Greetings!
Have you ever volunteered at the Patten Free Library? Volunteering can be a great way to give back and feel more connected to your community. And where is more connected than the Library? Read on to learn more about our current volunteer opportunities.
Friends Book Sale: Volunteers are needed to help move books, unpack boxes, organize, and sell at our Heritage Days Book Sale! Moving starts at 8 a.m. on Saturday, July 2. Email [email protected].
Heritage Days Dunk Tank: We are hosting a Dunk Tank Fundraiser on July 2 and are looking for volunteers for the dunk tank table. We have a great lineup of dunkees: a PFL librarian, the director of Midcoast Youth Center, and a MHS cheerleader. Sign up here.
Intergenerational Chess: Set up chess sets, organize games, and of course, play chess! Mondays from 3-5 p.m. at the Elm Street Plaza. Email [email protected].
Teen Library Council: Let your voice be heard and help shape the future of Teen programming as we plan Library events, make friends, and enjoy our beautiful Teen Space. Meets the first Friday of every month. For grades 8-12. Email [email protected].
Hope to see you soon!
Lesley Dolinger
Library Director
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Did you know the Patten Free Library accepts gifts from Donor Advised Funds (DAF)? If you have a DAF account with a brokerage firm like Schwab or Fidelity, you can recommend a philanthropic grant be made to PFL on your behalf. Make your request today by using the widget on our webpage.
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Monday, June 27 at 10:30 a.m.
Community Room
Ages 7-12
Space is limited; contact the Children’s Room at x1016 or email [email protected] to register.
Thursday, June 30 at 3p.m.
Teen Space
Grades 7-12
Learn how to decorate ocean-themed cookies with royal icing from Kaite Thayer of Thayer Treats. Registration required.
Friday, July 1
Adults
Pick up a kit with a tiny canvas and submit it to our Tiny Art Show! With support from Lisa-Marie's Made in Maine.
Friday, July 1 at 10 a.m.
Friday, July 8 at 10 a.m.
Leaves from Maine Maritime Museum
All Ages
Free hour long cruise. Registration required, call 207-443-5141 x 1016 or email [email protected]. With support from a Merrymeeting Bay Trust Grant.
Friday, July 1 at 4 p.m
Grades 8-12
Let your voice be heard and help shape the future of Teen programming.
Saturday, July 2 at 10 a.m.
Ages 3-10
Free family music concert featuring Amanda Panda and KindKids Music with Kindness Partner Pam Leo of the Book Fairy Pantry Project. With support from a Merrymeeting Bay Trust Grant.
Saturday, July 2 from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Outside the Library
All Ages
Celebrate Independence Day weekend by dunking a local! All proceeds benefit the Library.
July 2, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
July 3, 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Library Park
Featuring nature, arts, crafts, children, fiction, literature, mystery, AV, romance, sci-fi, and history. All proceeds benefit the Library.
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Mondays 3-5 p.m.
Community Room
All Ages
Crafts and conversation. With support from the Maine Antiques Dealers Association and William T. Racine, CPA.
Every Monday, from 3-5 p.m., beginning June 20
Elm Street Plaza (corner of Elm St. and Front St.)
All Ages
Drop in and use our chess sets or bring your own. In partnership with Age Friendly Communities of the Lower Kennebec.
Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m.
Storytime Room
Ages 5-12
Create, challenge and share favorite building activities.
Thursdays at 3:30 p.m.
Storytime Room
Ages 8-12
Trade Pokémon cards and play the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Fridays at 10 a.m.
Library Park Gazebo
All Ages
Songs, stories, and more.
Fridays at 3:30 p.m.
Children's Room
Ages 6-12
Activities, books, and doll talk.
Every 2nd and 4th Saturday from 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Children's Room
Ages 5-12
Read with Finnegan the therapy dog. Call x1016 or visit the Children's Room to register.
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It is officially summer time! Did you know that before automobiles and highways became the main mode of travel, Mainers and visitors would travel up the coast and rivers by steamship? Here we see the Steamship Wiwurna docked in Bath, possibly on its way to Five Islands (Georgetown) or Boothbay Harbor! While steamships transported tourists and business people, it also gave coastal and island communities a quicker and easier link to the mainland and cities. In addition to photographs and postcards of steamships that provided local service, the History Room also has items associated with the infamous 1867 voyage of the Quaker City steamship. This trip was later memorialized in passenger Mark Twain’s Innocents Abroad.
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The History Room will be closed Saturday, July 2.
Stay tuned for more programs from the History Room! We have some great speakers and programs lined up this summer. Are you interested in presenting a history lecture or workshop? Please get in touch with your ideas at [email protected]!
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Friends of Patten Free Library News and Events |
The Friends of Patten Free Library are once again holding a book sale during Heritage Days in Library Park. The sale will include nature, arts, crafts, children’s books, fiction, literature, mystery, romance, sci-fi, history, and AV.
Hours for the sale are Saturday, July 2 from 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., and Sunday, July 3 from 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Sale of books will be through donations, no set prices. All proceeds benefit the Library.
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Staff Picks
Happy Pride Month! All June long we have been featuring staff favorite LGBTQA+ titles. Of course there are too many great books to ever highlight them all, so we have compiled a list of a few more of our favorites.
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Gia's Shout Out: Children's Titles
Mama, is it Summer Yet? by Nikki McClure
We have arrived to summer in Maine, hooray! This is a very simple book- particularly great for those nights where you need a quick read for bedtime.
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Did you know that having a library card allows you to request items from almost any Library in Maine and receive it right here at Patten Free Library? Or that we can even request hard-to-find items from out of state libraries? Interlibrary Loan is an amazing service, providing you with access to millions of books and other resources from all over the country. If you are not familiar with how to request a book from another Maine library through our Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC), or if you can’t find an item that you are searching for in a Maine library, please see a member of our Reference team at the Information Desk.
When an ILL comes in, we hold it at the circulation desk for a week for patron pickup. It is always a disappointment (because of the staff time and costs involved) to send an interlibrary loan back before it even checks out. Please be sure to pick up your interlibrary loans when you are notified of their arrival. If you can’t get in to pick up your item within a week, please call us and let us know so we can hold the loan a little longer.
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