The Friends of the Bedford Free Library produced this newsletter Spring 2016 From the Desk of the Director Grateful for the rather mild winter, we are enjoying spring and actively planning for the summer! There will be plenty of activities happening at the Library and this year, as part of their 100th birthday celebration, the Bedford Historical Society is joining in on our summer fun with their “Hunt for History” program in June. They will be with us at our Summer Kickoff themed “On Your Mark, Get Set, Read!” on June 8th to tell you all about it. Information will also be available at the Library. Happy Birthday Bedford Historical Society! We are very excited to have been awarded a Westchester Library System STEM Learning Library grant. The objective of the grant is to foster STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) learning in libraries. The program that we have chosen is a four-day workshop for Lego Movie Making. The workshop, offered to children ages 6-9, will meet 90 minutes a day inside a special technology truck that will be parked at the Library. This mobile classroom is loaded (see photo below) with all the tech children will need to create their own movie. The workshop will conclude with a screening of all the movies inside the Library and a sharing of experiences. We might even show the real Lego movie for fun! Space is limited to 10 participants and registration will begin on April 18th at 10:00am. The workshop dates are June 27th-30th and you must be able to commit to the entire session. We think this is a wonderful opportunity for children to engage in tech- nology. This spring we will be offering a Mah Jongg class for adults. Similar to the Western card game rummy , Mah Jongg is a game of skill , strategy, and calculation and involves a degree of chance. It’s a brand new program and we think it sounds like a lot of fun! The class will be a 6-week beginner class (details inside). Registration is open and the class is limited to 12. We continue to have Coffee, Coloring and Conversa- tion on Fridays from 10-12. Come and try out the coloring craze with your own coloring book or use one of our beautifully designed books. We’ve also made assorted note cards to color and several patrons have colored Valentine’s Day cards, St. Patrick’s Day and Easter cards. I know my husband was pretty im- pressed with the Valentine card I colored for him! If you are not available on Fridays, we do have coloring books and pencils available in the reading room for those that want to relax and color for a few minutes on their own. We are always looking for new ways to make your life easier. With that in mind we are now a pick up loca- tion for Field Goods. This wonderful company delivers locally grown produce to the Library each week for patrons that sign up for the service. You can choose from four different size shares and additional items such as pasta and cheese are available as extras. The produce bags are delivered on Tuesdays at 3:30pm and include some great cooking tips and recipes. To find out more about this service stop by the adult desk or visit their website @ www.field-goods.com . Choose Bedford as your pick up location. Many of us at the Library have been enjoying our fresh veggie delivery for the past several weeks. -Ann Cloonan, Director Bedford Free Library Newsletter/ Spring 2016 Important Dates April 1st-30th-Friends Annual Poetry Contest April 10th-16th-National Library Week April 7th, May 5th & June 2nd– Coffee & Book Klatch 11:00am April 9th-Friends Open Book Basement Day, 10:00am-1:00pm April 18th @ 10:00am– Sign up for STEM workshop begins May 26th-Friends Ice Cream Social, 3:00pm. Rain location Bed- ford Presbyterian Church May 28th-30th-Closed. Memorial Day June 8th– Children’s summer reading kickoff, Historical Hall 7:00pm June 18th-Truck Day, 10:00am- 1:00pm, Bedford Presbyterian Church parking lot July 4th-Closed. July 4th holiday September 3rd-5th- Closed.Labor Day Follow us on social media @bedfordfreelibrary Like us on facebook Follow us @BedfordFreeLibr DAE tech van will park and the Library and participants will work in the mobile classroom. How cool is this?
