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What’s Happening At North Scituate Public Library www.scituatelibrary.org 647-5133 August 2016 Sunday closed Monday 1-8 Tuesday 10-8 Wednesday 1-8 Thursday 10-8 Friday 10-4 Saturday 10-4 LIBRARY HOURS “Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower Summer Reading Kids, Tweens & Teens…. Don’t forget your summer reading! Miss Kate - interactive music & dance Tuesday, August 2 @ 11:00am On Your Mark, Get Set...Read! and Exercise Your Mind. Read! will both wrap up with the raffle drawings on August 11th. Make sure you check in before then! In the Meeng Room Library Board Meeng August 15 @ 7pm Northwestern RI Supporters of Open Space: August 16 @ 6pm Scituate Democrac Commiee Meeng August 18 @ 6:30pm The Library will be closed on Monday, August 8 Victory Day—Why do we celebrate? Rhode Island is the only state to officially celebrate the day, and we do so to honor the sacrifices made by the many RI veterans of the War in the Pacific. Others feel that the name of the day is discriminatory as it refers directly to Japan. However you feel, it’s a good me to pause, reflect and learn more about this important piece of world history… Coloring Night at the Library Wednesday, August 10th at 6:30pm. Ages 16 &up Coloring can be beneficial for adults -- namely for its de-stressing pow- er! Coloring pages and art tools will be provided. Call to sign up or just stop in that night! Archive Open House—History of the Scituate Reservoir Tuesday, August 23 at 6:30pm This month, come and see the pictures of houses that are now under the reservoir, study the blueprints of the planned area and listen to the recorded memories of the people who lived through the change here in Scituate. No registration needed. Movie Night: The Angry Birds Movie Thursday, August 25 at 6pm Using Facebook for your Non-Profit or Local Business Monday, August 29 at 6:30pm Come to learn tips and tricks for your Facebook page. Please call to register. Learn how to manage your credit report and scores Thursday, September 1 at 6:30pm Journey to Financial Security Credit Reports and Credit Scores: Getting the most mileage from credit Presented by Money Management International.

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What’s Happening At North Scituate Public Library

www.scituatelibrary.org 647-5133 August 2016

Sunday closed

Monday 1-8

Tuesday 10-8

Wednesday 1-8

Thursday 10-8

Friday 10-4

Saturday 10-4

LIBRARY HOURS

“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower

Summer Reading

Kids, Tweens & Teens….

Don’t forget your summer

reading!

Miss Kate - interactive music

& dance

Tuesday, August 2 @ 11:00am

On Your Mark, Get

Set...Read! and Exercise

Your Mind. Read! will both

wrap up with the raffle

drawings on August 11th.

Make sure you check in

before then!

In the Meeting Room

Library Board Meeting August 15 @ 7pm

Northwestern RI Supporters of Open Space: August 16 @ 6pm

Scituate Democratic Committee Meeting August 18 @ 6:30pm

The Library will be closed

on Monday, August 8

Victory Day—Why do we celebrate?

Rhode Island is the only state to officially celebrate the day, and we do so to honor the sacrifices made by the many RI veterans of the War in the Pacific. Others feel that the name of the day is discriminatory as it refers directly to Japan. However you feel, it’s a good time to pause, reflect and learn more about this important piece of world history…

Coloring Night at the Library Wednesday, August 10th at 6:30pm. Ages 16 &up Coloring can be beneficial for adults -- namely for its de-stressing pow-er! Coloring pages and art tools will be provided. Call to sign up or just stop in that night!

Archive Open House—History of the Scituate Reservoir Tuesday, August 23 at 6:30pm

This month, come and see the pictures of houses that are now under the reservoir, study the blueprints of the planned area and listen to the recorded memories of the people who lived through the change here in Scituate. No registration needed.

Movie Night: The Angry Birds Movie Thursday, August 25 at 6pm

Using Facebook for your Non-Profit or Local Business Monday, August 29 at 6:30pm Come to learn tips and tricks for your Facebook page. Please call to register.

Learn how to manage your credit report and scores Thursday, September 1 at 6:30pm Journey to Financial Security Credit Reports and Credit Scores: Getting the most mileage from credit Presented by Money Management International.

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North Scituate Public Library

606 West Greenville Rd.

North Scituate, RI 02857

Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage

PAID N. Scituate, RI

Permit No. 14

“A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.” -James Dent

Classics Book Club - August 15 at 1:30pm Discussing The Scapegoat by Daphne Du Maurier Book to Art Club will meet again in October Contact [email protected] or call for more information.

Volunteer Opportunities

Interested in helping out at the library? Contact [email protected] to inquire about any of these opportunities: Sorting books into categories for our book sale Moving bins of books into storage areas Gardening Organizing materials and supplies

**It’s not too early to commit to help at our huge Art Festival Book Sale!**

A big THANK YOU to Jacavone Garden Center for donating so many beautiful plants for our gardens, and to our volunteers who plant and maintain all our flower beds!

Ongoing Community Support

Box Tops for Education collection bin

Looking for a spot to drop off all those Box Tops you’ve been saving? Look no further – bring them to the library to benefit the Scituate schools!

Scituate Food Pantry collection box

We have an ongoing collection for the Scituate Food Pantry, so drop off your non-perishables anytime we’re open! Thank you! Coupon Exchange

We have an ongoing coupon exchange happening at the library. Stop in anytime and choose the coupons you want. You can leave your extras if you’d like, but it’s

not necessary.

Story Hours will resume

in September!

Watch for more info or

inquire with Miss Brenda at the

Children’s Desk.