Photos by Joel Perlish

Note From the Director

The Library would like to extend our sincere appreciation to the Friends of the Haverford Township Free Library for making this year’s Friend’s Fall Book Sale a tremendous success!  After numerous months of preparation, this highly anticipated event culminated in two weekends at the end of September and the beginning of October. We are grateful to the Friends for their support of the Library and for all their hard work on the sale!

Please plan to join us for our annual Dewey Decimal Dash Run & Walk on Saturday, November 5 at 8 am. Our 5K race route takes runners down Karakung Drive which is particularly beautiful during this time of year with the turning leaves. If you are not a runner, you may choose to walk the 1 mile course down Mill Road and back. Not a runner or a walker? Please consider becoming a sponsor! The Library is accepting both business and individual/family sponsorships for the event. Another way to support the Library for the Dewey Decimal Dash is to sign up to volunteer for the event. For more information and to register, sponsor, or sign up as a volunteer, click here!

A Post Dash Bash will also be held Saturday, November 5 at 9 am. This after the race party is a wonderful opportunity to bring the kids for storytime, get your picture taken at our picture booth, purchase Holiday Book Bundles from the Friends of the Haverford Township Free Library, or try your chances for our raffle items! We are excited to report that House Cup Coffee will be back serving coffee and Sweets on Darby will be providing donuts!

We are grateful for all of your support and we look forward to seeing you at the Library soon!

Warm Regards,

Sukrit Goswami, Library Director

Dewey Decimal Dash Run & Walk

Saturday, November 5

5k race time: 8 am

1 mile fun run/walk: 8:15 am

Post Dash Bash: 9:00 am

Join us for the Dewey Decimal Dash Run & Walk and support the Haverford Township Free Library! Choose to run the 5k or run/walk the 1 mile. All of the proceeds go towards the Library’s services, programs, and collections. After the race, join us in the Library for the Post Dash Bash, back again in 2022! Bring the kids to a storytime, get your picture taken at our picture booth, purchase Holiday Book Bundles from the Friends of HTFL, or try your chances for our raffle items! We are excited to report that House Cup Coffee will be back serving coffee and Sweets on Darby will be providing donuts! For more information and to register, click here.

Get Your Raffle Tickets Now - Dewey Decimal Dash!

Now through Saturday, November 5

1st Floor of the Library

Back this year is our Post Dash Bash after the Dewey Decimal Dash. At this after-race party, we will do the drawings for our raffles. You can buy tickets up to the drawing on Saturday, November 5. Runners and walkers who register for the event will get 10 tickets with their registration!

Items have been donated by the Library Board of Trustees, the Friends of HTFL, the Library Quilting Group, and generous businesses around town. Come in to check out the raffle items and buy your tickets today!

You do not need to be present to win.

Parenting Panel: How to Talk to Kids About Hard Things

Tuesday, October 18 - 7:00 pm

Hybrid - Community Room and Zoom

While the past few years may have been hard on us as adults, how do we talk to kids about the difficult things that confront us? What do they need to know and what can we hold back? How much anxiety do our kids pick up from us? Join us for this parenting panel on how to talk to kids about hard topics. Our panel of experts include pediatricians, therapists and counselors that work with kids. Come with questions!

Panel Facilitator: Margaret Fox-Tully, Head of School, Holy Child Academy, Drexel Hill

Panelists:

Julie Kardos, MD and Naline Lai, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Care Network

Shayonne D. Burrell, MSW, Child Guidance Resource Centers

Additional panelists: TBD

This program is made possible through a partnership between The Haverford Township Free Library and the Haverford Township Adult School.

This program will be offered in a hybrid format – in person at the Haverford Township Free Library Community Room and on Zoom. Registration required for both in person and zoom. To register, click here.

Adult Calendar

Tuesday, October 18

7:00 pm - Parenting Panel: How to Talk to Kids about Hard This*- (Community Room and Zoom)

7:00 pm - Books on Tap at the Crossbar*

Thursday, October 20

11:00 am - Cookies and Mystery Book Group (The Hub)

Friday, October 21

10:00 am - Tea and Stitch (Community Room)

Monday, October 24

7:00 pm - Hooked on History (Zoom)*

Tuesday, October 25

7:00 pm - Reading a Round (Zoom)*

Thursday, October 27

2:00 pm - Quilting (The Hub)

Friday, October 28

10:00 am -Tea and Stitch (Community Room)

*Registration Required

Youth Services Department Highlight

Halloween Costume Exchange

Month of October

2nd Floor Hallway

Have a gently used costume that you no longer want?

Donate it to the Halloween costume exchange!

Please bring gently-used costumes to the Children’s Room for others to use.

You can also select a costume—no donation required!

Circle Time Storytime

Mondays and Thursdays

October 10 - December 22

Join us for a delightful time of books and songs! This in-person storytime will be held in the Library’s Community Room for children ages 0 to 5 years old.

Registration is required. Each registration is for 1 family. Click here to register.

Children's Calendar

Monday, October 17

10:30 am - Circle Time Storytime (Community Room)*

Thursday, October 20ytime (Community Room)*

Monday, October 24

10:30 am - Circle Time Storytime (Community Room)*

Thursday, October 28

10:30 am - Circle Time Storytime (Community Room)*

*Registration Required

Township of Haverford

Haverford Township Comprehensive Plan

September 2022 Draft

What is the Comprehensive Plan?

In Pennsylvania, the Comprehensive Plan establishes a vision for future growth and development in a municipality. Among other things, it outlines challenges facing the community, identifies potential solutions, and provides guidance to appointed and elected officials on community planning-related decisions, including parks & recreation facilities.

It is not too late to participate and provide input.  To learn more and view the September 2022 draft, click here.

Halloween Block Party & Trunk or Treat

Haverford Area YMCA (891 N. Eagle Rd, Havertown)

Friday, October 28 - 5:00 - 8:00 pm

Bring the whole family and wear your costumes to enjoy our Trunk or Treat, collect some candy, make a craft, play games, and more.