Altamont Library Notes for Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Election Day is almost here, which means it’s time again for the annual AFL Bake Sale!
While you’re doing your patriotic duty, there is one sure fire way to leave the polling place with a smile on your face: Get yourself a brownie!
Whether you’re a Republican, a Democrat or an independent, we can all agree that homemade cookies, pies, and bread make the world a little sweeter, so please visit the Library’s Election Day Bake Sale at Altamont Village Hall while you’re voting on Nov. 8. All proceeds from the sale go to support the Altamont Free Library.
Better yet, you can also donate baked goods to the sale! We need plenty of bakers to make this fundraiser a success, so if you’d like to donate some baked goods or would like to help out running the table, give me a call at 518-861-7239 or email me at . Thank you!
First Monday
Book Club
Do you love to read? Do you love talking about what you’ve read with other interesting and smart people? If so, please join us for the next meeting of the First Monday Book Club at noon. If you would like to join us for our next meeting, please call us at 518-861-7239 or email me at and we’ll make sure that you get all the details.
At that meeting, we’ll be discussing “10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works” by Dan Harris. There will be plenty to discuss, so call today to reserve your copy and join us!
Ukulele group
Do you uke? If you do, even if you’re not very good yet, please join our monthly ukulele meetup. Our next meeting will be Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 6 p.m., and we’d love for you to join us. For the past few months, we’ve been meeting in the Orsini Park gazebo, but it’s too cold and too dark to keep doing that, so we’ll be meeting indoors this time.
Bring a song or two to share with the group if you like. This is a fun, inviting way of growing as a player, picking up hits and tips, learning new tunes, and meeting fellow ukesters. We hope to see uke there!
Story time
at ARC
For the past several months, we’ve been doing our weekly Tuesday morning Storytimes for children outside in Orsini Park, and it’s been a ton of fun! Now that the weather is getting colder, we’re moving Storytimes a few blocks away and indoors!
Starting on Tuesday, Oct. 18, please join us in the community room at Altamont Reformed Church at 129 Lincoln Ave. in Altamont on Tuesdays at 11am for a super fun morning of songs, stories, and activities! We’re moving to ARC so that our Storytime families have lots of room to stretch out and distance themselves from one another. Many thanks to Altamont Reformed Church for hosting us this fall and winter. We hope to see you there!
Masks optional
As of Oct. 1, masking is optional but recommended for both patrons and staff at the Altamont Free Library. We will continue to provide disposable masks for all who would like to use them, and we ask that if you’re feeling that you put one on.
For the many of you who have told us that you feel more comfortable in a mask-requiring environment, please know that we will continue to do all we can to make sure that the library is as clean and sanitary a place as we can reasonably make it, and you are encouraged to wear a mask yourself if you prefer.
Many of the staff will continue to wear masks. If you have any comments, questions, or concerns about this new policy, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me at director@altamontfreelibrary.org.