The Quarryville Library staff are pleased to announce their Ninth Annual “Go-Fore Golf at the Quarryville Library,” a fun, family-focused indoor miniature golf fundraiser designed to energize the public and build community partnerships.  The event is sponsored by Ferguson and Hassler Supermarket and A&A Auto Sales and Service.

The event scheduled for Saturday, February 24, 2018, will consist of a sixteen-hole miniature golf course INSIDE the library that weaves in and around our bookshelves.  The community will have a chance to come out of the cold and play a unique round of miniature golf through the library, enjoy lunch or dinner at our “17^th Hole Café,” sponsored by Stoner, Inc. Join in the fun by participating in other family-friendly activities, all while helping to raise money for the library!

Hours for regular golf are from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm. We’re closing the course for a few hours, to reopen at 6pm with GLOW GOLF: a glow-stick-lit course with glowing golf balls! Glow Golf will last from 5 pm until 8 pm.

• For Regular Golf, from 10:00am – 3:00pm, admission is $5.00 for adults / $3.00 for children 12 and under.

• For Glow Golf, from 5:00pm – 6:00pm, admission is $6.00 for adults / $4.00 for children 12 and under.

Schedule of Events

• 10 am – Doors Open
• 10 am – 3 pm – Friends of the Library Book Sale
• 11 am – 2 pm—Balloon Animal Art & Face-Painting
• 3 pm – 5 pm – Course closed for intermission
• 5 pm – 8 pm – Course Open for GLOW Golf

Players may be of all ages but groups are limited to five players. Prizes will be awarded for the best pre-school, child, teen, adult, and senior score of the day! We strongly suggest that Tee times be made in advance; although, not required.  Call the library at 786-1336 or by visiting our website www.quarryvillelibrary.org.

Please note on Go-Fore Golf Saturday, the library will be closed for regular business. There will be no passport appointments taken, and no passport walk-ins will be available. Computers will not be available for use. However, items due that day can be returned in the book drop. Thank you for your understanding.

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Ephrata Public Library and Downtown Ephrata to host Unexpected Event Fundraiser!

Date: Saturday, October 14, 2017

5:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Downtown Ephrata will come alive with the smells, sights and sounds of the world at Ephrata Unexpected, an international nighttime bazaar and communal dinner to benefit the Ephrata Public Library and Downtown Ephrata, Inc.. The Whistle Stop Plaza, located on Main Street, will come alive as guests embrace the diverse cultures and heritages represented in Lancaster County.

$25.00 per ticket, which looks like a passport, allows a guest access to the night market, music and a seat at the community table. Children 12 and under are free.  Tables and chairs will be provided, but guests bring their own complete table setting.

Ephrata Unexpected Press Release

Register at: www.ephrataunexpected.org

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Lancaster County’s Public libraries will have comic books to give away on Saturday, May 6^th from 9:00 am – 8:00 pm compliments of The Comic Store in Lancaster, which is also hosting a day of FREE comic books at their McGovern Avenue location!

Thanks to Joe Miller, owner of The Comic Store, teens and tweens at public libraries in Lancaster County have received free comic books since 2005.  Last year The Comic Store collected over $1300.00 for the local libraries. Each customer who visits the store receives one free comic book. For each additional copy, we request that a donation of 50 cents is collected at the register. All of the donated money will be used to buy graphic novels and books for the Lancaster County libraries.

Two years ago, The Comic Store won the National Award of Best Charity from Diamond Comic Distributors for its efforts in sponsoring this fund-raiser.

Ed Miller, Special Services Manager in charge of Bookmobile services countywide is very enthusiastic about this annual Comic Book Day promotion. He sees the value that graphic novels hold for teens, “For some of the teenagers that we see, graphic novels are the only literature that they will look at — and yes, comic books can be serious literature. We are extremely grateful for the assistance that Joe Miller gives to support library outreach to teens!”

Comic books are an original American art form, fun to read, with diverse story lines that capture the imagination. Public libraries have graphic novels for young readers, middle grades and up. Teens and “tweens’ are encouraged to visit their local public library on May 6^th and also to visit The Comic Store to take advantage of this incentive!

For more information about The Comic Store, visit:
https://www.comicstorepa.com/press-free-comic-book-day-2017

Click here for information about your local public library!

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The residents at the Zerbe Retirement Community love the Bookmobile! When they learned that the current Bookmobile was in need of replacement, they immediately went to work in planning an event that would help the cause and give special meaning to their residents.   They have organized a Rock-A-Thon that will happen on Friday, April 7 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm at the Zerbe Retirement Community located at 2499 Zerbe Road, Narvon, PA 17555.  Participating residents and staff will rock in rocking chairs for 30-minute intervals.  The ‘rockers’ are looking for sponsors and they are confident that by asking 5 people to each donate $20 in support for their rocking time, they will help raise much-needed funds to help purchase the bookmobile.

Cheryl Heineman, Activities Director, headed the project with the same level of enthusiasm as the residents. She said, “We really love our bookmobile and want to support it any way we can!”

To sign up and join in the Rock-A-Thon fun, call 717-445-4551 and ask for Kristen Groff. All donation checks should be made payable to The Library System of Lancaster County.  Refreshments will be served during the event.

Rock-A-Thon Flyer

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