The HTFL Connection August 6 - 19, 2023 | |
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Note from the Director
Our Summer Reading programs have been in full swing these past weeks and we are thrilled to have so many participants reading. Over 500 adults, teens, and kids are registered for our reading incentive programs. Our adults and teens have read hundreds of books and have filled out book reviews to be entered into weekly raffles for prizes. So far, our children participants have read a total of 131,493 minutes!
We are so excited to announce that the Friends of the Haverford Township Free Library and Koffmeyer’s Ice Cream have teamed up to further encourage our kid participants to read. Each child that reads 800 minutes this summer through our Summer Reading Club will be awarded a coupon for a free small ice cream cone at Koffmeyer’s Ice Cream! The Library is very grateful to both the Friends and Koffmeyer’s for their support of Summer Reading!
We have a few big shows coming up soon that we believe our community will really like. Our Sounds of Summer Concert Series continues tomorrow night, Friday, August 4 at 7:30 pm at Merwood Park. Come enjoy soul, R&B, funk, dance and party music with Philadelphia Funk Authority. On Wednesday, August 9 at 6:30 pm we will host DJ Mixup - Improv for Kids, where partners Dan and Jason mix up their favorite classic stories with silly props and costumes to make them new again. Then on Tuesday, August 15 at 6:30 pm we will have a Musical Instrument Petting Zoo which is a hands-on workshop where children get to see, listen, touch, and play 50-60 different instruments from around the world. No registration required for any of these programs.
We thank you for all of your support and hope you will think about making a donation to the Library today! If you have already made a donation to the Library this year, thank you for your generosity and we ask you to consider making an additional donation to help us continue to provide the excellent programs, collections, and services you have come to expect.
Warm Regards,
Sukrit Goswami, Library Director
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Sounds of Summer Concert Series | |
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Fridays this Summer
Merwood Park (Wynnefield Dr)
Join us for music under the trees at Merwood Park. Bring a blanket or a camping chair to listen to these amazing bands!
Friday, August 4, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Philadelphia Funk Authority
Friday, September 22, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Philadelphia Guitar and Mandolin Ensemble (Rescheduled from June)
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Summer Reading for All Ages | |
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All Together Now
Monday, June 19 - Friday, August 11
Adults
Calling all Book Bingo Players!
Our Book Bingo that is part of our Summer Reading program is coming to an end. Please submit your bingo card with any bingos or complete cards to the Reference Desk to be entered into our grand prize drawing on Monday, August 14. Each bingo gives you a chance in the drawing and a complete card gives you 5 chances! Our grand prize is a Kindle Paperwhite with a cover and a gift card to Amazon!
Teens
Submit a review (in-person or online) for every book you read this summer to enter the weekly prize raffle! Plus, get a free book just for registering!
Kids
Win a free ice cream scoop for reaching your summer reading goal of 800 minutes, thanks to the Friends of the Haverford Township Free Library and Koffmeyer’s! See our Children’s Librarian with your completed Summer Reading log to receive your voucher.
Read 100 minutes a week, complete a library activity, and win a free book and brag tag(2+ yr.)/toy (0-2 yr.). The last day to register your minutes and collect prizes is Saturday, August 19!
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Reader, Reader, Ice Cream Eater! | |
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Read Books, Eat Ice Cream
The Friends of the Haverford Township Free Library and Koffmyers have teamed up to encourage our kids who are reading each week for Summer Reading. Any child registered for Summer Reading Club that reads 800 minutes this summer will get a coupon for a free small ice cream cone at Koffmyers Ice Cream on Brookline Boulevard! Keep reading and logging your minutes with our librarians on the 2nd floor!
Thank you to both Koffmyers and the Friends of Haverford Township Free Library for your support!
