EMAIL #2! We have had some technical difficulties lately. Printers going offline, ethernet boxes going out, and just last week, our. website wasn't working properly. Since we build our monthly email through our website, it turns out that not everything saved correctly! Hopefully, we will be bug-free this week. But here is the actual email for June and July. Thank you! |
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Summer Reading is here! With school out, we've been extra busy at the library and enjoying all of the hustle and bustle. As always, we have an extremely busy schedule at the library which means that there is always something for everyone. It also means that we're trying to economize everything we do, so this edition of our newsletter is for June AND July! We have also started our meetings for the Millstadt Community Theater. We hope everyone had a wonderful Father's Day and that you all have a great Fourth of July with family and friends. The library will be closed in observance of Independence Day, but we'll be open on July 3rd and July 5th. Read on to see some of our June and July goings-on and highlights! |
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Our Summer Reading and Activity Program is in full swing! Come by the library and pick up your reading log or visit our website and print one or fill out our online form. Each week, return your log and place your tickets earned into the prize of your choosing and pick up your weekly prize and a new log. Weekly prizes include items like free passes to the Museum of Transportation, free passes to the Magic House, free Laser Tag at the Edge and more. Grand prizes include items like a Nintendo Switch Lite, a Family Membership to the St. Louis Science Center, a Retro Hot Air Popcorn Maker, an Air Fryer, various book sets, gifts cards in varying amounts to local businesses like Rae and James, Bolt and Cupp Boutique, Spike's, Ott's Tavern, and more! Don't forget to pick up a scavenger hunt passport either! Visit 29 Millstadt businesses and organizations during the 6 weeks of summer reading and return the passports to the library to receive a certificate of completion and an entry to win a special prize of an extreme camera (like a go-pro.) Also during Summer Reading, we have extra programs like an additional Story Time on Mondays at 1 p.m. and Gaming Time every Friday at 2 p.m. |
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Another fun part of our Summer Reading and Activity Program or SRAP are our Field Trips. Every Thursday during our program, we visit a Millstadt business at 10 a.m. to learn about the business, those who run them, and how a career in that industry could look for our library learners. Angie of Millstadt Carpet taught our Library Learners all about flooring options and how each person has a job in a house or at any job site to complete a task. Then, Dena of Bolt & Cupp Boutique taught our Library Learners about beautifying ourselves and our town by dressing mannequins and painting rocks to hide in the park. RSVP the Thursday before by visiting the event page or by contacting the library. |
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Get ready for a REAL Mario Party! Join us on Saturday, July 22, 2023 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for Mini-Games, snow cones, and even a pinata! You can RSVP here. |
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Join us for our next Millstadt Community Theater Meeting! Don't have any experience? No problem. Not sure where to start? No problem. We're just getting started too! This weekend, we'll be narrowing down our play selections for our Three One-Act plays. Feel free to pick some of your own choosing to bring along with you by visiting https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/... We'll post our finalists online and let the community pick which ones they want to see and act in! |
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No adults allowed! Kids Only! Join our Junior Librarian For Kids Only Book Club every third Saturday of the month from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. In July, discussing “The Witches” by Roald Dahl. |
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Your favorite Millstadt Librarians and Junior Librarian represented Millstadt at Millstadt Night at the Gateway Grizzly Game. They also have donated four tickets to a game for Summer Reading as a prize! |
