News from the North Highlands-Antelope Friends of Sacramento Public Library
“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.”
Carl Sagan
NEWS FROM OUR BRANCH
Fun and Games for Adults!
Ever wonder why kids get to have all the fun? Well that’s about to change! Pick up an adult bingo card at the library today. There’s one for March and a different one for April. Complete 5 activities in a row and bring the completed bingo card to the library for a fabulous prize!
Prom Wear Drive and Giveaway
Adults: Bring your old prom dress, tuxedo, or other prom accessories into the branch before Friday, March 11. Teens: Come in on Friday, March 11 between 4 and 5:30pm to try on prom wear and take home your favorite!
New Monthly Program Debuting in March
Anything ALOUD! Calling all young adult and adult musicians, dancers, poets, & performers! Six minutes to show what you’ve got. A community celebration of artistic talent! All acts welcome. Program runs from 6-7:45pm on Wednesday, March 23. Signups start at 5:45 pm & are on a first come-first served basis.
Art Reception
Join us at 2pm on Saturday, April 2 for an Art Reception and view acrylic paintings created by students in a 6-week art program led by local artist Lynn Morrison. Several of the paintings will also be showcased in the lobby display case throughout the month of April.
Hands-on Cooking Program for Adults in April
Join us Saturday, April 23 at 2pm and learn how to make Chinese dumplings. This hands-on cooking class will be led by food blogger Lisa Lin, whom you may remember from her pie crust making demonstration in November. Check out her blog at http://healthynibblesandbits.com/.
Check Out These Programs for School Age Children
The following Thursdays at 4pm:March 10: Sand Art with ArtBeast
March 17: Trap a Leprechaun
March 24: Make Cork Bunnies
April 7: Wild Thing, Inc. (live animals)
April 14: El dia de los ninos with the Poodlums (interactive musical duo)
Changes in Hours at Several Sacramento Public Library Branches
Southgate and Arden-Dimick libraries recently closed for interior refurbishments that will not only refresh the two libraries, but also make them more efficient and user-friendly for those who visit.
In an effort to continue to meet the community’s needs, we’re providing additional open hours at three other library locations. The temporary hours will begin on Monday, Feb. 29, and run through Thursday, June 30.
Southgate and Arden-Dimick libraries will re-open by Wednesday, June 1.
Hours at the locations listed below are effective Monday, Feb. 29 and will return to normal business hours on June 30.
Arcade Library
Monday 10-6
Tuesday 10-8
Wednesday 10-8
Thursday 10-6
Friday 1-6
Saturday 10-5
Carmichael Library
Monday 10-6
Tuesday 10-8
Wednesday 10-8
Thursday 10-8
Friday 1-6
Saturday 10-5
Sunday 12-5
Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
Please note: All Libraries will be closed Thursday, March 31 in honor of César Chávez Day
- Kerri Moore, Branch Manager
Our first tea fundraiser, held January 30, was a great success, thanks to our group of mighty volunteers, who turned the community room into a charming tea shop for an afternoon. Our guests all agreed that our speaker, Catriona McPherson, made the day, with her clever, funny and poignant remarks about her new life in America and her early life in Scotland.
Volunteers provided all the food, and lent the Friends linens, china, tea cups and more, which added a touch of glamour to the event.
Monday 10-6
Tuesday 10-6
Wednesday 10-6
Thursday 12-8
Friday 1-6
Saturday 10-5
- Kerri Moore, Branch Manager
HIGH TEA AND MYSTERY A SELL-OUT
Our first tea fundraiser, held January 30, was a great success, thanks to our group of mighty volunteers, who turned the community room into a charming tea shop for an afternoon. Our guests all agreed that our speaker, Catriona McPherson, made the day, with her clever, funny and poignant remarks about her new life in America and her early life in Scotland.
Volunteers provided all the food, and lent the Friends linens, china, tea cups and more, which added a touch of glamour to the event.
The event earned about $1,000, which will be available to fund library programs and equipment during the 2016 calendar year.
