New Monthly Adult Program
Patrons who want to discuss books they’ve read will present their book reviews the last Friday of each month. Next program date is Friday, March 29, 4:00 p.m.
Computer Classes
Computer classes began on March 7 at 9 a.m. This program is extremely well attended as all opening slots for the 6-week program were filled. Please call or check at the library during April to sign up for the next session. Thanks to Action Computers for volunteering their time and expertise to teach these classes!
Children’s Programs
Mondays, 10:30 a.m., Music-n-Motion
Wednesdays,10:30 a.m., Story Time & Crafts
Babygarten – Thursdays, 10:30 a.m., brand new program for babies and their parents.
Kaci Mayberry received the Hood County FoL scholarship for aspiring librarians. Ms. Mayberry is employed as the librarian at Happy Hill Farm Academy while pursuing her master’s degree in library science at UNT.
Congratulations, Kaci!
A free event hosted by FOL, Book Lover’s Night will be Friday, May 4, 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the Hood County Library Meeting Room. We’ll offer readings from book favorites old and new, have local book clubs share their secrets of success and most interesting titles, and enjoy a dessert bar with plenty of chocolate to fortify everyone for these strenuous literary activities. To celebrate the Major League Baseball season, a special reading of the verse “Casey at the Bat” promises to leave everyone smiling. Be sure to mark your calendar now for this upcoming event!
On February 9, 2012 Dixie Lee Hedgecock, the marketing director at Lake Granbury Medical Center (LGMC), presented us with a $2,500 donation for FoL’s Books for Babies
early literacy project. This FOL project, begun in 1997, provides literacy gift sacks to every child born at LGMC. Our Books for Babies coordinator, Barbara Althouse, is quite busy preparing these lovely gifts for the stork’s latest deliveries. Thank you LGMC for your generous donation!
SPRING BOOK SALE April 27, 28, 29
Hood County Public Library
222 N. Travis St.
Granbury, TX
Join Friends of the Library and Shop Early
FRIDAY, April 27, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (MEMBERS ONLY DAY)
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
SATURDAY, April 28, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and SUNDAY, April 29, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday is Box Day (box of books for $5)
Most paperbacks 25 cents. Most hardbacks $1. Many extra special books. Now accepting MasterCard, VISA and Discover cards.
Proceeds benefit the Hood County Public Library.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to help set up on Wednesday, April 25, noon-6 p.m. and Thursday, April 26, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. maritacrowder@gmail.com or 817-578-0164
After making your purchases at our Spring Book Sale on Friday or Saturday, be sure to participate in the annual Granbury Wine Walk on beautiful Granbury Square and support some
local charities and vendors.
Electronic books are coming to Hood County Public Library! The Friends have committed $10,000 to a downloadable subscription service, which will be implemented in late Spring 2012. The new e-book subscription will be a “virtual branch,” adding to the Hood County Library’s physical collection.
- No special account will be needed, just the existing library card.
- Items will be available 24/7 even when the library is closed.
- Browse, check out and download to many e-reader devices such as: Kindle, NOOK, Sony, Kobo and other mobile devices.
- Select from audio books and e-books.
Other New Projects
The Friends are also purchasing new media shelving and paying the dues for our Library to join North Texas Library Partners.
A $15 FoL book store gift certificate will be going to the families of newly completed Habitat for Humanity homes. Member Nancy Seilheimer is our liaison.
We are excited about our new project in cooperation with Tolar Elementary. Students will conduct a used book drive for the library. Reaching out to all of Hood County, we also hope to arrange a visit to the Hood County Library for these students.
Look for a handsome new “monument” style library sign on Travis St. in February, funded by donations to the Hood County Library Foundation. The Friends are proud to be a part of this attractive addition to the library.
The Granbury Rotary Club has set a goal to raise $8,500 for the 2012 Children’s Summer Reading program at the Hood County Library. FOL members and the general public can help by purchasing dinner and raffle tickets to the Rotary Raffle Roundup. The event is Sat., Oct. 22, 6:30 pm, Harbor Lakes Golf Course. Contact Library Director Courtney Kincaid for tickets: 817-573-3569.
The FoL in-library Book Store has expanded its shopping hours! Now, the Store is open on Mondays!
New FoL Book Store hours (weekly):
Monday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Tuesday 4 – 8 p.m.
Wednesday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Saturday Noon – 4 p.m.
FoL has short-term and ongoing Volunteer opportunities. Have fun and make a special contribution to the community!
FoL is seeking a Volunteer Newsletter Editor. Duties include: formatting quarterly newsletter in MS Word from articles submitted by the Friends Executive Board, and distributing the newsletter via email or regular post. Contact Linda Somervill: 817-573-7000 or president@hoodfol.org.
Volunteers are needed to help with set-up, operation, and clean-up for the Fall 2011 Book Sale being held October 21-23. Contact Marita Crowder at 817-579-7761 or maritacrowder@gmail.com.
To Volunteer to work in the FoL Book Store, contact Annette Joseph: 254-326-1120 or lrjoseph@charter.net.
Scary fun is coming to Hood County Library. Be part of it! Volunteers are needed to staff booths, set-up and clean-up. Contact Library Assistant Director Samantha Smith Norris at 817-573-3569 or srsmith@co.hood.tx.us.
Friends of the Library for Hood County
Kathryn Anderson, an 8th grade science teacher at Acton Middle School, has been awarded a FoL Scholarship to pursue a degree in Library Science at Texas Women’s University. “I have wanted to be a librarian since my first year of teaching, when I saw the librarian show the students how much fun reading is. I would enjoy being an elementary of middle school librarian.”
