Can you believe it’s already December? It doesn’t seem as if it’s that late in the year, much less almost Christmas. Now is the time when calendars seem to fill without even trying, with holiday parties, shopping trips, family gatherings, and all sorts of other things.
Meinders Community Library would like to put a few more things onto your calendar. No, really! We can help with the shopping, the urge to do something crafty, and the need to do something with all those holiday photos!
December 6 (1:00 – 3:00 PM): Purse Party for 1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Miss’ Purse-n-ality (Melissa Scotting) will be hosting a purse party at her home on December 6th from 1:00 – 3:00 PM. 25% of the proceeds will go towards Meinders Library to help us start our 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program to encourage children from birth to 5 years of age to read! Not only is buying a purse for yourself or a friend a perfect Christmas gift, but part of the money will go to fund early literacy for children. How can you go wrong?? The party will be held at 905 9th Avenue SW in Pipestone and promises to be a lot of fun. Bring a friend, buy a purse, and help a child learn to love to read!
December 12 (12:30 – 4:00 PM): Holiday Craft Day
I don’t know about you, but I always get the urge to do crafty things around Christmas, either to give to people or to display in my own house. Bring the kids down to the Library on December 12 and we’ll have all sorts of things for them to do to get their hands busy. The kids will be able to make three different ornaments to take home, cut snowflakes, color holiday pictures, and help decorate the library with paper chains and a handprint Christmas tree! It’s going to be a LOT of fun and we hope to see you there!
December 15(6:30),16(6:30),17(6:30),19(1:30): Digital Photograph Editing class (Picasa)
I have oodles of holiday pictures that I have done nothing with. I keep saying I’m going to scrapbook them, but I never do. I have tons saved on my computer as well, just sitting there and waiting. Lester Landgren plans to help us with this problem. Picasa is a free photo editing software that can do almost everything that Photoshop can do and doesn’t cost a dime. It can take out redeye, change tints, and do all sorts of artsy types of things that can get you ready for digital scrapbooking, not to mention fix up all those photos your four-year-old took when she got ahold of the camera. Not that that’s ever happened to me… Call to reserve your spot today!
December 28,29,30 : PAFL Book Sale!
It’s that time of year again! Pipestone Area Friends of the Library (PAFL) will be holding their annual book sale at the Library. Come and browse through a bountiful selection of hardcover and paperback books, VHS tapes, and books on cassette to find some perfect winter reading material. Stop by and check it out!!
Holiday Hours
Meinders Library will have slightly different hours around the holidays. We will be closed on December 24th and 25th, as well as January 1st. We will be open on New Year’s Eve, but we will close at 5:00 PM to allow the staff time to get home for those parties (or time to get home before everyone ELSE goes to parties, as the case may be). We will be open both the Saturday after Christmas and the Saturday after New Years Day. We might be tired, but we’ll be here.
If you have any questions, or have a book to reserve or renew, please don’t hesitate to give us a call at 507-825-6714. The hours for Meinders Library are Monday through Thursday, from 10 AM to 8 PM, and Friday and Saturday from 10 AM to 5 PM. Meinders Community Library is located at 1401 7th Street SW, on the south side of the high school.
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