After review, the Tea Committee is recommending that we follow up with a tea during 2017, in conjunction with Mother’s Day. If you would like more information, or would like to volunteer for what turned out to be a really fun event, contact Karen Lindh at karen@klindh.com.
Thanks to every member of the tea committee, who contributed so much to our success: Kathy Berg, Stefanie Buckmaster, Mary Caicchiolo, Mary Ellis, Pam Farrell-Webb, Gayle Fishkin, Debby Karaman, Karen Lindh, Nancy Matlin, Charlyne Nichols, Carole Raine, Karen Sanders, Julie Wagener, and Michele Weiss.
For the second year running, the Friends of Sacramento Public Library will be participating in Sacramento’s Big Day of Giving. The Big Day of Giving is a 24 hour online giving campaign, involving more than 500 philanthropic and/or community organizations taking place on May 3. FSPL was quite successful in 2015, raising about $20,000, which was used to fund the Library’s One Book Sacramento.
After discussion with the Board and branch Friends, this year proceeds from BDoG will be used to fund the library’s literacy campaign to provide each first grader with a book, beginning with underserved communities. As partners, the Friends and Sacramento Public Library hope to instill a life long love of reading, one child at a time.
And mark your calendar for all kinds of fun events that will take place on May 3 at the Library Galleria, including an afternoon presentation of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” mystery/thriller book sales and in the evening, “A Conversation with Craig Sweeny, Creator of Limitless and Exec Producer of Elementary.”
Support this important undertaking on May 3, and enjoy an exciting event downtown to celebrate!
At its January meeting, NH-Antelope Friends approved $2,000 for library programs between now and the start of summer reading program, (see Kerri’s report above for more description of those programs). We also approved $250, to be matched by FSPL, for a new iPad for Vanessa Levin, the library’s Tech Assistant. Vanessa will be able to use the tablet for group trainings and one on one training for our library patrons.
Our next scheduled meeting is Wednesday, April 20, and all NH-Antelope Friends are invited to join us for our 11 am meeting and potluck lunch. We will be approving funding for library programs in conjunction with the summer reading program. We will also consider funding options for the Lucky Day collection (recently released titles and DVDs that are available only to patrons of the NH-Antelope library. If you find the best seller you were looking for over by the librarian’s desk, it’s your Lucky Day.)
Our first book sale of the year, Feb. 6-7, brought in about $1200, thanks to a large number of customers coming in the door with their “free book with purchase coupon.” We had a high volume of book donations through January, so there were a lot of great books, audiobooks and DVDs to choose from. Our quarterly book sales are an important source of funding, and is even more critical with the decline in our weekly lobby sales.
The book sales could not occur without lots of teen and adult volunteers, so hat’s off to all our volunteers, who donated more than 100 hours over the period of set up and two day sale.
Our next book sale will be the first weekend in May. We are always looking for new volunteers, so if it sounds like something that would be fun (and it is!), contact Debby Karaman, our book sale chair, at debby karaman@gmail.com.
The Friends of the Sacramento Public Library held its annual meeting on Sunday, January 31, 2016. Sue Powell and Alex Zabelin were newly elected to the Board of Directors. Margaret Clausen, Diane Dobbs, Jo Anne Marie, Anita Scuri and Chuck Shulock were re-elected to new terms. The following serving Board Officers were re-elected for 2016:
President-Jeffrey Rubin
Vice-President-Anita Scuri
Treasurer-Margaret Clausen
Ellen McCaslin was newly elected as Secretary.
1. Board of Directors
At the February 9, 2016 meeting, the Board of Directors:
a. Awarded Assisting Friends matching funds to North Highlands-Antelope and South Natomas Friends.
b. Deferred a decision on a distribution of endowment funds to the Sacramento Public Library at this time and agreed to revisit the matter at the end of the second quarter of 2016.
c. Approved a complimentary six-month Friends membership for new donors to the Big Day of Giving in 2016.
d. Released a $20,000 contribution to the Measure X Renewal Campaign.
