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What's happening at YOUR library! January 2021 |
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We will be closed on Friday, January 1st, in observance of New Year's Day. Regular holds pickup hours will resume on Saturday, January 2nd from 10am-1pm. |
Donation Drive! Have you been holding on to books and movies that you’d like to donate? Here’s your chance! We’ll hold a donation drive on the second Saturday of the month in January, February, and March from 1-3 pm.
Bring your boxed or bagged donations to the Community Room entrance (facing Subway). You will place your donations on a table at the door. Staff will move the donations to a quarantine area. Due to safety precautions, we will not be able to assist with unloading or bringing donations to the door.
We appreciate you wearing a face covering, since physical distancing may be difficult. Staff will wear masks and gloves to help keep you safe.
Your donations will be used for book sale fundraisers to support library operations and to provide free books to children and adults in our community. Our goal is to get books into people’s hands! Thank you so much for your donations!
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Messy(ish) Arts and Crafts Take and Make Monday, January 4th through Saturday, January 9th Let’s start off the new year by celebrating our very favorite thing: YOU! We’ll provide a piece of paper big enough for you to trace your entire body (WOW), and then you can decorate the entire thing however you want. Use stickers, glitter, markers, crayons, or whatever you have at home to decorate your silhouette to be just as unique as you. Pick up your you-sized paper during holds pickup hours, Monday-Wednesday, 3-6 pm, or Thursday-Saturday, 10 am-1 pm while supplies last. Once you’re done, please send us pictures of your creations! You can email them to info@alohalibrary.org or tag us on social media. |
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Virtual Family Storytime Tuesdays from 10:30 to 11:00am Family Storytime is a fun filled live program for all ages with stories, songs, and rhymes geared toward getting kids hooked on reading. Come read, sing, dance, and play with us on Zoom here. We cannot wait to see you! Please note that we have taken as many precautions as possible to ensure security of live meetings, but there is always a chance that something unforeseen may happen. |
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Virtual Pajama Storytime Fridays from 10:30 to 11:00am Wear your comfiest pajamas and join librarians Katie and Jesse every Friday at 10:30 am! We’ll see our friends Narwhal and Unicorn, read and sing together, and look for Little Mouse. Use this link to access the meeting on Friday. We hope to see you there! Please note that we have taken as many precautions as possible to ensure security of live meetings, but there is always a chance that something unforeseen may happen. |
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Oregon's Amazing Animals Monday, January 18th through Saturday, January 23rd This month, join the Museum of Natural and Cultural History for an interactive museum visit at home! From tiny horses to giant sloths, discover the incredible variety of life in Oregon, both past and present. Through fun, hands-on activities and experiments, families can explore adaptations that help animals survive and thrive in diverse habitats like oceans, forests, and rivers. Get your take-home activity kit and join us for a virtual museum show available to view online starting Monday, January 18! Stop by for your kit during holds pickup hours, Monday-Wednesday, 3-6 pm, or Thursday-Saturday, 10 am-1 pm while supplies last. |
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LEGO Challenge: Winter Animals Have you had enough of winter yet? We haven’t! For the LEGO Challenge this month, we’d love for you to create your favorite winter animal out of LEGO or DUPLO bricks. If you want to go the extra mile, you can also create a habitat for them to live in! Take a photo of your creation and have an adult post it on social media and tag the library or send it to info@alohalibrary.org for a chance to win a $10 e-gift certificate to the LEGO store! Please share your creations by Sunday, January 31st to be eligible for the prize drawing. Winners will be notified the following week. |
Teen Crafternoon Take and Make Monday, January 25th through Saturday, January 30th Is there a better time to start being more organized, thoughtful, and reflective than a new year? We don’t think so, either! Bullet journals are the perfect combination of diary, to-do list, and planner. We’ll supply the journal, pens, and a fun stencil to use to organize and decorate. You just need to fill it up! Stop by for your supplies during holds pickup hours, Monday-Wednesday, 3-6 pm, or Thursday-Saturday, 10 am-1 pm while supplies last. For teens in grades 6-12 only, please! |
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Dial-In Book Excerpts All month For adults. Feeling stir-crazy and ready to read something that takes you far away? We’re temporarily dedicating a phone line to book excerpts! Dial us up at 971-245-7734 to hear a brief reading of an excerpt from a book that’s set somewhere else. If you enjoy it and want to read more for yourself, you can leave us a message after the end of the recording, and we’ll be happy to help you request a copy to check out. We’ll be posting new recordings frequently for you to listen to, so call back regularly to travel someplace new! |
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Kanopy Film Club Wednesdays, January 6th and 20th at 6:00pm For adults. Twice a month, we host a Zoom discussion of a movie that is available through Kanopy, the movie streaming service that is free with your library card (wccls.kanopy.com). We announce each title the week before on our Facebook page so you can watch it ahead of time, and live discussion starts at 6:30 pm at bit.ly/ACLfilms! Or, join the discussion by phone at 253-215-8782. Meeting ID: 910 9294 1385 Passcode: 523403. |
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Aloha Library Book Club Tuesday, January 12th from 6:00 to 7:00pm For adults. Join us live on Zoom for the library’s book club! This month’s theme is adaptations. Have you read books that have been made into movies you’ve seen? Perfect! That’s all you need. This could also be a prompt to read a book that was the source material for a movie you enjoyed. Optionally, you can stop by the library beforehand and collect a goody bag of take-away treats and conversation prompts, too! (Available 1/2-1/12 during holds pickup hours, Mon-Wed @ 3-6pm & Thu-Sat @ 10am-1pm, while supplies last.) Join online at bit.ly/ACLbkclub, or by phone at 253-215-8782. Meeting ID: 924 6989 8432 Passcode: 037016. |
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Renting: Rights & Access Tuesday, January 19th from 6:30 to 7:30pm For adults. Questions about your rights as a renter? Join us over Zoom for a summary of Rent Well – a class from the local nonprofit group, Community Action. Topics covered include: landlord and tenant law, fair housing law, how to navigate finding a place, and identifying and overcoming barriers to renting. Rent Well is a comprehensive 15-hour program. Our event will be a distillation of key points meant to give a sample of the full training. Led by Traci Downer – Community Action’s Housing Program Supervisor. Join us online at: bit.ly/ACLrent or by phone by using: 253-215-8782. Meeting ID: 965 4690 4906. Password: 062592 |
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Aloha Community Library
17455 SW Farmington Rd
Suite 26A
Aloha, Oregon 97078
503-259-0185alohalibrary.org/ |
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