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At our June Board Meeting, we honored our Yes Committee who had worked tirelessly on the library's annexation referendum with a plaque. It reads; From Fall 2021 to Summer 2022, the Millstadt Library District embarked on a journey to annex the Millstadt School District to not only serve an unserved portion of our community, but to give our entire community access to a new, much needed library space. This campaign spanned months of ups and downs and triumphs and tribulations. Although the annexation referendum failed at the June 2022 election, it was not unsuccessful. The library was able to rally a group of dedicated supporters and to solidify a new reputation for itself – one that spoke of its mission to be open to ideas, open to community, and open to every single person. And most importantly, it put action into those words. We will forever be grateful to those who supported and continue to support our library and mission. We honor those who went above and beyond to make our efforts possible here. Vote Yes for the Millstadt Library Committee Members Kim Atkins - Communications Mark Atkins - Communications Justin Aymer - Website Christine Branum - Communications Heather Erwin – Voter Contact Otto Faulbaum - Communications Dawn Kohnen - Fundraising Rene Mauck - Endorsements Ashley Reeder – Voter Contact Phyllis Schaefer – Fundraising Special Thank You To: John Chrastka and Every Library, Lauren Milton, Al Scharf, Ed Wilkerson, Norm Sanders, Missy Schaefer, Don and Debbie Mertz, Tracy Brubeck, Kayla Beyer, Mary Lou Peter, Peggy Cole, Robert Englebretson, Patti French, The Library Staff, Board, and their Families, The Yes Committee, Additional Supporters, and their Families |
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The American Library Association and their initiative, Libraries Transforming Communities, had a grant available to help libraries be more accessible to certain audiences. Thanks to our friends at Trinity Services, the Millstadt Autism Foundation, and the Illinois Center for Autism, we were awarded $20,000.00 to make that a possibility. With those funds, we plan to input an automatic door and signage to make items easier to find. Our main focus, however, will be the classes we plan on presenting to the community on Autism. With the help of Trinity Services, we will be hosting classes on several topics to help families and friends better understand and care for their loved ones and neighbors. We aim to record these classes and have them available online as a virtual resource. To ensure that we are providing the classes that our community wants and needs and at times and days that work for them, we'd appreciate your help in answering this survey. Please forward it to those you know it would be beneficial to - they do not have to live in Millstadt or the Millstadt area to attend these classes. You can learn more about the grant and the other libraries selected here. |
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1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is here! We've been asked on and off for years if we had this program, and now we do. Signing up is easy. Just come in with your little one and you can get them a card if you'd like (not required) and they receive a tote bag to carry their books, their first reading log, a lanyard, coloring sheet, a bookmark, and you get a guide to early literacy and the library. At each 100 books, they get a certificate, (a picture if you consent,) and another log. At 500 books, they get a coupon for a free ice cream cone at Happy Days. At 1,000 books, they get a special book and certificate! |
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With Summer Break coming for many of our families, it's a great time to remind everyone of everything a library card CAN do. Sure, we have books - over 17,000! But we also have over 500 audio books, over 90 DVDs, over 500 music CDs, and growing collections of kits, Playaways, puzzles for checkout, and video games. Let's also not forget our amazing add-ons you can access on-the-go; Cloud Library - the home of over 20,000 e-books and online audio books; Biblio+ - the home of free, ad-free streaming TV, movies, and documentaries. And a super service you should always check out before you travel in Illinois, Explore More Illinois! This library card perk lets you reserve free and discounted admission, parking, and gift store purchases from cultural and recreational attractions in Illinois, including museums, cultural centers, zoos, aquariums, gardens, historical societies, park districts, and more. As always, don't forget that your library card gives you access to the materials available at over 500+ member libraries that you can have delivered to your Millstadt Library, or you can go check out at the library of your choice! |
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Every Friday of the month is the Millstadt Township Farmer's Market and it's a great opportunity to get local plants, produce, and some other neat products! Every last Friday of the month, you can join us and the Tiny Library from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and take books for free (or leave a donation,) check out a book, or purchase a recycled shirt tote bag from the Wild Explorer's Club. |
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And come out for some of these great events around town! (You might even see us at some of these events too!) |
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Thank you, truly, for subscribing and being a part of your Millstadt Library! If you know someone else who might benefit from these monthly newsletters, forward this email to them! We hope you'll be able to make it out to one of our events or programs and see everything that your library can do for you. Take care and stay safe - we'll see you soon! |
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