Voorheesville Library Notes for Wednesday, May 25, 2022
The Voorheesville Public Library is excited to keep our community reading, learning, and exploring with the Summer Adventure @ the Voorpl. Please visit our website to make an account to track reading progress beginning on June 1.
The READSquared software has sections for preschoolers, children, teens, and adults — so why not register yourself along with your children? There will be prize incentives to keep participants recording their progress through our end date — Friday, Aug. 12.
Library Tots
Children ages up to 30 months, with a caregiver, are invited to join us as Library Tots begins for the summer. We will be getting together inside the library for a fun program, featuring songs, fingerplays, body movement, felt board stories, and books! Join Miss Lisa, Thursday mornings at 10 a.m., beginning on June 2. No registration is needed.
Family Bicycling Day
The library is happy to be partnering with the Voorheesville Family Bicycling Day community wide event on Sunday, June 5. New additions for this year are group rides, led by an experienced guide. There are three different groups that you can sign up with.
Check them out on our event calendar, and register today. And be sure to join the fun with a safe day of bicycling and family-friendly activities, including a bounce house, storytime, arts and crafts, pony rides and farm animals to pet. Don’t miss out on this free afternoon of fun.No registration needed.
Free concert
Join us for a free concert in the library community room, at 6:30 p.m.Thursday, June 9. The Wright-Quigley Duo will perform works for flute and guitar written by composers from the 19th Century up to the present day, including works by Giuliani, Ibert, Pujol, and more.
This performance is sponsored by the Start UP New York grant, administered by the Arts Center of the Capital Region and the Jim Clark Community Performance Fund and the Albany Musicians Association, Local 14, AFM. No registration is needed.
Substance Abuse
Prevention 101
Parents of students in grades 5 and up are invited to join us at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 2 for this all important prevention program. Parents are the number one influence on a teen’s decision not to use alcohol and drugs. Guest speakers Diane Blinn and Chris Gilhooly, both Licensed Clinical Social Workers, will prepare parents to lower their child’s risk of abusing substances through clear communication and consequences.
Parents will leave this program ready to begin substance abuse prevention conversations with their middle and high school-aged students. Please register.
Beginning birding
Join Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center guides on Tuesday, June 14 at 9 a.m., for this one-hour beginner’s lesson on birding. This tour is suitable for adults and seniors. Subject to cancellation due to weather. Meet at Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center, located at 87 Nature Center Way, Voorheesville NY 12180. Please register.
Registering
You can register in person, by phone at 518-765-2791, or by using our online calendar at http://voorheesvillelibrary.org/calendar.asp. You do not need to be a resident of Voorheesville to attend a program.