Friday, April 30, 2010
WTPL May Children's Programs
Washington Township Public Library at 37 E. Springtown Road in Long Valley, N.J. (www.wtpl.org) will hold the following children’s programs and registrations during May 2010:
*Please note – Washington Twp residents are given priority for all programs that require sign-ups.*
Attention – Book Buddies last day May 18th – Little Buddies(grades 1& 2) will practice reading to Big Buddies(grades 5 and up) – all Buddies – please sign up with Mrs. Birch as soon as possible.
Story Times: March 23 – May 20
Mother Goose & Me: (up to 24 months): Thursdays @ 10am or 11am
Toddler Time: (ages 2-3): Tuesdays @ 10 am, 11am
Story Time : (ages 3-5 ): Wednesdays @ 10am or 1pm
We will have fun with stories, fingerplays, songs and more.
The National Library Week Bookmark Contest - last day to hand in your bookmark is May 1st - Stop by starting May 5th to vote for your favorites! (Winners will be notified by phone the first week of June). Voting continues til May 31st. All participants are invited to the Bookmark Contest Reception Wednesday, June 9th @ 4:30pm for light refreshments, certificate presentation and photo opportunities. For more info stop by or check our website.
May 1st (Saturday)
Family Story Time @ 11am – Join Mrs. Birch for some Monkey Business: Stories about monkies.
Family Movie @ 1:00pm - Join us in watching recently released Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey (G) – parents must remain with children. Snacks provided, no registration required.
May 5th (Wednesday)
Family Story Time @ 7:00pm – Join Mrs. Averett for Happy Birthday, Leo Lionni! – stories by a favorite children’s book author. No registration required.
Celebrate Children’s Book Week : May 10 - 14
Enter our Book-a-day Giveaway!
Monday through Friday – we will be giving away a book a day in each of three categories: Grades PreK-2, Grades 3-5, & Grades 6 and up. Just fill out an entry form for your age group and drop it in the box. Winners will be notified by phone. Different books every day!
May 10th (Monday)
LEGO Club @ 4:00pm – Kids ages 5-11 yrs can come to build exciting creations.
Space is limited – online registration begins 5/3. WT residents only.
May 12th(Wednesday)
Sunflower Power @ 4:30pm – Grades K-3. Join Terry Holman, President of the LV Garden Club, to learn all about and plant your own sunflowers! Space is limited, online registration starts 5/5.
May 19th (Wednesday)
Afternoon Story Time @ 4:00pm – all ages are welcome for Books about Bikes: National Bike Month. No registration required.
May 20th (Thursday)
PIP (Pretty Important People) Club @ 4:00pm - Kids in grades 1-4, join us as we hear stories and learn about Pretty Important People – May PIP = Marco Polo. Please register using our online calendar.
May 23rd(Sunday)
Mammal Mania presented by Eyes of the Wild @ 2:00pm – Family Program – Join us to learn about amazing mammals from around the world – live animals. Limited space – online registration begins 5/10. WT residents have priority.
May 27th (Thursday)
Chess Club @ 7:00pm. All ages welcome – must know how to play - play for prizes!. Please bring a board just in case.
*Please note – Washington Twp residents are given priority for all programs that require sign-ups.*
Attention – Book Buddies last day May 18th – Little Buddies(grades 1& 2) will practice reading to Big Buddies(grades 5 and up) – all Buddies – please sign up with Mrs. Birch as soon as possible.
Story Times: March 23 – May 20
Mother Goose & Me: (up to 24 months): Thursdays @ 10am or 11am
Toddler Time: (ages 2-3): Tuesdays @ 10 am, 11am
Story Time : (ages 3-5 ): Wednesdays @ 10am or 1pm
We will have fun with stories, fingerplays, songs and more.
The National Library Week Bookmark Contest - last day to hand in your bookmark is May 1st - Stop by starting May 5th to vote for your favorites! (Winners will be notified by phone the first week of June). Voting continues til May 31st. All participants are invited to the Bookmark Contest Reception Wednesday, June 9th @ 4:30pm for light refreshments, certificate presentation and photo opportunities. For more info stop by or check our website.
May 1st (Saturday)
Family Story Time @ 11am – Join Mrs. Birch for some Monkey Business: Stories about monkies.
Family Movie @ 1:00pm - Join us in watching recently released Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey (G) – parents must remain with children. Snacks provided, no registration required.
May 5th (Wednesday)
Family Story Time @ 7:00pm – Join Mrs. Averett for Happy Birthday, Leo Lionni! – stories by a favorite children’s book author. No registration required.
Celebrate Children’s Book Week : May 10 - 14
Enter our Book-a-day Giveaway!
