Enjoy games, arts & crafts, trick-or-treating, Halloween tours, and more!

9:00am to 1:00pm in the Village Complex Parking Area

(sponsored by the Bloomingdale Police & Fire Departments and Bloomingdale Park District)

11:00am to 2:00pm in the Library Parking Area

(sponsored by the Bloomingdale Public Library)

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Be a T-Rexplorer!

See dinosaur bones up close

and get a glimpse of what it’s like to go on a dig with real dinosaur fossils.

Come early and see

Ranger the T. Rex

in front of the library!

Monday, October 10

10:00-11:00am

drop-in | for all ages

Our food drive for National Hunger Action Month will continue through Monday, October 3. All food will benefit the Bloomingdale Food Pantry, part of the Northern IL Food Bank. We thank you for your continued support for this great need in our community!

On The Same Page is an annual month-long community reading event hosted by Bloomingdale Public Library,

Roselle Public Library District, and

Itasca Community Library. This year’s choice is Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall. Complimentary copies of the title are available while quantities last. Visit www.mybpl.org/OTSP for the event page with links to register for all events there. We hope you can join in on this great community read!

Join us for an evening with local author Joe Ziemba who has a new nonfiction book out called Bears vs. Cardinals: The NFL's Oldest Rivalry. 

The program will take us back to a time when individuals played with little equipment protection, gangsters interrupted NFL games, and players worked second jobs during the professional football season. We'll share recently discovered details on the poor financial status of the Chicago Bears in the 1920s and 30s and how the owner of the rival Chicago Cardinals loaned Bears' owner George Halas the funding to keep his team afloat. 

Books will be available to purchase and autographed by the author!

Registration is required; click here to register

The Friends of the Bloomingdale Public Library will be holding their first meeting for 2022! The next Friends of the Library meeting is Wednesday, October 26 at 7:00pm in Room B. We will have early-bird registration for 2023 and a giveaway for each new registration. If you have any questions/comments/concerns, please contact the Friends at mybplfriends@gmail.com

Beginning October 1, BPL will join the VFW Post 7539 along with other community partners to collect winter coats for Veterans in need.

The goal is to provide 300 winter coats (new or gently used & clean) to Veterans in coordination with the Jesse Brown VA Hospital Homeless Program.

All sizes of men’s and women’s coats are needed.

Other items needed include

• new winter gloves

• scarves

• knit winter caps

Simply drop off your donation between October 1-31 to a collection site listed below. The VFW will deliver to Jesse Brown Medical Center for distribution to our Veterans in need.

Collection sites:

• Village Hall @ 201 S Bloomingdale Rd

• Public Library @ 101 Fairfield Way

• Fire District 1@ 179 S Bloomingdale Rd

Questions, please contact Joe Palmer at joepalmer1147@gmail.com

As always, check our calendar or the the October/November almanac to see exciting programming available for all ages!

Bloomingdale Public Library will remain open during our regular hours. The procedures we currently have in place fit within the state's updated guidelines.

Our meeting rooms are open and taking reservations.

Feel free to contact the library with any questions at (630) 529-3120 or email bdref@mybpl.org. Please see www.mybpl.org/covidinfo for updates.

Rent a Tech...from home OR at the Library!

Want 1 on 1 computer assistance on any topic? Call Sean at 630-924-2766 to schedule an in-person, phone or Zoom appointment with someone in our Computer Services department. 

Wi-Fi Extended throughout Parking Lot

BPL has installed an exterior Wi-Fi antenna to our building so that our Wi-Fi signal now extends throughout our parking lot and Gazebo area. Residents without home Wi-Fi may now use this resource for remote learning, downloading of eBooks, audiobooks, magazines and more. We have designated the back row of our parking lot as the official Drive-Up Wi-Fi location and is signed as such. Please remember to keep up social distancing rules. Remember that this is a parking lot that is still used by the Village of Bloomingdale and others, so observe all safety precautions as normal. Wi-Fi is available 6:00am to 11:45pm every day.