sallee, Susan Foster, Diane Mueller, Mary Williams
From Left:  Bev
Meginnes,  Library tasks, Neil Sallee,   Accounting,
Susan Foster,  Library Clerk, Diane Mueller,  Board President,  Mary Williams, Director

Photo of library volunteers and employees: Sheila Donald, Helen Mogill, Marsha McMay, Jean Barrington
From left:  Sheila Donald,  
Board member, Helen Mogill,  Web site,
Marsha McMay,
  Outdoor garden care, Jean Barrington,  Board Secretary

Photo of library volunteers and employees: Shirley Porter, Roy Redding, Pat Pulokas, Susie Shoemaker, Bernice Gilchrist
From Left:  Shirley Porter,
  Asst. Librarian, Roy Redding,   Book delivery  to homebound,
Pat Pulokas,
4-H cleanup days, Susie Shoemaker,  Library tasks, Bernice Gilchrist, Indoor plant  care & decorations

Photo of Bernice Gilchrist and Pat Pulokas modeling gift T-shirts
Bernice Gilchrist
and Pat Pulokas model the T-shirts given as a gift to each of the volunteers

 

 

 

 

 

 This web page was last updated on Thursday November 12, 2009, by Helen Mogill.