One Old Bridge Plaza,
Old Bridge NJ, 08857
732-721-5600 ext. 5010
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Providing a dynamic professional environment to meet the cultural, educational and recreational needs of all members of our community
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This Week At Your Library: April 14
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| National Library Week is Here! |
This week is National Library Week! As "Lives Change @ Your Library" is the theme, we would love to hear from you about the ways libraries serve you and how they have impacted your life. As a small thank you for being a member of the Old Bridge Library, please find a coupon for a DVD or Video Game check out at the end of this newsletter.
Just fill out a "speech bubble" form, or email us your library story. We have already received some wonderful stories from the community, particularly one that spoke of the library as a place of refuge after Hurricane Sandy, when so many were without power.
If you're on Twitter or Facebook you can tell us your story there, or post a library selfie of you in your favorite part of the library - just use the hashtags #NLW2014 or #LivesChange.
For my part Old Bridge Library has been a big part of my life the last seven years, but another library had an important role in my life. The Rainbow Library in Las Vegas was my first full-time librarian position; it was also where I first met my future bride, also a librarian.
Years later she convinced me to leave Las Vegas and move to New Jersey. Now we have a 17 month old daughter, and I get to enjoy raising her in this wonderful state.
A library may not how you met your significant other, but we'd love to hear your story!
Next week, I'll be discussing our future plans here at the library - particularly our Idea Farm project.
Regards,
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Monday
NOTE: Our Passports Desk will be open 1pm-430pm and 5pm-830pm this Monday.
10am: Preschool Playtime
12:30pm: Bridge Club
4:30pm: Kids Chess Club
6pm-8pm: Tech Buddies - come get help from a tech-savvy teen!
6:30pm: Craft Club
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Tuesday
Teen Buddy and read to them. (Registration Required)
7pm: English as a Second Language Class
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Wednesday
3:30pm-5pm: Math Tutoring (Grades 6+)
4:30pm: Book Buddies - Practice your reading skills. Be paired up with a Trained
Teen Buddy and read to them. (Registration Required)
6:30pm: Chess Club
7pm: Teen Anime Club
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Thursday
1pm: Craft Club
1pm: Scrabble Club
4:15pm: Schoool Aged Crafts (Grades K-3)
7pm: College Planning Workshop- Parents and Students welcome. Learn to plan and fund college education (registration recommended)
6:30pm: Bookenders Book Discussion: "Love, Lucy" by Lucille Ball
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Friday
11:30am: Preschool Craft - Birdfeeders
1:30pm: Earth Day Fun [Gr. 1-5][Teens Taking Action]
3:30pm: Book Buddies - Practice your reading skills. Be paired up with a Trained Teen Buddy and read to them. (Registration Required)
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Saturday
10am: Book Buddies - Practice your reading skills. Be paired up with a Trained
Teen Buddy and read to them. (Registration Required)
10am-12pm: Math Tutoring (Grades 6+)
11am-1pm: Tech Buddies - come get help from a tech-savvy teen!
2pm: Film - " Frozen" [ 2013, PG]
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Highlights from Next Week's Events
Tuesday 4/22, 6pm: Laurance Harbor Night at the Movies: "Double Indemnity" [1944]
7pm: Teens Trivia Night
4:15pm: Stories and More (Grades K-3)
Friday 4/25, 1:30pm: Friday Film - "Space Cowboys" [2000, PG-13] ?
Saturday 4/26, 10am-12pm Math Tutoring (Grades 6+)
2pm: Anime Club
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1 Free
DVD or Video Game Checkout
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National Library Week 2014
Member Coupon
Thank You!
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Expires 05/01/2014. 1 per Member Account. Valid at Old Bridge Library only. CODE: APRIL2014
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"The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings of ALL human beings, and it is this passport that opens our eyes and hearts to the world beyond our front doors, that is one of our best hopes against tyranny, xenophobia, hopelessness, despair, anarchy, and ignorance."
Libba Bray, American Author |
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