Friends of the Eldredge Public Library
TIDINGS
e-newsletter
Chatham, MA
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"Connecting Chatham to the World"
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As a non-profit organization we depend on your generosity to help power our mission. Now is the time to make your end of the year tax deductible donation to either our Library Annual Fund Drive or renew your Friends Membership, or both!
Financial support to our Annual Fund is crucial to the overall funding of the library's operating  budget which pays for basic daily operations and library essentials, such as staff salaries, utilities and materials (books, DVDs, databases, etc). Your Friends membership helps provide for items beyond the operating budget, such as additional computers, special programs for Youth Services, museum passes, and more. Your donation helps make the EPL the outstanding library that it is today.
 Please consider becoming both a Friends member AND contributing to the Trustees Annual Fund drive. The Eldredge Public Library staff,Trustees and Friends strive to meet the needs of our youngest visitors to our senior residents. We hope you will continue to support your community library.
Use our safe and secure online donation forms for Annual Fund Drive Donation or FEPL Membership. You can also Click Here to print out the forms and send in your renewal or donation by regular mail with a check.
Your support of the Eldredge Public Library is very much appreciated!
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Donate to the Library Annual Fund
and help support the
Library Operating Budget!
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Excerpts from the Nutcracker featuring dancers from Reaching Heart School of Ballet
Dec 9 @ 3:00 pm
Family Holiday Sing-Along
Everyone Welcome
Santa arrives @ 4:00
Family Bingo
Visit our
website for the full winter schedule!
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Looking for that perfect Holiday Gift?
Eldredge Public Library
Canvas Tote Bags
Adult Caps &
Youth Bucket Hats
Now on Sale
@ the Library
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Fall Learning Series Programs Starting Now!
Garden Pleasures
w/ Karen Moore
Dec 6 @ 1:00 pm
Movies of Triumph
w/ Carol Yindra
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Deck the Halls.....
The EPL is ready for the holidays thanks to the FEPL Hospitality Committee
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EPL Goes Social!
Find us where you live online: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest.
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Fall Report Card by Kerry Brown, Friends President
The fall season is well underway, and a report card is in order:
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he landscaping project, as recently reported in The Cape Cod Chronicle, is progressing very well. The Board of Selectmen has approved the concept in principle, we have engaged an outstanding landscape architect, and we are presently on schedule to make the project a reality.
- The Friends Board has authorized funds for new construction in the Youth Services area, and Youth Services Librarian Tammy DePasquale is supervising the details.
- The Board has also approved funding for the following: updating our wireless access points, a new podium for the meeting room, a new portable screen, a new magazine rack for the Reference Room, and a variety of other items that the staff has requested.
- The Books in Bloom event raised over $1400, and the Passport to Savings program produced over $12,000 for the Library.
- The Learning Series offered 18 courses this fall and has plans for 20 classes in the spring.
This is just the
"short list," but the message is that none of this could have occurred without the support of our members' gifts and donations and without your gratifying support of programs like the Learning Series, the Book Sale, and our fundraisers. Needless to say, we deeply appreciate all our members have done to make
these programs so successful.
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Season's Readings by Tammy DePasquale, Youth Services Librarian
There are so many holiday hints, tips, recipes, and memes
 out there on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest that you need another app just to manage all of the ways you can make the holidays more festive, meaningful, fun, memorable and less stressful. Hmmm, there's some irony! No pressure, right?
Well, as I was falling into that holiday social media black hole, I found a gift giving tip that has been circulating on all the social media platforms that warmed me up more than a mug of hot chocolate next to
 the fire, and I'm thrilled to share it. It's been referred to as "The Four Gifts," and I believe it gained momentum via a blogging mom. It simply recommends that young people should receive four gifts: "something you want, something you need, something to wear, and something to read!" Yes!
So in case you missed our annual
Season's Readings book discussion on November 28th, we have our list of new, notable, and near-n-dear titles available for
download. We also have hard copies available at the library. If you are looking for something specific to excite your young reader, please contact a Youth Services staff member. We have so many great gift ideas, and we always welcome the opportunity to talk about our books!
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Upcoming Spring Learning Series
by the Learning Series Committee
The Learning Series Committee is hard at work planning an exciting array of courses for Spring 2018. The brochure with
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Michael McNaught
America's Forgotten War: Korea 1950-1953 |
more than 20 courses, available in March, will offer "must attend" lectures such as local authors Bernard Cornwell, Bob Staake, and John Whelan speaking on their books and the craft of writing. Governor Bill Richardson will address national political issues, and Carol Yindra will return with a new series of documentaries about food, along with tastings, at the Chatham Orpheum Theater.
New presenters as well as returning presenters with new subjects are featured. Look for Financial Wisdom by attorney Darlene Pitt and Thomas Langway, Creating an Inspiring
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Mary Lanctot
Art of the Middle Ages |
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Eye-Riveting Home Interior with Madeline Bickert, and
Exotic Wars: The Struggle for the Kaiser's African Colonies 1914-1918 with Michael McNaught. Shakespeare's Hamlet, Modern Poetry, the Great American Songbook, Birding on the Cape, Contemporary U.S. Foreign Policy, Great Photography on the iPhone, Art History of the Renaissance, Travel Abroad On Your Own Terms, and Golf Readiness are some of the course subjects planned.
Two new classes feature local residents and their
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Dave Wilber, Charlie Wallace, Craig Kappel & Jon Elmendorf
Classic Car Collecting |
compelling stories - as women pilots or women in military service during war time, and as children who grew up in war torn Europe. Two early classes are offered in February: Peter Saunders presents Prose or Poetry and Vince Gulotta offers The Life of Mary Magdalene.
The Library will once again be a busy place this spring, and we greatly appreciate the support of you, our patrons. We also want to give a big THANK YOU to our amazing teachers!
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Eldredge Library Gets Star Rating!
The EPL was once again chosen as a Top-Rated U.S. Library by Library Journal. Eldredge was 1 of 12 Massachusetts libraries to earn the rating which is based on selected per capita output measures. Way to go EPL!!
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Book Sale
by Book Sale Chairman Paula Lofgren
Books are always a welcome gift! You can't beat the prices at our Friends of the EPL Book Sale! Click the picture below to see our winter flyer and stop by the Book Sale. Books, audio books, DVD's - we have it all.
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