Congratulations to Kathryn! We look forward to sharing with you her progress this year.
FOL is purchasing a large flat-screen TV for the meeting room. The Summer Reading Club, regular Children’s Programs, and many local organizations will benefit from this addition to library equipment. FOL funds are also going to prizes for the Summer Reading Club (Volunteers: see Help Kids with Summer Reading!)
This year, FoL will sponsor a library staff employee to attend Leadership Granbury. Leadership Granbury offers a unique opportunity to acquire more information about the institutions and organizations that make this community work and thrive. The program requires a committment of 1 day each month (September through May) and at several social events throughout the session that will educate participants about Granbury’s past, present and future, both locally and as a part of Texas.
Copyright Keith Graves
Hood County Library Summer Reading Club for Kids (partially funded by FoL) needs Volunteers to help with crafts (setting out supplies and supervising activities – Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays) and registering participants (Saturdays) from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., June 4 to July 30.
Contact Christina Proctor at the Library for more information:
The Friends of the Library for Hood County is pleased to announce the May 25th Grand Opening of our in-Library Book Store!
Join the Friends of the Library and the Granbury Chamber of Commerce for:
FoL Book Store Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
4:30 p.m. – May 25th
222 N. Travis St.
Granbury TX 76048
The Book Store will open at 10:00 a.m. on May 25th
FoL Book Store hours (weekly) will be:
Tuesday 4:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Saturday 12:00 Noon – 4:00 p.m.
FoL will celebrate the premiere opening of the new Friends’ Book Store in the Hood County Library by holding – guess what – a Book Sale! Come shop the sale and catch an advance glimpse of the new Book Store!
As always, members shop first at our sales! The sales feature hard and soft cover books from popular fiction authors, non-fiction books, and childrens books as well as Music CDs, Video Tapes, DVDs, and Books on Tape.
Members Only Sale – Friday, April 29th, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sale opens to the Public – Saturday, April 30th, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
BOX DAY, $5 a box – Sunday, May 1st, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Don’t miss this opportunity to support the Friends and the Hood County Library while stocking-up for summer reading needs at huge savings!
Questions? E-mail: booksales@hoodfol.org
The Book Sale Committee is busy as a one-armed paper hanger as we prepare for the Grand Opening this spring of our used bookstore in the library. So much to do: signage, organizing books by topic, shelving, pricing. Many thanks to Courtney Kincaid, interim Library Director, and the library staff for working with us on this big project.
QUESTIONS:
WHERE: In the “old” library area off the meeting room on the Travis St. side of the library
HOURS: Three times a week, fours hours each time (TBA), including some evenings and Saturdays also.
WHAT: Great selections of current fiction, nonfiction and other media, bargain books, and a children’s section. We will have something for everyone.
FOL MEMBERS will get special discounts. ANNUAL BOOK SALES will continue; a benefit of FOL membership is early shopping privileges at these events.
For a limited time, FoL is offering bargain used books in fair to very good condition for sale at $2/per box. Boxes are sorted by genre and format (hardback vs. paperback). Special bargain on romance genre mass paperback books – $1/per box. Must pick-up books at the library in Granbury. For more information, contact the Friends of the Hood County Library at booksales@hoodfol.org.
Thanks go out to our Friends’ Members and other shoppers for another great Semi-annual Fall Book Sake in October, 2010. Special thanks go to all the special Friends Volunteers who never fail to help us make each sale a big success. We all enjoy the sight of people browsing books to find just the right “reads” for the upcoming winter season.
Speaking of winter, we’re entering the Christmas shopping season! Our weekly Wagon Wednesday sales have resumed. Members and non-members alike can shop our “mini” book sale held in the Library foyer each Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Wagon Wednesday sales feature “like new” hard and soft cover books from popular fiction authors, non-fiction books, and children’s books as well as Music CDs, Video Tapes, DVDs, and Books on Tape.
Thanks also to those who took the Friends of the Library for Hood County Night flyer to Chili’s on October 25. As a result of your efforts, we’ll be getting a nice “give back” check from Chili’s soon.
After the Fall ’10 Semi-Annual Book Sale, join us at Chili’s Restaurant on October 25. Chili’s is sponsoring a “give back” event for the Friends. Present a copy of the “Friends of the Library for Hood County Night” flyer, and Chili’s will give back 10% to FoL! (P.S.: It’s not just at night, and includes take out orders!)
Eat, drink, and merrily raise funds!
(click below to download flyer)
Chilis-Friends of the Library for Hood County Night
Library for Hood County!
With each flyer presented on Friends of the
Library for Hood County Night, Chili’s will donate
10% of the sales you bring in to your organization.
Let us do the cooking and support your Friends of
the Library for Hood County at the same time!
Friends of the Library for Hood County Night is:
Monday October 25, 2010
from
10:45am to 10:30pm
For dine in or take out only at:
Chili’s Granbury
1000 E. Hwy 377
Granbury, TX
(817) 579-9402
We look forward to seeing you here.
Pepper in Some Fun!
CHILI’S®CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
FOR HOOD COUNTY NIGHT!
Brownie Sundae
Chicken Ranch Sandwich
Give Back Night flyer required with each check to receive credit for the sale. Sale cannot be included in donation amount without flyer. Offer only valid on the date and location stated above.
Donations will not be given on sales made prior to or past this date.
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