Spring Programming & Resources

Beginning Monday, March 4th, we are offering Story Times, Lego Clubs, Gaming Clubs, and Movie Matinees (At all libraries). Our Spring Programming will last through mid-May.

Ambrose:

Movie Matinee - Mondays at 3:30PM

Story Time - Tuesdays at 3:30PM

Lego Club: Wednesdays at 3:30PM

Gaming Club - Thursdays at 3:30 PM

Broxton:

Lego Club - Mondays at 3:30 PM

Gaming Club - Tuesdays at 3:30 PM

Movie Matinee - Wednesdays at 3:30 PM

Story Time - Thursdays at 3:30 PM

Douglas:

Lego Club - Mondays at 3:30 PM

Gaming Club - Tuesdays at 3:30 PM

Story Times - Wednesdays at 3:30 PM

Movie Matinee - Saturdays at 11:30 AM

Nicholls:

Gaming Club - Mondays at 3:30 PM

Lego Club - Tuesdays at 3:30 PM

Story Times - Wednesdays at 3:30 PM

Movie Matinee - Thursday at 3:30 PM

Pearson:

Lego Club Mondays at 3:30 PM

Gaming Club Tuesdays at 3:30 PM

Story Times Thursdays at 3:30 PM

Movie Matinee Saturdays at 11:30 AM

Willacoochee:

Lego Club Mondays at 3:30PM

Story Times - Tuesdays at 3:30 PM

Gaming Club - Wednesdays at 3:30 PM

Movie Matinee - Saturdays at 11:30 AM

Local History Project to be Featured at Satilla Regional Library System

The public is invited to attend a seminar spotlighting the work of an award-winning oral history project that explores the early years of the desegregation of the Coffee County schools. The event presented by the Coffee County Historical Society and the Coffee County Memory Project is set for 11:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturday, March 16, at the Satilla Regional Library on East Ashley Street in Downtown Douglas. The Library is hosting the event which is free of charge.

This event focuses on key moments in the history of Coffee High School as told by people who made that history. "All Together Now” Bomb Threats, Boycott Parties and Desegregation - School Year 1969-1970, “We had no mascot. We had no homecoming.”

The series is supported by the Georgia Association of Museums, the Community Foundation of Coffee County, and Georgia Humanities. For more information, please contact Jim Cottingham, Dalton King, Rodney McElveen, or Carol Morgan.

Or visit Overcoming Segregation: A Journey Through Coffee County's Forgotten Stories at https://georgia-humanities.opentour.site/overcoming... .

Mark your calendars for a can't miss opportunity! The Wiregrass Artists Guild will be offering the Children's Art Festival on Saturday, March 16th from 10 am till 3 pm.

If you have not experienced it, then you must come and check it out. There will be plenty of creative activities, demonstrations, and entertainment in Downtown Douglas!

Where: Central Square Gym B, Downtown Douglas

When: Saturday, March 16th from 10 am till 3 pm

For more information please call 912-383-7332

Our Spring Library Art Show Reception that will be held at the Douglas-Coffee County Library on Friday, April 12th from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. There will be light refreshments served at the reception, and a lot of fine art to enjoy! The Wiregrass Artists Guild and local students will be the featured artists.

The Spring Library Art Show will be available for viewing from Friday, April 12th, at the reception, until Monday, April 15th. From Saturday, April 13th through Monday, April 15th the hours for the art show will be when the Douglas-Coffee County Library is open to the public.



We have a lot of talented artists in our area, and you do not want to miss the opportunity to check out their artwork. There will be a variety of artwork, such as painting, photography, and mixed media formats.

Come and celebrate your favorite heroes and villains of Anime, Manga, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, DC, and Card Games at our Second Annual Satilla-Con. Saturday, April 20th from 10AM to 2PM at the Douglas-Coffee County Library, Pearson Library, and the Willacoochee Library.

We have a variety of activities for different ages, and a cosplay/costume contest at our Douglas-Coffee County Library, Pearson Library, and Willacoochee Library.