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The Friends of the Bedford Free
Library produced this newsletter
Spring 2016
From the Desk of the Director
Grateful for the rather mild winter, we are enjoying spring and actively planning for the summer! There will be plenty of activities happening at the Library and this year, as part of their 100th birthday celebration, the Bedford Historical Society is joining in on our summer fun with their “Hunt for History” program in June. They will be with us at our Summer Kickoff themed “On Your Mark, Get Set, Read!” on June 8th to tell you all about it. Information will also be available at the Library. Happy Birthday Bedford Historical Society! We are very excited to have been awarded a Westchester Library System STEM Learning Library grant. The objective of the grant is to foster STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) learning in libraries. The program that we have chosen is a four-day workshop for Lego Movie Making. The workshop, offered to children ages 6-9, will meet 90 minutes a day inside a special technology truck that will be parked at the Library. This mobile classroom is loaded (see photo below) with all the tech children will need to create their own movie. The workshop will conclude with a screening of all the movies inside the Library and a sharing of experiences. We might even show the real Lego movie for fun! Space is limited to 10 participants and registration will begin on April 18th at 10:00am. The workshop dates are June 27th-30th and you must be able to commit to the entire session. We think this is a wonderful opportunity for children to engage in tech-nology. This spring we will be offering a Mah Jongg class for adults. Similar to the Western card game rummy, Mah Jongg is a game of skill, strategy, and calculation and involves a degree of chance. It’s a brand new program and we think it sounds like a lot of fun! The class will be a 6-week beginner class (details inside). Registration is open and the class is limited to 12. We continue to have Coffee, Coloring and Conversa-tion on Fridays from 10-12. Come and try out the coloring craze with your own coloring book or use one of our beautifully designed books. We’ve also made assorted note cards to color and several patrons have colored Valentine’s Day cards, St. Patrick’s Day and Easter cards. I know my husband was pretty im-pressed with the Valentine card I colored for him! If you are not available on Fridays, we do have coloring books and pencils available in the reading room for those that want to relax and color for a few minutes on their own. We are always looking for new ways to make your life easier. With that in mind we are now a pick up loca-tion for Field Goods. This wonderful company delivers locally grown produce to the Library each week for patrons that sign up for the service. You can choose from four different size shares and additional items such as pasta and cheese are available as extras. The produce bags are delivered on Tuesdays at 3:30pm and include some great cooking tips and recipes. To find out more about this service stop by the adult desk or visit their website @ www.field-goods.com. Choose Bedford as your pick up location. Many of us at the Library have been enjoying our fresh veggie delivery for the past several weeks.
-Ann Cloonan, Director
Bedford Free Library Newsletter/Spring 2016
Important Dates
April 1st-30th-Friends
Annual Poetry Contest
April 10th-16th-National
Library Week
April 7th, May 5th & June
2nd– Coffee & Book Klatch
11:00am
April 9th-Friends Open Book
Basement Day, 10:00am-1:00pm
April 18th @ 10:00am– Sign up
for STEM workshop begins
May 26th-Friends Ice Cream
Social, 3:00pm. Rain location Bed-
ford Presbyterian Church
May 28th-30th-Closed.
Memorial Day
June 8th– Children’s summer
reading kickoff, Historical Hall
7:00pm
June 18th-Truck Day, 10:00am-
1:00pm, Bedford Presbyterian
Church parking lot
July 4th-Closed. July 4th holiday
September 3rd-5th-
Closed.Labor Day
Follow us on social media
@bedfordfreelibrary
Like us on facebook
Follow us
@BedfordFreeLibr DAE tech van will park and the Library and participants will work in the mobile classroom. How cool is this?
Did You Know? Here in the Children’s Room we have an enjoyable collec-tion of children’s kits, each of which has a book along with a CD stored together in a green bag. Some titles just seem ideally suited for listening along with the book. For that reason we recommend Books-with-CD-Kits. Some include poetry collections on CD, so the listener may hear the poems as well as see how they are arranged on a printed page. We also have some Books-with-CD-Kits which are about different types of music, as well as a vari-ety of composers and musicians. For example, while you read Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, you are listening to it as well. Some of the titles in the collection are listed below.
Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with text by Anna Harwell Celenza
A Child’s Introduction to Poetry by Michael Driscoll
Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry With A Beat edited by Nikki Giovanni
I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr. which has the text and the original recording from the March on Washington delivered August 28, 1963. The picture book accompanying it is illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
Can You Hear It? by William Lach introduces children to beloved music through great works of art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Blues of Flats Brown with text by Walter Dean Myers
Poetry Speaks to Children the poems on the CD are read by the poets themselves.
The Carnival of Animals with new verse by Jack Prelutsky. We hope you enjoy some of our other titles in the Book-with-CD- Kit collection, including well-known characters such as Curious George, Skippyjon Jones, Horton the Elephant, Robin Hood, and Peter Rabbit.
Track Reading Year Round We will be offering Wandoo for children to track their reading year round. It is similar to Goodreads but for children. It keeps a list of everything that is read along with a photo of the cover. This can be printed out to share with teachers etc. Going forward our previous Summer Reader program will not be available. We are very excited about this user friendly and interactive program. Registration will be available shortly.
