North Highlands-Antelope Friends Newsletter
NEWS FROM THE BRANCH
Be sure to check out the special events aimed at adults beginning this month!
Jump Start Your Family History Research: An Introduction to Genealogy
Sunday, Jan. 20 @ 1:30pm
Take a fascinating journey into your family’s past. Getting started researching your family history is fun and easy, if you know where to look. Learn a strategy to identify the first five generations of your ancestors. This program is a lesson in researching quickly and efficiently through records of the last 150 years. Presented by Barbara E. Leak, who has more than 30 years of experience as a genealogy researcher and educator.
Monday Movie Matinee: Casablanca
Monday, Jan. 28 @ 1:30pm
Enjoy a free screening of classic films on the fourth Monday of the month. Bring a friend or make new ones! Fresh popcorn will be provided.
All-In! Social Gaming for Adults and Seniors
Starting Wednesday, Feb. 6 @ Noon
Join us on first and fourth Wednesdays of each month for our new gaming and social program for adults and seniors, All In! We'll provide the games and refreshments; you bring the conversation and the fun. Games available for play will include: Scrabble, Chess, Monopoly, Dominoes, Checkers, and more! You can bet on a good time!
Winter Book Sale
Friday, Feb. 8, 11am-5pm
Saturday, Feb. 9, 10am-4pm
Sunday, Feb. 10, 12-3pm
The Friends of the North Highlands-Antelope Library are having a book sale in the Library Community Room. There will be hardbacks, paperbacks, children's books, DVDs and more. Most books are priced between $.50 and $2. So, come on out and stock up! On Sunday, fill a bag for $5! Proceeds from the book sale will be used to purchase new materials for the branch and to help fund library programming.
Chocolate Valentines with the Friends of the Library
Monday, Feb. 11 @ 4pm
Join us for a fun evening of sipping, snacking, and socializing! Meet the Friends of the North Highlands-Antelope library while you enjoy a cup of coffee and some chocolate treats! Learn all about all the ways the Friends benefit our library community. Come show your love for our library!
Book to Play presentation: "When We Were Colored" by Ginger Rutland
Monday, Feb. 25 @ 5:30pm
"When We Were Colored" is a book by Eva Rutland and tells the story of one family’s experience with integration in post-World War II Sacramento. When a black mother moves to California from the segregated south with her husband and children, the family must confront what it’s like to be the first black household on the block, the only black children at school and how to continue to love those with different ideologies. Ginger Rutland has written a play based on her mother’s book that will have its premiere at the Sacramento Theater Company on March 20. Join Ginger for a special reading and discussion of the book and the play.
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Kristi Powell
Branch Supervisor
WINTER BOOK SALE
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2019
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10
$5 BAG SALE
Noon - 3:00 pm
We always need volunteers to make this event successful. Tell all your friends and neighbors. We have new book donations every day. Great prices, great election. Contact Charlyne Nichols at charlynenichols@yahoo.com for more information.
THE FRIENDS LOVE THE LIBRARY AND THE LIBRARY LOVES THE FRIENDS!
You are invited!
1st QUARTERLY MEETING ON JANUARY 16, 2019
Join us as we meet for our first meeting of the year, to hear about upcoming library programs and events, and make funding decisions. We will discuss the progress of the Book First program, begin planning for our Mother’s Day Tea and elect new officers for 2019. The meeting will begin at 1:00 pm in the Community Room. Lunch is not being provided, but there may be treats. If you have never attended a meeting, this is a great time to start and you are most welcome.
BOOK FIRST
The North Highlands-Antelope library community is blessed to have free books for first-graders in eighteen local schools in 2019. Due to the success of the Big Day of Giving fundraiser last May, over 13,000 first-graders in Sacramento County will receive a free book. The Friends have partnered with Sacramento Public Library to distribute the books, so we are looking for volunteers to go with Denise Lee, our youth services librarian. This is an easy assignment, helping to lay out books for the students to select, and quick, generally less than one hour per appointment. If this project sounds good to your inner grandma or grandpa, contact Karen Lindh, karen.lindh@icloud.com. We have school visits scheduled on these dates:
Book First 2019 schools
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Friends volunteer/Library staff
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Appointment
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| Allison Elementary |
Hanne Robinson/Denise Lee
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Friday, January 11 @ 10:00 am
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| Sierra View Elementary |
Deb Karamen/Denise Lee
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Thursday, January 17 @ 1:10 pm
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| Woodridge Elementary |
Sigrid Willgohs/Denise Lee
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Friday, January 18 @ 10:00 am
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| Dudley Elementary |
/Denise Lee
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Tuesday, January 22 @ 2:15 pm
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| Village Elementary |
/Denise Lee
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Wednesday, January 23 @ 12:00 pm
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| Joyce Elementary |
Charlyne Nichols/Denise Lee
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Thursday, January 24 @ 1:50 pm
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| Madison Elementary |
/Denise Lee
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Tuesday, January 29 @ 2:00 pm
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| Ridgepoint Elementary |
/Denise Lee
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Thursday, January 31 @ 8:30 am
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| Oakdale Elementary |
/Denise Lee
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Thursday, February 7 @ 2:00 pm
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| Spinelli Elementary |
/Denise Lee
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Friday, February 8 @ 10:30 am
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| Community Collaborative Charter |
/Denise Lee
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Friday, February 15 @ 11:45 am
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| Kohler Elementary | ||
| Creative Connections Arts Academy | ||
| Ridgepoint Elementary | ||
| Hillsdale Elementary | ||
| North Country Elementary | ||
| Frontier Elementary | ||
| Oak Hill Elementary | ||
| Foothill Oaks Elementary | ||
| Pathways Community Day School |
school closed
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FSPL ANNUAL MEETING
The Friends of the Sacramento Public Library are holding a combined Annual/All Friends Meeting on Sunday, January 27, 2019 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm at Robbie Waters Pocket Greenhaven Library. 7335 Gloria Drive, Sacramento, CA 95831. All members are invited to attend.
1. Welcome and Introductions--Jessica Jensen/Anita Scuri
2. Presidents Report--Anita Scuri
3. Nominating Committee Report--Karen Lindh and Margaret Clausen
4. Election of Board Members and Officers
5. Big Day of Giving
6. Membership Committee - Membership contest, book bags at each branch, website changes
Break -- 10 minutes
7. State of the Library -- SPL Staff -- 15 minutes
8. All Friends Sharing/Branch News -- 45 minutes
Adjournment
