Young Adult Summer Program

It’s that time of year again! The Girard Public Library will be sponsoring summer programming for students entering grades 6-12. The theme for this year is “Creature Feature” and will be focusing on both fiction and non-fiction creatures.

In keeping with the theme, young adult services will be hosting a variety of activities, including a mystery party, Wild Animal Jeopardy, and monstrous construction! We will also be hosting a kick-off lock-in to introduce teens to the program. At the conclusion of the summer, teens will be invited to attend one of the nearby zoos to see animals in action. Only those signed up for the summer program will be allowed to participate in these activities!

I encourage you to get your kids involved. Summer reading programs keeps students actively involved in learning. This year will provide vast opportunities for cross-curriculum learning. What a great way to keep your teens engaged over the summer and eagerly awaiting the start of next school year!

Sign-ups for “Creature Feature” will be at the main desk of the Girard Public Library during the month of May.

Sincerely,

Naamah Harley
Young Adult Librarian

Teen Volunteer Opportunity!

The Girard Public Library is offering a volunteer program for middle school and high school students this summer. The volunteers will be helping with our summer reading program. This is a great opportunity for youth to gain work experience in a fun, low stress environment. We are seeking volunteers who are dependable, hardworking, and trustworthy. We have offered this opportunity for several years now and have found it to be a positive experience for all involved.

Please encourage your teen to get involved. Interested students should come to the library and get a volunteer application. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at the library at 724-4317.

Thank you for your help,

Joy McGhee
Children’s Librarian

Get Ready For Storytime

Summer is almost here! The Girard Public Library is very busy preparing for summer story time. We are pleased to be sponsoring “Paws, Claws, Scales, and Tales” this summer for children entering Preschool through 5th grade.

All of our stories, activities, and crafts will be focused around that theme. We will be having guests both human and animal. We will be using prizes and incentives to motivate the kids to read.

Please encourage your children to get involved! Summer story time will keep your kids reading and will challenge them to keep learning over the summer.

Sign up for “Paws, Claws, Scales, and Tales” begining on May 1st and going until May 31st in the Children’s Department at the Girard Public Library.

Thank you for your help,

Joy McGhee
Children’s Librarian

Internet Cafe

The Teen Advisory Group of the Girard Public Library will be hosting an Internet cafe today, April 19th. Students from 6th through 12th grade are invited to come by meeting room 2A at the Library for Coffee and snacks. Listen to music, play checkers or chess, flip through magazines, talk with friends, or surf the web. The Internet cafe will begin at 12:30 and run until 3:30 or 4. Please feel free to come and go as you please and enjoy the laid back atmosphere in air-conditioned comfort.

Sincerely

Library Staff

Second Quarter Newsletter Released

Be the first to get your copy of the Girard Public Library's 2006 2nd quarter newsletter. Simply click on the underlined text in the previous sentence or try the following link:

http://www.girardpubliclibrary.net/GPL2Q2006.pdf

Have a great day!

Library Staff

Girard Public Library Receives Pritchett Trust Grant

Terri Harley, Director of the Girard Public Library joined fifty-one organizations that gathered at the Gold Bank in Pittsburg March 16th to receive a check in the amount of $3,500 from the Pritchett Trust. Gold Bank President Tad Dunham and Gold Trust Company Officer Ken Webb presented $430,946 in grants to the recipients. The grants are to go to community projects that benefit children, youth and families.

Nearly 100 applications were received and the Gold Bank Advisory Board members worked together to select the organizations and projects and determine the amount each would receive.
The funds received from the Pritchett grant are important to the Girard Public Library, helping to provide for our youngest patrons, the children and youth. The additional funds will allow the library to purchase the missing books in several of our series for both the children and young adult departments. It will provide games and puzzles for after school and special library sponsored events and programs. The library will also purchase a laptop that will be utilized for movie nights, Internet cafes, game nights and computer classes.

The children and youth of our community utilize the library for a lot of their after school hours and parents feel it is a safe and caring environment in which to have their children spend time. We currently have 512 children and 485 young adults who have library cards. We also have many kids who use the library daily who do not have cards, but spend much of their time here. Library staff work diligently to provide quality books, programs and activities, some of which fall out side of our budgeted amounts. The banks and businesses of Girard help with donations toward some of our programs and the young adults have taken to the streets to raise funds for the activities that they desire to hold. The young adult group has more than doubled this year with the kids seeing the importance of having a good library that provides more than just books.

Providing for the children and young adults, allows parents and grandparents to see the importance of supporting the future of the library. Our desire is to provide a safe, comfortable and functional environment that will meet all age demands for materials and programming