Although tracking your reading by minutes or pages in our BeanStack program started in June, summer programming really starts in July. Please check out our jam-packed calendar of events online -- many programs are highlighted below. Instead of Food for Fines, we are accepting Pet Food and Pet Supply donations in July and August -- and are still fine-free!

I am most excited about a volunteer opportunity on selected Wed evenings this summer: we need help weeding our gardens, and pizza will be provided. Sign up on our Library Event Calendar.

In June, we bid goodbye to retirees Donna Bates-Tarrant who worked at GPL in the Children’s Room and then Technical Services, totaling 22 years, and Susan Leto, who worked for 19 years in Circulation. Susan will return to volunteer and temp after a vacation, and you’ll likely see Donna return at Mystery Book Group! We wish them well and will miss them! Interviews are underway for replacements for their BIG shoes to fill!

The beginning of the new fiscal year comes with gifts -- new databases funded by the MA Board of Library Commissioners! We'll have our local links up after the holidays, but you can get a sneak peek at https://galepages.com/mlin_c_graftpl. We had some end-of-year book, digital, and media purchases, including a photo therapy lamp, mindfulness and therapy based card decks, and a Zen garden kit to circulate.

Happy Birthday to US! Our substantial completion date was July 1, 2021. We are finishing up on donor signage. Library hours and other signage was installing this week. Our green roof is in bloom with purple, yellow and white flowers! HVAC work continues. Shelving tops were installed several spaces, a full year after we'd been expecting them. Rain gutters were installed on two north-facing doors after water came into the teen room following heavy rain.

We are working to resolve other outstanding non-punch list items, including signage, office shelving, locks for cabinets and drawers in public spaces, landscaping, wiring, piano, patio furniture and lighting, and FF&E installations.

Check out construction photos in our Construction album on our Facebook Page!

Available in the Libby app

The Girl in His Shadow will be available for simultaneous use in ebook and audiobook formats between July 13-27.

Discussion board available July 13th! and from July 13-27 use #BIGLIBRARYREAD on social media for a chance to win a BLR giveaway bag. See official rules

Summer Reading Program 2022 is underway! Please visit our SUMMER READING - READ BEYOND THE BEATEN PATH information on our website to get started.

In honor of our Toto the Tornado Kitten visit, and to help promote our Animal Adventures Cultural Council grant program, we will be collecting pet food and supplies for the Grafton Food Bank in July and August. We will place the collection bin in the Lobby on the tiered display (where we collected PJ's this winter) and CR staff will manage overflow.

Drums Along the Mohawk by Walter D. Edmonds

Request a book, a CD-Audiobook, an e-book on the Libby app, a DVD, or an audiobook on the Hoopla app.

Do you have a Grafton Library Card? Do you like streaming movies, shows, and audiobooks? Tired of subscription fees? With Hoopla and our library card you can stream wherever there’s a screen! Our team is here to help set you up! Download the Hoopla digital app today for Android/iPhone or visit HooplaDigital.com and click on the Get Started link.

In a unique botanic garden visitors often describe as magical, you’ll find a naturalistic plant collection that showcases New England native plants with complementary specimens from across the country. Garden in the Woods lies just west of Boston, on 45 acres sculpted by retreating glaciers into eskers, steep-sided valleys, and a kettle pond. Here you’ll find inspiration for your own garden and a new appreciation for the varied plant life of our region.

Reserve a museum pass online!

See all of our upcoming LIVE and PASSIVE PROGRAM events, including Children & Teens:

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Teen - for grades 6-12 and their caregivers

Children - for ages 0-grade 5 and their caregivers

Wowbrary - weekly new releases of library materials in digital and physical formats.

The Board meets via Zoom on the last Wed of the month at 7pm. Meetings are open to the public.

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Our Board of Library Trustees thanks Daniela Sharma for her three years on the Board, especially for her work on library policy.

We welcome new Trustee John Bubriski.

The Board reorganized and voted in Karen Ceppetelli as Chair and Stephanie Teixeira as Vice-Chair at their June meeting.

Additional CONGRATULATIONS to our Stephanie, who got married AND completed her Doctorate from Northeastern University

in Law and Policy in this summer!

Board Meetings via Zoom are announced on Facebook:

July has been scheduled for Tue 7/26 at 7:30 with a book sale focus.

Congratulations to our new officers! Presidential duties will be rotating between Carrie Hogan, Michelle Dalal and Mary Ann Brayer. Jackie Dillman will continue as publicity chair and Aaron Swartz as Book Store manager. We welcome back Betci Weldon as secretary. We welcome Nichole Packer as our Treasurer in Training under Ellen Goguen

Thank you for your service!

SAVE THE DATE: Next Book Sale Saturday August 27, 2022, 10am-6pm.

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