Monday through Friday – we will be giving away a book a day in each of three categories: Grades PreK-2, Grades 3-5, & Grades 6 and up. Just fill out an entry form for your age group and drop it in the box. Winners will be notified by phone. Different books every day!
May 10th (Monday)
LEGO Club @ 4:00pm – Kids ages 5-11 yrs can come to build exciting creations.
Space is limited – online registration begins 5/3. WT residents only.
May 12th(Wednesday)
Sunflower Power @ 4:30pm – Grades K-3. Join Terry Holman, President of the LV Garden Club, to learn all about and plant your own sunflowers! Space is limited, online registration starts 5/5.
May 19th (Wednesday)
Afternoon Story Time @ 4:00pm – all ages are welcome for Books about Bikes: National Bike Month. No registration required.
May 20th (Thursday)
PIP (Pretty Important People) Club @ 4:00pm - Kids in grades 1-4, join us as we hear stories and learn about Pretty Important People – May PIP = Marco Polo. Please register using our online calendar.
May 23rd(Sunday)
Mammal Mania presented by Eyes of the Wild @ 2:00pm – Family Program – Join us to learn about amazing mammals from around the world – live animals. Limited space – online registration begins 5/10. WT residents have priority.
May 27th (Thursday)
Chess Club @ 7:00pm. All ages welcome – must know how to play - play for prizes!. Please bring a board just in case.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
May 2010 Adult/Family Programs at the Washington Twp. Public Library
Adult/Family May 2010 Library Programs
The Friends of The Washington Township Public Library Reception
and Annual Meeting – Monday, May 3, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Join them to learn more about your library and how you can help support it. You will hear how the Friends have helped the library in the past, and how you can help the Friends as they plan for the next year. The Friends organization is looking for new board members, volunteers, Friends members and ideas.
Light Refreshments Will Be Served. Please RSVP to FriendsofWTPL@yahoo.com or through the online calendar at www.wtpl.org or call the Library at 908-876-3596.
Square Foot Gardening –
Monday, May 10. 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
How to create a raised plant bed system that is organic, efficient, neat and tidy without weeds! Based on Mel Bartholomew's Square Foot Gardening Book. Terry Holman, a certified Square Foot Gardening Instructor and President of the Garden Club of Long Valley will present a Square Foot Gardening program She will provide handouts to create this new, efficient gardening system that can grow 100% of a normal garden in 20% of the space with just 10% of the water and seeds.
POSITIVE Mental Health: Signs and Symptoms
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 7pm
Often we are concerned about the signs and symptoms of negative mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety. Have you ever wondered what it looks likes to have positive mental health? Margaret “Gigi” Roe, MA, LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor, will discuss and challenge you to look at what areas of your life are strengths, what is moving you in a positive direction towards contentment and happiness, and what you can do to improve any possible weaker areas. Obtaining and maintaining positive mental health takes effort, but is much easier than overcoming the ill-effects from such things as chronic stress, depression and anxiety.
Plan for the future. How an estate plan puts you in control
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
The topics that will be covered by Rick Byank, Ameriprise Financial Senior Financial Advisor, are benefits of estate planning, trusts, charitable giving and leaving a legacy, estate planning process and roles. The presentation is scheduled for about 30 min with question and answer afterwards.
Financial Fitness Workshop
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
This Financial Fitness Workshop, by Tony Liu, local resident and budget counselor, is designed to everyone in your family how to budget your money throughout the year in a simple and easy wayThis course is not about investments or ways to make money. Budgeting is all abut designing a specific plan to use your money wisely according to your needs and financial capability. If you are one of the millions who tends to over spend or if you do not know where your money goes, you will find this budgeting method very helpful.
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE
Friday, May 14th 10am – 8:00pm
Saturday, May 15th 9:00am – 5:00pm
Lunch n Learn – Breast Health
Monday, May 24, 2010 at noon
Join us for a Lunch n Learn on Breast Health with Dr. Friedman and Renee Trambert . Women have many other breast health concerns that are not cancer related, including breast pain, fibrocystic breasts, and hormone replacement therapy (HRT). It is estimated that nine out of ten women have benign (non-cancerous) breast conditions. A benign breast condition is any non-cancerous breast abnormality. Come learn more abut breast health and ways help remedy issues you may already be experiencing.
Complimentary luncheon is served. Space is limited.
Sponsored by The Senior Resource Center , 50 Route 24, Chester, NJ 07930 908-879-2202 www.seniorresourcecenter.org
The Friends of The Washington Township Public Library Reception
and Annual Meeting – Monday, May 3, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Join them to learn more about your library and how you can help support it. You will hear how the Friends have helped the library in the past, and how you can help the Friends as they plan for the next year. The Friends organization is looking for new board members, volunteers, Friends members and ideas.
