Love Your Library Grand Prize Drawing

Share the Love of Reading: FREE BOOK (one per person)

in our Hallway Book Sale!

NO OVERDUE FEES IN FEBRUARY!

Library LingoFEBRUARY 2019

We will celebrate "Love Your Library" Month with special events, promotions, and a grand prize drawing. February is also the Friends of the Shelby Library's annual donation drive--donate any amount and receive a chocolate kiss and special recognition in a display at the circulation desk.

Special Events: February 1, 9, 15, and 22: Puzzle Exchange from 10am-12noon: donate puzzles you no longer need or bring in puzzles to swap with a fellow puzzle enthusiast.

Monday February 11 at 5:30pm: Galentine's Canvas Class (registration is required as space is limited)

Tuesday February 12 at 5:30pm: Couples Canvas Class (registration is required as space is limited)

Thursday February 14: Enjoy cookies and cocoa (served at the circulation desk)

Saturday February 23 at 1:30pm: Princess Party for children age 4 through 4th grade. Registration is required.

Special Promotions: Enter our grand prize giveaway! Multiple opportunities to enter (details inside library).

NO OVERDUE FEES WILL BE CHARGED IN FEBRUARY--return your overdue items for fine forgiveness!

As a way to "share the love of reading," please take a book from our hallway sale at no cost (one book per person) during the month of February.

We hope to see you during "Love Your Library" Month!

FEBRUARY IS "LOVE YOUR LIBRARY" MONTH

The Friends meet quarterly (January, April, July, and October) in the library's meeting room. New members and ideas are always welcome! Meeting dates and times are

posted in Library Lingo newsletters and on the library's Facebook page. The Friends support the library by providing funds for shelving, books, programming, and other

projects through various fund-raisers, such as the Celebration of the Trees. We hope to see you!

"LOVE YOUR LIBRARY FOR WHAT IT IS, A COMMUNITY MEETING PLACE AND A TREASURE TROVE OF IDEAS"

BECOME A FRIEND OF THE SHELBY AREA DISTRICT LIBRARY

FEBRUARY BOOK DISPLAY:

Blind Date with a Book

This is one of our most popular book displays! We will select a wide range of books and wrap them up so you aren't able to see which

book you have selected. Many patrons have found a

new favorite author thanks to a "blind date" with a book!

NOTES FROM FRIENDSAt our quarterly meeting held January 3, The Friends of S.A.D.L. approved spending $1,000.00 to fund the Dolly Parton Imaginat ion Library. We also approved $1,500.00 for the purchase of new books this year and $200.00 for supplies and materials for the Princess Party. If you can volunteer to help at the Feb. 23 Princess Party, sign up at the front desk. With successful 2018 fundraisers, donations, and the receipt of $1,000.00 from the Baker/Taylor award, we are financially in great shape to help with physical improvements to the library this year including drywall repair, interior painting, and lighting enhancements to the entryway and an outside fixture. The Friends also will fund up to $500.00 for two staff members to attend a conference in April for Small and Rural Libraries. We are happy to help and look forward to opportunities this year to continue as partners in aiding our Shelby Area Dist rict Library.

As we look ahead to another great year, dates for our three major fundraisers have been chosen. June 1 will kick off with our popular Plant Exchange and Garden Sale event under the leadership of Diana Clark. Co-Chairs Val Lau and Mary Ellen Heyde will oversee the Good Used Book Sale August 2 ? 3. Celebrat ion of the Trees is set for December 5 ? 8 with Cindy McKinnon and her legion of volunteers transforming the Library into a decorated Winter Wonderland. We are in need of a chairperson for the Holiday Bazaar which has been running concurrently with the Celebrat ion of the Trees so let Cindy know if you are available to help.

Other ideas for projects and fundraisers are being discussed such as a fall Scarecrow Contest . We?ll look at options when we meet April 11 at 5:00 for our next quarterly Friends of S.A.D.L. meet ing. If you would like to attend but find the 5:00 meeting time too early due to work commitments, please let us know! We are discussing the idea of moving future meeting times to 5:30, 6:00, or even 6:30 pm if there is enough interest. You can leave a note for Cindy at the circulation desk expressing your preference. In honor of Nat ional Library Week, we?ll be enjoying pizza at the April 11 meet ing so we hope you can attend!

And finally, February is ?Love Your Library Month!? Show your love and receive a ?kiss? from the Library! Donate any amount to Friends of S.A.D.L. and get your chocolate kiss during the month of February.

Cindy McKinnon , President , Friends of S.A.D.L.

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Correction to last month's digitizing article: A name was incorrect. It should have been El (not Eli) Huggard. Sorry for any confusion.

MEET THE AUTHOR EVENT

L.M. Ransom

Sat urday March 2 4-6pm at Shelby

Library