Bigfoot, Fall and Community Outreach
It’s BIGFOOT week at the Library! The employees have already seen signs of this big fella, or gal, all around the place. Stop by to get your photo taken at the photo booth, find out what your Bigfoot name is, or pick up an activity sheet.
This Library has taken an active role in our community for nearly 3 decades and currently we are working in conjunction with Friends of Holliday Lake by displaying their “Stained Glass Vision” quilt they are raffling off to raise funds for the American Cancer Society and Friends of Holliday Lake. This beautiful quilt was donated by Celeste of Country Lane Quilter in honor of her dear friend Lorraine. Lorriane, who has since passed away from cancer, started this quilt and it was finished by Celeste and friends in her memory. If you would like to see the quilt in person we encourage you to stop by the Library. For chances on this quilt, you may purchase tickets at the Library, or you may contact Celeste at 603-547-5903 or visit the Friends of Holliday Lake’s Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080228708707
The Jamerson Library, in conjunction with Neighborhood Forest, is offering a free indoor plant program to engage youth by providing them with a small piece of nature to care for and watch grow inside their homes. Indoor plants offer many benefits similar to those of trees, including purifying the air, improving health and well-being, enhancing concentration/focus, and more. This Fall, the Neighborhood Forest will be giving over 10,000 succulents to children to nurture inside their homes! The Jamerson Library encourages parents/guardians to register their children by October 28th for a free succulent kit. We expect these kits to arrive by mid-November, all participants will be contacted when the kits arrive. Please register your kids at: https://www.neighborhoodforest.org/parent-registration-fall-program/?school=75646
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and on Tuesday, October 14th and Wednesday, October 15th, a witness advocate from the County office was at the Jamerson Library to offer information and resources on domestic violence and advocacy information. They will return on Friday, October 23rd, in the Library’s community room from 9:30 am – 11:30 am to offer support, resources, and a safe environment to report and seek help from domestic violence.
Parting is such sweet sorrow as the Library says goodbye to Trot and Spot, the two book buses that have been visiting us during their Fall run. They will of course return to offer kids preschool through high school the opportunity to borrow a book from these horse and dog painted buses. These buses are sponsored by the Appomattox Literacy Intervention Project (A.L.I.P.). A.L.I.P. is a non-profit charitable organization which began in 1996 in order to promote literacy throughout Appomattox County. You find out when Trot and Spot will return visiting there Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/110865145620774 or keeping up with the Library’s own social media accounts.
On Tuesday, October 14th the Library Fairy MaKayla hosted the Tween Steam “Mad Scientist” program. The kids conducted a multitude of experiments including walking colors, and fizzy cauldrons while enjoying snacks! Due to November observances the next Tween Steam will be on Tuesday, December 9th at 4:00 pm.
On Wednesday, October 15th the Library hosted their Preschool Story & Craft Time, featuring the book “Lawrence in the Fall” by Matthew Farina. The kids enjoyed making paper plate leaf wreaths with lots of embellishments, will enjoying snacks. When Lawrence Fox’s teacher announces that students will be presenting things they collect at show-and-tell, Lawrence panics. All of his classmates have impressive collections: coins, combs, marbles…but Lawrence doesn’t have anything to share. Luckily, Papa knows where to find something magical: the deep, dark woods. Lawrence is scared at first, but as he grows more comfortable, he starts to recognize the uniqueness of the forest and its creatures. Here, amid the towering trees and their array of colorful leaves, Lawrence just may find a splendid, one-of-a-kind collection of his own. Our next Story & Craft Time will be on Wednesday, October 22nd, with a single Family Style Story & Craft Time at 11:00 am. The Library will feature the book “My Monsterpiece” by Amalia Hoffman. Our craft project will be to build-a-monster followed by snacks. Everyone is welcome to attend with the understanding that this program is intended for preschool patrons.
Also on Wednesday Mr. Craig York hosted a haunted reading of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” in the Library’s community room. A chilling first-person account of an unnamed narrator who insists on his sanity while confessing to the murder of an old man he lived with. His next performance will be on Tuesday, October 21st, starting at 6:00 pm, featuring “The Cask of Amontillado”. We strongly suggest a mature audience for this program.
It was all about midnight margaritas for the Thursday, October 16th’s Jamerson Library’s Retro Chick Flick Movie. Staff served faux margaritas using coconut water and drink mixes, service snacks while patrons enjoyed a movie about two sisters who have always known they were different. Raised by their aunts after their parents’ death, the sisters grew up in a household that was anything but typical. . Our next Jamerson Library Retro Movie will be hosted on Thursday, November 20th, starting at 6:00 pm.
We only have about one week (October 31st) for Penny and her posse! They are still riding strong around Appomattox. If you find Penny, or a member of her posse (a cat shaped rubber duck) you are encouraged to bring them back to the Library and exchange them for a Penny Pincher Posse Prize. We will continue to hide Penny and members of her posse around town until all the kitty-ducks have vanished. To keep this fun and interactive game going we encourage you to return the kitty-ducks. Once they are gone, the game is over.
In observation of Election Day the Library will be closed on Tuesday, November 4th. We will reopen for normal business hours on Wednesday, November 5th, starting at 9:30 am. The book drop, located at the back of the building, will remain open.
If you have any questions or concerns about this article or other library-related topics, please feel free to call us during normal business hours at 434.352.5340.