Let your dreams take flight in the New Year~
The library has resources to help you achieve your goals!
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What are your New Year's resolutions? Are you planning to eat healthier? Exercise more? Get organized? Learn Yoga? Practice Mindfulness? Or perhaps write the great American Novel! January is the first chapter in a 365 page
book ̶ and the library has everything you need to help you get started.
Curbside services and Hoopla Digital bring the library to you 24/7
NEW! Grab 'n' Go Activity Kits for ADULTS!
We’re happy to announce that, starting in January, we will be providing boredom busting kits for adults alongside our children’s craft kits. They will be available on Fridays starting at noon, while supplies last. (Look for the white bags! Brown bags are for the kiddos.) Depending on the week, kits will include a variety of games, coloring pages, recipes, and/or craft instructions.
Have a great idea for something we could include in a future bag?
Let us know!
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Cheers to a fresh start in the New Year--May you make the most of 2021! |
~ Sarah Comstock
Community Engagement Librarian
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If saving money is on your list of goals for 2021 - We can help! Using the library is one of the most budget-friendly things you can do!
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Let the library come to you 24/7 with a HOOPLA Digital account. Go to HooplaDigital.com and look for the Loomis Library. You will need a Loomis Library card to sign up for an account. Don't have a card?
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Armchair gardening has never been easier! Learn all about container gardening from the comfort of your home.
Container gardening is a great solution if you don’t have a suitable garden space. This workshop will cover choosing the right container, plant selection tips, transplanting, and more. Learn how to be successful growing ornamental plants as well as fruit and vegetables.
Passcode: garden
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Staff Picks!
Permaculture for the New Year?
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What is permaculture and why should you care as this long year ends and a better, brighter one begins? Traditionally, the new year is a time of resolutions and new beginnings so why not start by reducing yard work in the long term and helping the planet? As Toby |
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Hemenway notes, permaculture, developed by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in Australia, “began as a set of tools for designing landscapes that are modeled after nature yet include humans” (5). Now, this all sounds very impressive and slightly vague, but as Hemenway explains in Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, permaculture principles are very practical. Some are ancient such as companion planting while others advise following nature and planting in, for example, a zig-zag pattern rather than straight lines so you can plant more plants in a smaller area as well as improve air circulation and each plant’s access to sunlight. Now, to be honest, I haven’t finished the whole book, but I have, as the author suggests, jumped to chapters that go into more detail on subjects that interest me. This book and our other permaculture title The Resilient Farm and Homestead by Ben Falk have a good deal of practical advice and examples to get you started. Like any change, from cleaning up your clutter the Marie Kondo way to working toward zero waste, you can go all in or approach it moderately. Making even a few changes based on the principles of premature and ecological design can enhance the beauty and productivity of the space right outside your door. As you consider your resolutions this year, why not check out one of these books and see if a nice spiral mound herb garden isn’t just what you need outside your kitchen door. May the new year bring you much health and happiness!
~Susan A. George, Ph.D., Library Assistant
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1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Reading Challenge! |
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Enjoy reading 1,000 books with your little ones! Log reading, earn badges, and unlock prizes along the way. Reading and storytelling with your child promotes brain development and imagination, teaches your child about language and emotions, and strengthens your relationship. Anytime is a good time for a book or story! Try to share at least one book or story each day.
Here’s how it works:
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Read to your child and and log the books that you read. You can read anything you'd like, including books you have at home, from the library using curbside delivery, or that you find online. You can borrow eBooks and downloadable audio books from our Hoopla site too!
- Earn badges for reading and logging the books you read. Prizes will be awarded at every 100 book milestone up to 1,000.
- Prizes can be picked up using curbside delivery by appointment!
Ready, set, take the challenge! If you have questions about the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Challenge, please email us: collection@loomislibrary.org.
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Become a Member of the Friends of the Loomis Library! |
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Your Membership Contribution Supports Library Programs, Events, the Summer Reading Challenges, Book and Material Purchases, plus all the Little Extras that Mean so much!
Basic membership is only $15 a year or $25 for your whole family.
Higher levels are always welcome. All memberships are tax deductible per IRS 501(c)3 charitable rules.
Donations can be mailed to:
Friends of the Loomis Library
PO Box 610
Loomis, CA 95650
Thanks in advance! You are helping to support the library and our community for today and the future.
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Shop Amazon Smile and Support the Library - at no cost to you! |
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When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you'll find the exact same low prices, vast selection, and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to your favorite charitable organization- That's US!
Simply go to:https://smile.amazon.com and select Friends of the Library Loomis as your recipient and then shop as you normally would!
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