Important Reminder Please let us know if a DVD or CD is not working correctly. We circulate many DVDs and many Books-on-CD in our Library. We hope that people try to be as careful with these as possible, but we know damage happens. It would be tremendously helpful if you let us know if something is not working. Please bring it to our attention with a note or by telling us in person, so we can check to see if cleaning fixes the problem. If not, we can decide to replace the CD or the DVD.
-Shodie Alcorn, Children’s Room
ADULT DESK-HOW TO TIPS
SUSPENDING HOLDS Going on vacation? You are waiting for a popular book and it arrives while you’re out of town – don’t let this hap-pen to you! Suspending your holds ensures that they won’t be filled while you’re away (and miss picking up your book/movie on time) while maintaining the same place in the queue. You can suspend your holds by going to our website www.bedfordfreelibrary.org, clicking on “Check Account” which takes you to the Westchester Library System website (www.westchesterlibraries.org if you prefer to go straight there). Click on “My Account,” enter your library card number and pin (usually the last 4 digits of your phone number), then click “holds” and go from there. Although it might sound complicated it’s actually quite easy. Of course, you may call us and we’ll be happy to do it for you!
CHARGE HISTORY To keep a history of all material you’ve borrowed, follow the same directions as above to log into your account. Click on “Personal Information”, then “Preferences.” Check the boxes “Record My Checkout History” and “Show my Checkout History,” and UPDATE. For privacy reasons we do not automatically keep a history and library users must opt-in.
Middle school girls get very excited about crafts. They love to make and create. There is a thriving group of kids that meet regularly at the Library to knit under the tutelage of Margaret Scott. This past summer there was a long waiting list for a sewing class at the Library. With this idea in mind, Christa Ramage, a Library volunteer and mother of middle school girls, imagined a wonderful way to channel this creative energy in a posi-tive way by inviting kids to the Library to design and produce craft pro-jects for community charities. Hence, “Crafts for a Cause” was born at the Bedford Free Library!
After connecting with some local charities, Christa presented the plan of making centerpieces and party favors for the Pound Ridge “Neighbor to Neighbor” Senior Luncheon. The event would take place on March 17th so the theme was St. Patrick’s Day. Initially, 12 middle school girls met at the Library to brainstorm and discuss different ideas for the tables. Christa’s philosophy is that girls are happiest and most productive when the ideas are their own. The girls came with lots of imaginative ideas gathered from Pinterest and other internet sites. They bubbled with enthusiasm and left with a creative plan. Over the next few weeks they collected supplies to make 18 centerpieces: pipe cleaners, shamrocks, gold foil candy and more. Traditionally the seniors love to take favors from the party home to their grandchildren, so some girls designed and assembled Leprechaun themed bags of candy labeled “rainbow seeds” made from Skittles, “pot of gold” made from gold wrapped Hershey’s Kisses and “leprechaun poop” made from yellow and green jelly beans. Other girls made shamrock shaped rice crispy treats and adorable individual shamrock pins of green felt and glitter.
“Crafts for a Cause” met three different times, and the girls were always extremely cheerful and hard working. The Pound Ridge group “Neighbor to Neighbor” was thrilled with the St. Patrick’s Day arrangements and favors. The pilot venture for “Crafts for a Cause” was so successful that there are already plans in the works to create a Mother’s Day themed craft for the Community Center of Northern Westchester. During the month of April the girls volunteered to as-semble stemmed “tea bag roses” constructed of colorful paper wrapped tea bags and pipe cleaners as gifts that the children who visit the Community Center can give to their mothers. This program appears to be the perfect marriage between middle school girls’ enthusiasm for craft projects and community service. “Crafts for a Cause” seems like the beginning of a very good thing at the Library.
-Maureen McManus, YA Librarian
The 2016 High School Writing Contest winners were announced on March 16th.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Winners Fiction Category
First Place…. ….Andrea Reino for “A Modern Michelangelo” Second Place …Luke Lyons for “January 16/17, 1916” Third Place…….Alexis Bazos for “Naughty or Nice”
Winners Nonfiction Category
First Place……..Jake Weiner for “Cancer and Everything in Between” Second Place….Lucas Jansky for “America’s Dirty Little Secret Mexican Repatriation” Third Place……..Isabel Abt for “My Cardinal”
LEFT TO RIGHT: Isabel Abt, Paula Desperito, Andrea Reino, Mark St.
