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Read to a Therapy Dog

Jun
15

Read to a Therapy Dog

@ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Read to a dog in the Children's Room of the library! Our certified therapy dog Sunshine loves to be read to. 

Kids can make enormous strides in building self-esteem and confidence while acquiring a love of books by reading TO a therapy dog. Utilizing a registered therapy animal and their human teammate in a calm and relaxing atmosphere, this program helps improve children’s reading, communication, and social skills.

Registration is required but please call to sign up for a 15 minute slot. First come, first serve. 

Ages 5-10.

Beautiful Symmetry for Adults

Jul
6

Beautiful Symmetry for Adults

Community Room
@ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Symmetry surrounds us in the natural world, and some people create symmetrical designs for a living! You can find symmetrical designs on fabrics, wallpaper, rugs, wrapping paper... The possibilities are endless!

We'll creating our own repeating patterns using grids and art supplies. Then we'll graduate to creating our own stamps with potatoes, sponges, and paper tubes to either reproduce our grid paper design or create a new design. Finally, we'll make our own wrapping paper with our stamps and long cuts of butcher paper.

What can we come up with as a community?

Spatial Poetry for Adults

Jun
28

Spatial Poetry for Adults

Community Room
@ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

It's time to get creative during Summer Quest 2023!

Poems have historically influenced many of the place names we know today. Many contemporary poets rethink the ties between language, place and belonging. This activity highlights issues of place-naming in America, particularly its historical ties to colonization. It draws on current topics in geography, poetry, journalism, and media-making.

Flower Power

Jul
20

Flower Power

Community Room
@ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Learn all there is to know about local plants and flowers from Audrey Erb, a member of the Lehigh County Master Gardeners.

Spaces are limited so registration is required. Everyone who registers will receive a seed packet.

Registration opens June 3rd.

Senior Fraud Awareness Day Celebration

May
15

Senior Fraud Awareness Day Celebration

@ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Come for Fraud Bingo!

Stay for a presentation on cybersecurity!

Our professionals will go over the things we need to know in order to keep ourselves safe on the Internet: from changing your passwords to the scams that are happening over phone calls, email. websites, and even text messages! Know the essentials to remain secure, and stay vigilant.

Toni Schaller will also be here with information on Medicare. She will answer any questions you may have on an individual basis.

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