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Our Summer Reading “Oceans of Possibilities” program series has come to an end but we hope to see everyone back next year! The party this morning included of lots of yummy snacks, a balloon artist, an ice cream sundae bar, and a goodie bag of treats along with a free book for everyone to take home. Additionally, 3 lucky readers that completed their reading logs each week were selected as the winners of our Kindle Fire tablet raffle. Above all though, we would like to commend everyone who did their reading and filled out their reading logs this summer!

Remember, just because Summer Reading has come to an end doesn’t mean that coming to the library on a regular basis should too. We have lots of events all throughout the year including LEGO Club, STEM programming, adult book club, special events for holidays, crafts for both children and adults, Preschool Storytime & Movement, Book Bingo, and so much more! Stay up to date on everything happening at the library by following us on social media, The News-Item, and event calendars that are readily available at the front desk.

Remember that LEGO Club will be held this week on Thursday at 6 PM! While we certainly have plenty of LEGOs, please sign up at the library or by calling 570-648-3202.

Summer Reading Week 6 at Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library is this Wednesday (8/10) at 10:00 AM! This week will be our last morning together for Summer Reading and the accomplishments of all our young readers will be celebrated with a party that will feature food, games, music, and even a balloon artist.

Don’t forget to bring your completed reading logs from Week 5 in order to receive one last chance to enter your name into our Kindle Fire tablet raffle. We’ll be drawing 3 lucky winners at the party on Wednesday and each of them will receive their very own tablet to take home and start reading!

We hope everyone who came out for Summer Reading Week 5 had a blast exploring the library’s extensive collection of STEM materials. We witnessed beautiful buildings being constructed from magnetic tiles, intricate marble run structures, and so much more from the young and creative minds that attended!

Don’t forget to bring your completed reading logs from Week 5 in order to receive a free book next week and the chance to enter your name one last time into our Kindle Fire tablet raffle. We’ll be pulling 3 lucky winners during Summer Reading next week so be sure to keep up with your daily reading!

What a wonderful turnout for Book Bingo this evening!

Our next round of Book Bingo will be held August 18th (Thursday) at 6 PM upstairs at the library.

Come out to the library tomorrow evening at 6 PM for Book Bingo! All ages are welcome at this free event where rounds of bingo are played and the prizes are books. Best of all, even if you don’t win any rounds you’ll still be able to go home with a book of your choice to keep.

The theme for Book Bingo tomorrow evening is “Retro TV Series” including old favorites such as “M.A.S.H.”, “Gilligan’s Island”, and many more!

Summer Reading Week 5 at Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library is this Wednesday (8/3) at 10:00 AM! This week we’ll be having a STEM Day (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) where children will have access to all sorts of materials to really test out their budding abilities in these areas. Plus, events like these may even inspire our scientists and engineers of tomorrow!

Don’t forget to bring your completed reading logs from Week 4 in order to receive another chance to enter your name into our raffle. During the final day of Summer Reading, we’ll be drawing winners for grand prizes!

Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library is now offering some new and enhanced services for the community!

While pricing for black & white copies ($0.15 per page) and black & white prints ($0.25 per page) will remain the same, color printing and color copies ($0.35 per page) will also now be an option.

If you need a physical hard copy document digitized, scanning services are now available as well free of charge. Just ask a staff member at the circulation desk!

Additionally, headphones can be borrowed by those using the library’s patron computers.

Keep up to date with everything happening at your local library! For a copy of our monthly programming schedule, visit the front desk at the library.

LEGO Club last night once again gave our young builders the chance to create concoctions straight out of their imaginations. We saw some familiar faces, some new faces, and hope to see them all again the next time we meet!

If you attended yesterday evening or it seems like something that might be up your alley, be sure to join us for LEGO Club on Thursday, August 11th and/or August 25th at 6 PM upstairs at the library. Take a gander at the library’s ample supply of LEGOs as well as some of the inventive creations that the evening produced!