Germain, Luke Lyons, Lucas Jansky, Diane Sarna and Alexis Bazos.
Not in picture-Jake Weiner.
Front row: Abby, Nicole and Ellie . Back row: Jackie
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Friends of the Bedford Free Library Mission Statement Friends of the Library is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the Bedford Free Library through fundraising
and advocacy efforts. The volunteer group manages the Book Sale, orchestrates the Poetry Contest/Ice Cream Social, provides funding for library programs and materials, hosts author lectures and underwrites the
eReader Lending Program. Your support of the Friends is greatly appreciated.
Monthly Book Groups are ongoing for the following age groups: second grade girls and boys, third grade girls & boys, fourth grade girls, fifth grade girls, sixth grade girls and seventh grade girls. Check monthly calendar and website for details, as they can vary.
Truck Day, Saturday, June 18th,
10:00am-1:00pm
Come climb on a fire truck, sit in a tractor and explore vehicles big and small! This annual event is a great way to start off Father’s Day weekend. Don’t forget to bring your camera! Truck Day is at the Bedford Presbyterian Church parking lot.
Free of charge, no registration required. In the case of severe weather please check our website www.bedfordfreelibrary.org
“SEW MUCH FUN” AT THE LIBRARY PART 2
with Kate Perri
We will be offering a mini sewing camp again this summer! Kate will be returning to teach
the class and she has all new projects planned!
August 22-25, 10am-noon Participants must commit to all 4 sessions.
For grades 4 and up. Knowledge of sewing helpful but not required. Space is limited.
Registration begins on April 18th @ 10:00am.
Check the Library website for additional events www.bedfordfreelibrary.org, and to sign up for email alerts.
Events in the Children’s Room
Tuesdays, July 5, 12, 19 & 26 Meet at the picnic area at the Bedford Memorial Pool for a
lunchtime story time. Listen to stories while you enjoy your
brown bag lunch. A perfect way to start the afternoon at the
pool or to refuel after your Little Dolphin lesson! A volunteer
from the Bedford Free Library will provide the stories and a
dessert. Must have a pool pass to attend.
Summer Program Kickoff
Wed. June 8, 7 pm at Historical Hall
Registration will begin that evening for the Library’s
summer reading game and other Library summer
programs as well as for the Bedford Historical
Society’s Hunt for History.
Book Buddies~Teddy Bear Sleepover~Summer Reading Game~Lunch Bunch @ the Bedford Pool~
Best in Bedford Dog Show~Yoga for Children~Create a Board Game~Animal Visits~Chess~
Musical Mother Goose~Baby Bounce and Rhyme~and much more!!
Babysitting Class
Ages 11 – 15
Wednesday, June 29th from 9 -5
Registration opens on April 18th
at 10:00am
STEM Mini Camp:Lego Movie Making When: June 27th-30th, 10:00am-11:30am
Where: Mobile Technology Van @ the Library
Ages: 6-9 Registration required, must commit to all classes, space is limited. REGISTRATION BEGINS ON APRIL 18TH @ 10:00AM
READING The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty-#1 in The Sean Duffy Series (Detective, Northern Ireland, Troubles)
Breaking Wild by Diane Les Becquets (Adventure, Wilderness Survival) Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart (Delightful Historical Fiction)
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson (Memoir, Criminal Justice) The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow (Classic American Novel, Coming of Age Story)
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (Memoir, Death, Family, Medicine) The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (YA, Historical Fiction, Children in WW2)
All Things Cease To Appear by Elizabeth Brundage (Literary Thriller, Family Drama) Radiant Angel by Nelson de Mille (Popular Fiction, Summer Reading)
LISTENING
The Widow by Fiona Barton (Suspense, Intrigue, Page-Turner) The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by Kate A. Brower (White House Staff Memories)
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom (Historical Fiction, Music, Spirituality) Our Souls At Night by Kent Haruf (Fiction, Love Story, Aging)
American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers by Nancy Jo Sales (Journalism) Podcasts-Modern Love, NPR, Serial, Bon Appetit, Fresh Air with Terry Gross and How Stuff Works
WATCHING
Peaky Blinders-Netflix starring Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill (British, Based on Peaky Blinders Gang, WW1) Happy Valley, Season 2-Netflix starring Sarah Lancashire (British, Crime, Family Drama)
Togetherness-HBO starring Amanda Peet, Mark Duplass (Los Angeles, Marriage, Friendship) Transparent-Amazon Video starring Jeffrey Tambor (LA Family Drama, Transgender)
The Fall, Season 2-Netflix starring Jamie Dornan, Gillian Anderson (British, Psychological Thriller) House of Cards Season 5-Netflix starring Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright (Political Drama) Masha and the Bear-Netflix (Charming Russian Animated Series for Small Children)
Billions-Showtime starring Damian Lewis (Wall Street Hedge Funder vs. US Attorney, Family Drama)
What We’re Reading, Watching and Listening to Now…
Speak Up @ Your Library: Patron Story Project The Bedford Free Library is participating in a countywide project “Speak Up @ Your Library” with the goal of
collecting compelling patron stories for an advocacy campaign. We will be displaying all our patron stories with
photographs at the Library. Check out a few sample quotes below and come in and read the rest of the stories.
