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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!

Those that attended Summer Reading Week 4 yesterday morning were treated to quite an event brought to us by Ryan Bridge “The Bug Man” who visited our library and brought with him over 100 preserved specimens and multiple live specimens. Towards the end of his educational program, both children and adults were given the opportunity to hold a live tarantula and a scorpion!

We would like to thank the Bloomsburg Children’s Museum for putting on the “Build a Boat” STEM program yesterday evening at the library. All children who attended were able design, test, and modify the motorized boats that they built using recycled materials. Keep an eye out for postings announcing the next installment in this program series that will be held towards the end of August!

Summer Reading Week 4 at Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library is this Wednesday (7/27) at 10:00 AM! This week we have a very special treat for our young readers in the form Ryan the Bugman and his program “Does Your Water Taste Buggy?” featuring live aquatic insects.

Don’t forget to bring your completed reading logs from Week 3 in order to receive a free book or choice from the prize box and the chance to enter your name into our raffle. During the final day of Summer Reading, we’ll be drawing winners for grand prizes!

For almost the entire rest of the year, Bloomsburg Children’s Museum will be visiting our library once a month for some imaginative and exciting STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) programs! The upcoming program entitled “Build a Boat” will be held this coming Tuesday (7/26) at 6 PM. The targeted age range for these events is ages 6-13. While these are free events, we do ask that children are signed up ahead of time as only approximately 20 slots will be available each time.

Students will use the engineering design process to make their own motorized boat from recycled materials. Brainstorm, prototype, test, and redesign until your boat glides through the water. Those attending will also then get to take their creations home with them! Sign up soon either at the library or be calling 570-648-3202.