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Adult Calendar
Most of our programs are taking a little break in August as we prepare our building for closure and getting ready for the move to our temporary location at the Manoa Shopping Center. Our programs will resume in September. For the most up to date location of programs, please consult our website. www.haverfordlibrary.org
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Youth Services Department Highlights | |
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DJ Mixup – Improv For Kids
Wednesday, August 9 - 6:30 pm
Partners Dan and Jason mix up their favorite classic stories with silly props and costumes to make them new again. Using audience suggestions and (un)willing parental volunteers, this comedy improv troupe will have audience members of all ages laughing.
No registration required.
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Musical Instrument Petting Zoo
Tuesday, August 15 - 6:30 pm
Community Room
Keep Music Alive’s Instrument Petting Zoo offers a fun and informal environment to spark children’s interest in starting their musical journey. It is a hands-on workshop where children get to see, listen, touch, and play 50-60 different instruments from around the world. The four musicians from KMA will interact with visitors, demonstrate how to play the instrument and help the visitors interact with them on a rotating basis. Musical instruments included are guitars, keyboards, ukuleles and dozens of different percussion instruments. For children ages 2+.
No registration required.
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Teen Reading Lounge
Tuesday, August 8 - 5:00 - 6:30 pm
The Hub
We will celebrate the end of the Teen Reading Lounge program period with a Bookend Party celebration on Tuesday August 8, 2023 at 5:00-6:30 PM. Join us for food, drinks, giveaways, crafts, and more!
Teen Reading Lounge (TRL) is an award-winning, unconventional book club for teens ages 12-18. Unlike regular teen book clubs, teens take the lead in selecting the books we read, steer the discussions, and to design projects that connect themes in their reading selections to tangible action in their communities.
Registration required. To register, click here.
Teen Reading Lounge is a program of PA Humanities, the Federal-State Partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, developed in part by federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries.
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Haverford College Climbing Tree Storytime
Tuesday, August 15 - 10:30 am
Join us for a delightful time of books and songs! This outdoor, in-person storytime will be held once a month during the summer at the Haverford College campus in front of the climbing tree (N 40° 00.534 W 075° 18.482) from 10:30am-11am. This storytime will be in lieu of Babies & Books and is tailored to children ages 0 to 5.
Click here for a map to storytime and parking at Haverford College Climbing Tree.
Weather permitting. Registration is not required.
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Storytime Under the Trees
Mondays and Thursdays, 10:30 am
Haverford Township Parks
May 1 - October 30
Click here to find locations and addresses.
Join Haverford Library Children’s Librarians Mondays and Thursdays from 10:30am-11am for outdoor, in-person Circle Time Storytimes in local Havertown parks!
Weather permitting. Registration is not required.
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Children's Calendar
Monday, August 7
10:30 am - Storytime Under the Trees - Grasslyn Park, Grasslyn Ave
Tuesday, August 8
5:00 pm - Teen Reading Lounge (The Hub)*
Wednesday, August 9
6:30 pm - DJ Mixup - Improv for Kids (Children's Room)
Thursday, August 10
10:30 am - Storytime Under the Trees - Carroll Park, Farwood Rd
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Monday, August 14
10:30 am - Storytime Under the Trees - Powder Mill Park, 901 Powder Mill Park, Wynnewood
Tuesday, August 15
10:30 am - Haverford College Climbing Tree Storytime - (Haverford College Campus)
Thursday, August 17
10:30 am - Storytime Under the Trees - Gest Tract Park, Pelham
*Registration Required
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Economic Recovery Payments for Seniors, Widows/Widowers, and Permanently Disabled
Residents who have been approved for the Pennsylvania Property Tax/Rent Rebate program may now apply for the Haverford Township Senior/Widowed/Disabled Residents Economic Recovery Payment Program to receive a one-time $500 economic recovery payment.
In order to apply, you must be able to provide verification that you have been approved by the state, so please wait until you have that approval. If you've already applied, you can find out if you've been approved by visiting the "Where's My Rebate" page on the PA Department of Revenue's website.
Click here for more information and how to apply.
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