Mah Jongg for Beginners
Play the Chinese game of skill & luck.
Beginners will learn Mah Jongg skills, rules, strategies and betting techniques. Master a social, competitive game that
requires practice, strategy--and a little bit of luck!
This class is free of charge, registration is required. Space is limited to 12 so sign up early!
6-week
Beginner Mah Jongg
Class
Thursdays
11:00-12:00
May 5,12,19,26
June 2,9
Jordyn Blacher
Member of the Bedford Brainiac Team,
Battle of the Books 2015
“We … we … we … WE WON!!!! We did it! I couldn’t
believe it, I felt like I was in an amazing dream! I
never wanted the day to end! The day was so great!”
Deena Scherer
Bedford Free Library Patron for 31 years
“This Library was a magical place when I first came
and now to my grandchildren it’s also magical. This
Library to me is a third of my life…. my grandchildren,
Each year in the fall we reach out to the community to support the Library financially through the Annual Appeal. Your contributions are crucial to the success of the Library. If you have given, we thank you, and to if you have not, we hope you will join our list of donors.
You can use the form below and mail in your donation, or donate on our website through PayPal at www.bedfordfreelibrary.org. Remember Matching Gifts can increase the value of your gift.
Thank you.
-Margaret Scott, Annual Appeal Manager
Please return with your tax-deductible contribution,
payable to the Bedford Free Library.
Write your name as you would like it to appear on our Donor List.
If your company matches gifts, please enclose the proper forms.
Thank you.
Please mail your donation to:
The Bedford Free Library
P.O. Box 375 Bedford, NY 10506
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Fill out a form or go online and submit your request.
It’s that simple.
Companies who have supported us include:
Amex, BNY Mellon, ExxonMobil, Ford, GE, IBM, Morgan Stanley,
PepsiCo, Pfizer, Prudential, UBS,
United Way
Any questions - call Margaret (914) 234 3570
SHOP AND SUPPORT THE
LIBRARY
Register at goodshop.com
and select the Bedford Free Library as your charity of
choice. Each time that you make a purchase through
their website, a contribution will be made to the Library. There is no charge to you,
and, if you install their toolbar, it will remind you
Bring your own bag or box and help yourself to any book, DVD or
CD that we have in storage. All free!!!
This spring the Friends organization will begin the process of reevaluating its objectives and will therefore not be holding its book drop off day. Unfortunately, we are struggling for volunteers while, at the same time, struggling with the question of what to do with the hundreds of books we keep in the basement that don’t sell. We are finding we don’t have the manpower to deal with collecting books anymore. Instead will be offering a free open Book Basement day on April 9
th (see below for details).
The good news is we have been selling consistently well with our Big Red Book Cart in front of the Library. In the near future we are going to fo-cus on stocking it with the best books we have to offer. Please look for our Red Book Cart sale (plus a few tables) during the Bedford Village Sidewalk Sales, June 10-11. In the meantime, we would be very grateful if you would consider donating some of your newest, best and resaleable books for us to stock our cart. A small bag of your most exciting books would be welcomed with open arms. Please call and let us know when you will be dropping off. That is how we will handle donations in the near future.
For those of you with large collections of books to donate, please call us at the Library and we will be happy to advise you of how and where to donate that kind of collection.
