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A Selection of Programs and Materials Recently Funded by the Friends


Furnishings:

  • Two CD Players
  • Two Blue Denim Bean Bag Chairs for the Young Adult Area
  • A Love Seat for the Kitchen
  • Eleven Light-weight Tables for the Activity Room
  • Summer Reading Prizes
  • A DVD player for the Activity Room
  • Book Club Kit Totes
  • A Cutting Die for the Children's Dept.

Materials:

  • DVDs

Museum Passes:

       Peabody Essex Museum
New England Aquarium (September-June)
The Boston Children's Museum
Imajine That
New England Quilt Museum

Programs and Enrichment For Children:

  • Jane Gossard, Storyteller
  • Elaine Schofield, Pop-Up Book Collector
  • Sparky's Puppets
  • A wall mural with hidden pictures created by Holly Popeo
  • "Every Tree Tells a Story"
  • Puppets to accompany a puppet theater
  • "The Magic of Science"
  • Story Train, 2006
  • Storyteller, Diane Edgecomb
  • Music Specialist, Dara VanRemoortel
  • Dads & Donuts Saturday Story Time
  • Fitness in Motion with Lori Hardacker

 

 


Programs and Enrichment For Families and Adults:

  • North Reading Reads 2003
  • Jean Trounstine, author of Shakespeare Behind Bars
  • Karen Harris, "Technology in Wonderland, Images of the Big Dig"
  • North Reading Reads 2005
  • Kate Clifford Larson, author of Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero
  • Wall design by Kim Scher
  • Sisters in Crime Mystery Authors
  • Jay Atkinson, author of Legends of Winter Hill
  • Margaret McClean, author of Under Oath
  • Maxine Gautier, Professional Organizer
  • "Friends Expanding Horizons" Series
  • Bob Frishman, of Bell-Time Clocks
  • Christopher Castellani, author of The Saint of
                                     Lost Things
  • North Reading Reads 2006
  • Karen Propp, Jean Trounstine, and Kathleen Aguero, contributors to the essay collection, Why I'm Still Married
  • North Reading Reads 2007
  • Nancy Parsons, author of Bald as a Bean
  • Beth Borek, of New Leaf Solutions
  • Richard Trefrey, artist
  • North Reading Reads 2008
  • Wingmasters
  • Valerie Martin, author of Trespass
  • Doug Stinson, Auctioneer, Steve Schuyler, rare book dealer
  • Jeff Talarigo, author of The Pearl Diver and
    The Ginseng Hunter
  • Jonathan Eig, author of Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig and Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson
  • North Reading Reads 2009
  • Library key tag cards
  • Stone Walls of New England, with Kevin Gardner
  • Genealogy program with Marcia Melnick
  • eBay program with Cliff McGann
  • Digital photography with Al Pereira, of Advanced Photo
  • Secret World of Bubbles with Keith Michael Johnson
  • "Adoption" of an island on th corner of Haverhill and Chestnut Streets for beautification
  • North Reading Reads 2010
  • Books & Beyond Online Newsletter

 

As well as...refreshments for children's and adult programs, and for staff meetings held during the Customer Service Grant Year, and staff development days.  Support for the annual Massachusetts Library Legislative Breakfast.

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