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Upcoming Events
Painting Update
Thank you for your patience while we continue to progress through our painting project. We understand the inconvenience it causes to have the library closed at times. We will do everything possible to keep normal operating hours as long as we are able to safely do so. Though we want to offer the best service possible, the safety of our patrons and staff is our highest priority and therefore we will have to close occasionally during this project. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
We have now painted the children's room, the reference/meeting room area, and the fiction area where the computers are located. We are currently working on the mystery section which is located near the back door facing the parking lot. During this week, April 5th-8th, the back door will be locked and we will ask everyone to use the front door (facing Meetinghouse Way) When it is time to paint the center section of the library that involves the circulation desk, we will be closed again. We do not have a date yet for that phase of the project to start, but will keep you informed as we learn of these dates.
A special thank you to all of you who are helping to feed our hard working painters! Your thoughtful treats are very much appreciated!
Time and Talent Auction
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he Trustees and staff will host the 13th annual Time and Talent Auction on April 9th from 6pm - 8pm At the West Barnstable Community Building. There will be a Pre-Auction Reception at the library from 5:30-6:30. We are fortunate to again have the talents of our returning auctioneer John Jenkins. Look for preview of items in the library in the weeks to come. We look forward to seeing you all there!
F.O.W.L. NEWS
The Friends' sent out their annual membership letter in March. Your contributions are greatly appreciated and support our continued fundraising efforts for the library. Over the years funds raised by the Friends have provided equipment, children's programs, materials such as books audio and Dvd collections, and Overdrive. In addition, with your generous donations we are able to help support building maintenance and general library expenses.
Thank you!!
Don't forget, the Friends of Whelden Library Bookstore, F.O.W.L., opens for the season on Saturday, April 9, from 9 a.m., to 1 p.m., continuing every 2nd Saturday of the month through November. That same day, from 10 a.m. through Noon, the Friends will host Golden Opportunities who will visit Whelden to value and purchase your unwanted gold, silver and platinum.
As always, the Friends would really enjoy meeting some new members! It is a wonderful way to volunteer and serve your community, and a great way to socialize and have some fun! Won't you stop in for their next meeting and see what they are up to? Please join them on Friday, April 8th at 10am for coffee and light refreshments. The Friends meet the 2nd Friday of each month. For more information call: 508-362-2262
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Author Event
Please join us Wednesday, April 13th
6:30-7:30 P.M.
Author/Historian Theresa Barbo will deliver an illustrated presentation on the famous 1952 rescue of the Pendleton shipwreck and the heroic rescue of thirty-two seamen by a four-man Coast Guard crew. Her book, The Pendleton Disaster Off Cape Cod: The Greatest Small Boat Rescue in Coast Guard History will be available for sale and signing.
Reservations required 508-362-2262.
$5.00 suggested donation.
Stitching@Whelden meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month from 2 - 4pm
We've been having so much fun, we have decided to get together two times a month! We now meet the 2nd and the 4th Wednesday of each month. Led by our own Barbara, this is an informal drop-in group for those who knit, crochet, sew, or enjoy any other type of needlecraft. Bring a project and work on it in the company of others in our warm and cozy library. Beginners always welcome! No sign up required.
CCDART (Cape Cod Animal Response Team)
CCDART is currently conducting some research to determine if there is a need for a program that would provide supplemental pet food to residents in our community, thereby helping them to be able to keep their companion animals well fed, and at home. We are assisting in this worthwhile project by having a collection box at the Whelden Library.
Please donate unopened cans or bags of dog and/or cat food and kitty litter. The food will be distributed twice a month.
LGBT Alzheimer's & Dementia Educational
This program is specifically for people caregiving for someone with memory impairment. The support group provides an opportunity for caregivers affected by Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia to share in a safe environment and receive disease information and guidance regarding care planning strategies.
Barnstable Senior Center
825 Falmouth Road (Rte 28), Hyannis
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st and 3
rd Tuesdays of each month
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Feb 16 - June 27)
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m
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Respite is available if you need it. Please contact Barnstable
Senior Center Assistant Director, Donna Burns at 508-862-4753
Caregiver Support Program of Elder Services of
Cape Cod & the Islands
Men's Only Caregiver Support Group
1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month
9:30-11:00 a.m.
The Family Caregiver Support Program of Elder Services of Cape Cod & the Islands facilities this group, specifically for men. To enroll, please contact Frank Riley at 508-394-4630.
General Caregiver Support Group
2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month 9:30-11:00 a.m.
The Family Caregiver Support Program of Elder Services of Cape Cod & the Islands facilities this group, which is open to everyone. To enroll, please contact Beth Gilmore at 508-394-4630 ext. 450
goodreads Choice 2015 Winner
BEST HISTORICAL FICTION
The Nightingale
by Kristen Hannah
FRANCE, 1939
In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn't believe that the Nazis will invade France...but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. When France is overrun, Vianne is forced to take an enemy into her house, and suddenly her every move is watched; her life and her child's life is at constant risk. Without food or money or hope, as danger escalates around her, she must make one terrible choice after another.
Vianne's sister, Isabelle, is a rebellious eighteen-year-old girl, searching for purpose with all the reckless passion of youth. While thousands of Parisians march into the unknown terrors of war, she meets the compelling and mysterious Gäetan, a partisan who believes the French can fight the Nazis from within France, and she falls in love as only the young can...completely. When he betrays her, Isabelle races headlong into danger and joins the Resistance, never looking back or giving a thought to the real--and deadly--consequences.
With courage, grace and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah takes her talented pen to the epic panorama of WWII and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women's war. The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France--a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.
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