For more information: https://srlsys.org/satilla-con-2024/

The Douglas Library details are posted, and we are working on finalizing the details for the Pearson and Willacoochee Libraries.

Douglas Library:

Teens (Conference Room)

10AM (Tweens/Teens:) Bingo (Anime/Manga/DC/Marvel/Movies)

11-11:30AM Design a Manga

11:30-12:30PM Werewolf game

12:30-1PM Heads Up (Anime/Star Wars/Superheroes/Videogame characters)

1-1:30PM Anime episode

1:30PM Winners Selected for Cosplay/Costume Contests

Children (Children’s Room)

10-10:30AM Storytime with a craft

10:30-11:30AM Superhero training course (Superhero masks/obstacle course)

11:30-12:30PM Minecraft Bingo

12:30-1PM Comic Book

1-1:30PM Lego Build (Or Board Games)

1:30PM Winners Selected for Cosplay/Costume Contests

Gaming (Meeting Room)

10-11AM MarioKart or Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite

11-12PM Super Smash Bros.

12-1PM My Hero One’s Justice 2 or Naruto to Boruto Shinobi Striker

Adults / Families  (Near Magazines)

We are pleased that the Shadowcrest chapter of Amtgard based in Hazelhurst will be joining us.

Step into the mystical world of Amtgard. This international medieval fantasy LARP is family friendly and a great source of learning and displaying skills such as leatherworking, art, and sewing. Shadowcrest chapter based in Hazlehurst GA.

Looking for some fun and educational activities for your 4 - 9 year old child? Check out the Cloverbud Agventures! To sign up and for more information contact the Coffee County 4-H Office at 912-384-1402.



Thank you Coffee County Extension Service and Coffee County Farm Bureau.

Weiss Financial Ratings Series includes important financial literacy tools from Weiss Ratings and Grey House Publishing.

With Weiss Financial Ratings, you can:

• Check the values and ratings of stocks, mutual funds and exchange traded funds
• Check ratings of banks, credit unions and insurance companies
• Compare Medicare Supplement Insurance Plans
• Download financial literacy & planning eBooks (PDF files to keep forever)
• 

More features:

• Independent, unbiased financial strength ratings of banks, credit unions & insurance companies
• Conservative buy-hold-sell ratings of thousands of stocks, mutual funds & exchange traded funds
• Create your own personal account to create a watchlist, get upgrade/downgrade notifications and log in from anywhere
• Medicare Supplement Insurance – which plan to choose, how much it will cost, compare rates & plan benefits

We are pleased to offer another resource to help with early literacy. We want Hooked on Phonics, as one of the many resources that we offer, to help your child or grandchild learn to read. You can help prepare your child for success in reading, school, and life by reading to them and using our early literacy resources (Hooked on Phonics, ABCMouse at Home, eRead Kids, and Tumblebooks).

Hooked on Phonics is not a web based resource, so we need parents / guardians to request access for this resource. All parents / guardians and children getting access to this resource must live in either Coffee or Atkinson Counties.

Getting Started:

• Stop by the Douglas Library, or one of our libraries, to request access

• Download the Hooked on Phonics app

• Tap SCHOOL

• Enter the login credentials we provide you*

*Please note all requests will be processed in the Douglas-Coffee County Library, and once we verify that you have a valid Satilla Regional Library card, or PLAY card, and live in either Coffee or Atkinson Counties then we will provide you with login credentials.

Download the app by clicking here: https://www.hookedonphonics.com/get-the-app/

ABCmouse Home Access – The award-winning ABCmouse curriculum is designed to help young children (ages 2-8+) build a strong foundation for future academic success. ABCmouse is 100% educational, with more than 10,000 learning activities (books, puzzles, educational games, art activities, songs, etc.) across all major subject areas: reading, math, science, social studies, art, and music—including more than 1,200 of those learning activities in Spanish. Best of all, kids just love it! (From Age of Learning, Inc.)

Access it from this link: https://srlsys.org/abcmouse/