Home of the JFHML Friends Foundation and Backstreet Books
"Around here, we don't look backwards for very long...We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things because we're curious...and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."  
               ~Walt Disney 
Jessie F. Hallett Memorial Library

    
 
  
In November we are thankful, grateful and appreciative.
Thankful for the JFHML Staff and Friends Foundation, grateful for the many Volunteers who are dedicated to their community Library, and appreciative of our Patrons who celebrate the services we are able to provide.
We also become invigorated at this time of year, because this is when we ask our supporters to participate in our JINGLE BOOKS fundraising program.
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What is Jingle Books? It is the annual giving campaign conducted by the JFHML Friends to raise funds to purchase books, eBooks, audiobooks and periodical titles for 2016.
Last year the Library raised $10,000 with the help of a Hallett Trust matching grant.  This year, once again, your DONATION WILL BE DOUBLED by the generosity of the Hallett Trust.
This fundraiser begins on Give-To-The-Max Day at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, November 12.

Go on line to https://givemn.org/organization/Jfhml-Friends-Foundation to make the donation of your choice. On GTMD, there are opportunities to be eligible for hourly drawings of $1,000 to your charity of choice. Gifts can be given online with a credit card, or in person at the Library at 101 1st St SE, Crosby, MN~ checks are made payable to the JFHML Friends Foundation. Join with us as we raise the funds to provide reading material in all formats to all ages for years to come! Your donation is tax deductible and remember it will be DOUBLED! The Jingle Books campaign runs through December 31, 2015.
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JFHML BUSINESS FRIENDS HONOR ROLL~ 

Thank you to the following for supporting their community Library with a $30 Friends Business Sponsorship in 2015:  

  

~Barstock  

~Barry's Properties & Insurance

 ~Cuyuna Regional Medical Center 

~Cycle Path & Paddle

~The Deerstand 

~Deerwood Bank

~Deerwood Lumber  

~Den of Antiquity
Edward Jones-
Seth Jackson
~Dr. Jeffery Fish DDS
~GuidePoint Pharmacy
~Jacobs Realty-
Vern Lewis 
~Knieff's Shores Acres 
~Koop Funeral Home
~ Koop Insurance
~Lakeside Center, LLC
~Mid MN Federal
Credit Union
~Maucieri's Catering 
~ Mixed Company
A Kava House
~ Neighborhood National Bank
~Dr. Paul Perpich DDS 
~Pine Cone Antiques
~Ripple River Gallery
~Ruttger's Bay Lake Lodge
~ Scentsy-
Barb Habighorst 
~Tadpole Media- John See
~Thomas & Severson, P.A.  
~Unity Bank 

Please support them as they support US!

 Find out how YOUR business can join this list! 

It's EASY to become a Friend!

Email: [email protected] 

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UPCOMING EVENTS
 Preschool Story Hour
meets each Wednesday at
 10:30 a.m.

  Join us as story ladies Becky, Deb, Sharon & Peggi present themed story times for your preschooler!
No preregistration required.  All ages 0-6.
Follow the Library on Facebook for fun photos of Story Hour and other programming events~
 
 FALL WINTER 2015 Story Hour Themes
October 28 ~  Costume Parade at CNC
November 4 ~   Nuts to YOU!
November 11 ~ CLOSED FOR VETERAN's DAY      
November 18 ~ Yummy! Yummy!  
November 25 ~ Magic of Thanksgiving Show*
                          *with Magician Robert Halbrook
December 2 ~   All Decked Out          
December 9 ~   Gingerbread Friends
December 16 ~ Ho! Ho! Ho!*
             *Mr. S. Claus will be in the house!          
   


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The latest JFHML Friends Foundation fundraiser:
2016 Li'L Library Lovers Calendar
featuring the children of the JFHML
Calendars are available for $15 each
Thank you to Library photographer and JFHML
Friends Board member, Marian Segersten, for her dedication to this project. 
The PERFECT Gift...pick one up TODAY!    
Next JFHML Friends Meeting
Tuesday, December 8
5:00 pm
ALL ARE WELCOME!
 
 
The JFHML Friends Foundation, which is the
501(c-3) fundraising arm of the Jessie F. Hallett Memorial Library, will be the Cause-of-the-Month during November at the Mustard Seed in Deerwood! Watch for our Bulletin Board and visit with Friends to learn more about the JFHML and all we offer to your community!
 
FALL AUTHOR TALK
 
Tuesday, November 10th 6:30 
Theresa Jarvela
"Bring Home the Murder"




Now available on our website www.hallettlibrary.org
Minnesota DMV Driver's training manuals
& practice tests.
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  Quillmasters Writing Group meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 10 am
All creative souls welcome!
Next meeting: Tuesday, November 17
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COMING IN NOVEMBER:
Jingle Books!
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The annual fundraiser conducted by the JFHML Friends which raises funds for the purchase of books, e-books, periodicals and audiobooks for 2016 begins on Give To The Max Day, Thursday, November 12 and runs through December 31. This year we have received a $10,000 matching grant opportunity from the Hallett Charitable Trust. Thank you to Library Friend Connie Zeitler, for her on-loan collection of Santas which are on display to promote our annual Jingle Books campaign!

 E-BOOK DEVICE HELP 
Help is available on MONDAYS 4-6 p.m.to help you get
your reading device on track to enjoy over 2,000 titles
in the JFHML e-book collection! http://jessiehallett.lib.overdrive.com
No appointment necessary   
 

About Us
We provide a multitude of services for every generation. 
The JFHML has an on-line catalog using the Apollo Library system by Biblionix-from your home computer/device you are able to access our card catalog, reserve & renew materials, make requests and comments. All at the touch of a button! www.hallettlibrary.org
E-books are now available on our website, thanks to a generous grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation and a partnership with the Library, JFHML Friends Foundation, the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center, and Crosby-Ironton School District #182. 
You are able to access our e-books @ http://jessiehallett.lib.overdrive.com
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Pre-school Story Hour meets each  WEDNESDAY morning at 10:30 with Volunteer Readers during June & July. Visit our website @ www.hallettlibrary.org for more events, programming, Friends info, card catalog access and MORE! Our website is updated monthly by John See of Tadpole Media.
All funds given to the Friends and to the Library, go directly back to serving your community.   
THANK YOU again for your support and for making a difference..   
CONNECT WITH OTHERS TODAY AT YOUR COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY...