Voorheesville Library Notes for Wednesday, February 18, 2015

The Friday Read-A-Thon is back by popular demand; the Voorheesville Public Library has set aside the community room for the entire day on Feb. 20. Bring your sleeping bags and soccer chairs and settle in with us.

We’ll take activity breaks throughout the day for crafts and games too. Drop in for any part of the day, watch the “pages read” total grow, you may even win a prize. Pizza will be served for lunch, and snacks will energize our afternoon hours. Doors open at 10 a.m. and close at 6 p.m.

Nimblefingers

Our artists this month are the Nimblefingers crafting group. Every February, the ladies in Nimblefingers treat us to a small sampling of their crafting genius. Please be sure to stop by the library and stroll through the gallery and community room.

 If you are interested in joining a craft group, check out our events calendar. There are several groups that meet at the library and they are all friendly and helpful and welcome new members with open arms.

Managing debt

Have you been looking for a way to manage your debt? Do you use a credit card that charges a monthly fee? Are you juggling high credit card bills? Join us on Sunday, March 8, from 3 to 4 p.m. for this workshop that will help you learn how to select and use credit wisely. You will also learn strategies for paying down and prioritizing existing debt. Maria DeLucia-Evans from the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Albany County will be leading this workshop, and will supply informational materials for you to take home. Space is limited so please register early. 

Author visit

Aspiring writers in grades four and up are welcome to attend An Evening with Author, Leslie Connor. On Friday, March 20 at 4:15 p.m., Connor will lead young writing enthusiasts through a fun and creativity-based one-hour session.

The author’s workshops are all about nurturing the writer within. She will run a few mind-loosening exercises, often using props to kick the imagination into gear. The process will not focus on producing finished works, but rather the participants will look for spark and note how a story, poem, or lyric can grow from one small idea. Please register. This author event is funded through a special legislative project from the New York State Education Department.

Creating terrariums

On Sunday, March 22 at 2 p.m., tweens and teens in grades four and up are invited to learn about ecosystems as you create your own tiny landscape inside a container. All supplies will be provided for you to make a terrarium to take home. Please register. 

Meetings

The next regular meeting of the library’s board of trustees is March 16 at 7 p.m., and the next meeting for the Friends of the Library is March 27, at 10 a.m. Both meetings are held in the community room and are open to the public.