Light Refreshments Will Be Served. Please RSVP to FriendsofWTPL@yahoo.com or through the online calendar at www.wtpl.org or call the Library at 908-876-3596.
Square Foot Gardening –
Monday, May 10. 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
How to create a raised plant bed system that is organic, efficient, neat and tidy without weeds! Based on Mel Bartholomew's Square Foot Gardening Book. Terry Holman, a certified Square Foot Gardening Instructor and President of the Garden Club of Long Valley will present a Square Foot Gardening program She will provide handouts to create this new, efficient gardening system that can grow 100% of a normal garden in 20% of the space with just 10% of the water and seeds.
POSITIVE Mental Health: Signs and Symptoms
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 7pm
Often we are concerned about the signs and symptoms of negative mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety. Have you ever wondered what it looks likes to have positive mental health? Margaret “Gigi” Roe, MA, LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor, will discuss and challenge you to look at what areas of your life are strengths, what is moving you in a positive direction towards contentment and happiness, and what you can do to improve any possible weaker areas. Obtaining and maintaining positive mental health takes effort, but is much easier than overcoming the ill-effects from such things as chronic stress, depression and anxiety.
Plan for the future. How an estate plan puts you in control
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
The topics that will be covered by Rick Byank, Ameriprise Financial Senior Financial Advisor, are benefits of estate planning, trusts, charitable giving and leaving a legacy, estate planning process and roles. The presentation is scheduled for about 30 min with question and answer afterwards.
Financial Fitness Workshop
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
This Financial Fitness Workshop, by Tony Liu, local resident and budget counselor, is designed to everyone in your family how to budget your money throughout the year in a simple and easy wayThis course is not about investments or ways to make money. Budgeting is all abut designing a specific plan to use your money wisely according to your needs and financial capability. If you are one of the millions who tends to over spend or if you do not know where your money goes, you will find this budgeting method very helpful.
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE
Friday, May 14th 10am – 8:00pm
Saturday, May 15th 9:00am – 5:00pm
Lunch n Learn – Breast Health
Monday, May 24, 2010 at noon
Join us for a Lunch n Learn on Breast Health with Dr. Friedman and Renee Trambert . Women have many other breast health concerns that are not cancer related, including breast pain, fibrocystic breasts, and hormone replacement therapy (HRT). It is estimated that nine out of ten women have benign (non-cancerous) breast conditions. A benign breast condition is any non-cancerous breast abnormality. Come learn more abut breast health and ways help remedy issues you may already be experiencing.
Complimentary luncheon is served. Space is limited.
Sponsored by The Senior Resource Center , 50 Route 24, Chester, NJ 07930 908-879-2202 www.seniorresourcecenter.org
May Art Display at the Washington Twp. Public Library
During May 2010 at the Washington Twp. Public Library, 37 E. Springtown Rd., Long Valley, artwork from Shirley Reo Beene, local artist, will be on display. The display will include some studies Shirley and her husband, Roy, did for the Library Mural, several paintings of Long Valley locations that are now long gone, and couple of still life’s.
Shirley was born in California, has lived in Miami and Hawaii, but she still delights in New Jersey’s beautiful trees, rivers and farms. She has taught for the Foss School of Fine Arts in Hawaii and the Somerset Art Association here in New Jersey. Shirley works as, primarily, a portrait artist, but she paints still life’s and landscapes too.
Call the Library at 908-876-3596 for more information.
Shirley was born in California, has lived in Miami and Hawaii, but she still delights in New Jersey’s beautiful trees, rivers and farms. She has taught for the Foss School of Fine Arts in Hawaii and the Somerset Art Association here in New Jersey. Shirley works as, primarily, a portrait artist, but she paints still life’s and landscapes too.
Call the Library at 908-876-3596 for more information.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Friends of the Washington Township Public Library Reception and Annual Meeting
The Friends of the Washington Township Public Library, 37 East Springtown Road, Long Valley, invite you to join them on Monday, May 3, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. for their Reception and Annual Meeting.
Join them to learn more about your library and how you can help support it. You will hear how the Friends have helped the library in the past, and how you can help the Friends as they plan for the next year. The Friends organization is looking for new board members, volunteers, Friends members and ideas.
Light refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP to FriendsofWTPL@yahoo.com or through the online calendar at http://www.wtpl.org/ or call the Library at 908-876-3596.
“A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.”
Henry Ward Beecher
Join them to learn more about your library and how you can help support it. You will hear how the Friends have helped the library in the past, and how you can help the Friends as they plan for the next year. The Friends organization is looking for new board members, volunteers, Friends members and ideas.
Light refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP to FriendsofWTPL@yahoo.com or through the online calendar at http://www.wtpl.org/ or call the Library at 908-876-3596.
“A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.”
Henry Ward Beecher
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