2. Meeting
The FSPL Board of Directors will next meet on March 8, 2016, 6:30 PM at the South Natomas Library.
2016 BIG DAY OF GIVING IS MAY 3
For the second year running, the Friends of Sacramento Public Library will be participating in Sacramento’s Big Day of Giving. The Big Day of Giving is a 24 hour online giving campaign, involving more than 500 philanthropic and/or community organizations taking place on May 3. FSPL was quite successful in 2015, raising about $20,000, which was used to fund the Library’s One Book Sacramento.
After discussion with the Board and branch Friends, this year proceeds from BDoG will be used to fund the library’s literacy campaign to provide each first grader with a book, beginning with underserved communities. As partners, the Friends and Sacramento Public Library hope to instill a life long love of reading, one child at a time.
And mark your calendar for all kinds of fun events that will take place on May 3 at the Library Galleria, including an afternoon presentation of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” mystery/thriller book sales and in the evening, “A Conversation with Craig Sweeny, Creator of Limitless and Exec Producer of Elementary.”
Support this important undertaking on May 3, and enjoy an exciting event downtown to celebrate!
NH-ANTELOPE FRIENDS APPROVE FUNDING FOR SPRING
At its January meeting, NH-Antelope Friends approved $2,000 for library programs between now and the start of summer reading program, (see Kerri’s report above for more description of those programs). We also approved $250, to be matched by FSPL, for a new iPad for Vanessa Levin, the library’s Tech Assistant. Vanessa will be able to use the tablet for group trainings and one on one training for our library patrons.
Our next scheduled meeting is Wednesday, April 20, and all NH-Antelope Friends are invited to join us for our 11 am meeting and potluck lunch. We will be approving funding for library programs in conjunction with the summer reading program. We will also consider funding options for the Lucky Day collection (recently released titles and DVDs that are available only to patrons of the NH-Antelope library. If you find the best seller you were looking for over by the librarian’s desk, it’s your Lucky Day.)
WINTER BOOK SALE
Our first book sale of the year, Feb. 6-7, brought in about $1200, thanks to a large number of customers coming in the door with their “free book with purchase coupon.” We had a high volume of book donations through January, so there were a lot of great books, audiobooks and DVDs to choose from. Our quarterly book sales are an important source of funding, and is even more critical with the decline in our weekly lobby sales.
The book sales could not occur without lots of teen and adult volunteers, so hat’s off to all our volunteers, who donated more than 100 hours over the period of set up and two day sale.
Our next book sale will be the first weekend in May. We are always looking for new volunteers, so if it sounds like something that would be fun (and it is!), contact Debby Karaman, our book sale chair, at debby karaman@gmail.com.
FROM THE FSPL PRESIDENT
by Jeff RubinThe Friends of the Sacramento Public Library held its annual meeting on Sunday, January 31, 2016. Sue Powell and Alex Zabelin were newly elected to the Board of Directors. Margaret Clausen, Diane Dobbs, Jo Anne Marie, Anita Scuri and Chuck Shulock were re-elected to new terms. The following serving Board Officers were re-elected for 2016:
President-Jeffrey Rubin
Vice-President-Anita Scuri
Treasurer-Margaret Clausen
Ellen McCaslin was newly elected as Secretary.
1. Board of Directors
At the February 9, 2016 meeting, the Board of Directors:
a. Awarded Assisting Friends matching funds to North Highlands-Antelope and South Natomas Friends.
b. Deferred a decision on a distribution of endowment funds to the Sacramento Public Library at this time and agreed to revisit the matter at the end of the second quarter of 2016.
c. Approved a complimentary six-month Friends membership for new donors to the Big Day of Giving in 2016.
d. Released a $20,000 contribution to the Measure X Renewal Campaign.
2. Meeting
The FSPL Board of Directors will next meet on March 8, 2016, 6:30 PM at the South Natomas Library.
