Town of Porter Recreation Department offers
weekly storytimes at the Library on Tuesday mornings. Join the
Town of Porter's weekly Story Hour, perfect for toddlers and
preschoolers! Every week, we read together, make crafts, and
practice socialization skills while having fun! No
registration required.
• Tuesday, October 4 from 9:30-10:30 AM
• Tuesday, October 4 from 11-12 PM
• Tuesday, October 11 from 9:30-10:30 AM
• Tuesday, October 11 from 11-12 PM
• Tuesday, October 18 from 9:30-10:30 AM
• Tuesday, October 18 from 11-12 PM
• Tuesday, October 25 from 9:30-10:30 AM
• Tuesday, October 25 from 11-12 PM
New for Preteens & Teens! We have craft kits available for preteens & teens! This fall, pick up a magnetic locker frame kit from the Teen Room!
Non-Fiction Book Club is meeting on Tuesday,
October 4th at 1:30 PM via Zoom. We will be discussing She
Has Her Mother's Laugh by Carl Zimmer.
Evening Book Club is meeting on Wednesday,
October 12th at 7 PM. We will be holding this meeting live at
the Library, but we will also be offering a simultaneous Zoom
option! We will be discussing The Long Flight Home by
Alan Hlad.
Afternoon Book Club is meeting on Tuesday,
October 18th at 1:30 PM. We will be holding this meeting live
at the Lewiston Senior Center, but we will also be offering a
simultaneous Zoom option. We will be discussing The Long
Flight Home by Alan Hlad
All are welcome to any of the book clubs! To receive a copy of
the book, you can order it here. If you have questions or you'd
like to receive the Zoom invitation to the meetings, please
contact Sonora at 745-3555 or smiller@nioga.org.
Library Board of Trustees is meeting on
Monday, October 24th at 7 PM. The meeting will be held in
person at the Youngstown Free Library. Meeting reports are
available online
the weekend before the meeting.
Friday, October 14 will be the Youngstown
Free Library's first Meat Raffle. It will be held at the
Youngstown Volunteer Fire Company from 6-9 PM. This will be a
fantastic chance to win meat for your freezer, enjoy drinks
and food with your friends and neighbors, and support the
Youngstown Free Library! Tickets are now available for
purchase at the Youngstown Free Library for $12 each. Children
under 12 get in for free.
We will need dozens of volunteers to make this Meat Raffle
event a success! If you are interested in helping during the
Meat Raffle, we would really appreciate it; please contact
Claudia Andres to sign up for a volunteer shift. Thank you!
Thursday, Friday, & Saturday November 3 - 5 will
be the Friends of the Library Annual Fall Book Sale. There
will be thousands of titles
available and all of them will be sorted and organized.
• Friday, November 4 from 9:30 AM - 6 PM
• Saturday, November 5 from 9:30 AM - 3 PM
• Thursday, November 3 from 5 PM - 8 PM: Members of the Friends ($10 to join!) get in early for first dibs at the thousands of offerings! No appointments needed.
You can join the Friends at the door or join in advance
here.
Do you have books to donate? We are currently out
of storage space, so please save your donations until Oct. 31,
Nov. 1, 2, & 3 from 10 AM - 1 PM, when you can drop them off
at the Red Brick Gym. Evening drop-off hours are available
Nov. 1 & 2 from 6 - 8 PM at the Red Brick Gym.
This year’s Summer Reading Season just finished up,
and it was a record-breaking year! This summer,
our season included three elements: an imaginatively decorated
Children’s Room, plenty of programs, and a reading challenge
that celebrated everyone’s reading achievements.
To prepare for the summer, the Children’s Room had to be
transformed into a watery paradise to fit with this year’s
theme: Oceans of Possibilities. We retooled the theme around
our beautiful Niagara River and Lake Ontario. Volunteer Eran
Colbus loaned a canoe for the Children’s Room. This canoe made
a cozy reading nook, especially once we added oversized
stuffed fish, herons, beavers, and turtles for kids to cuddle.
Then artist Alina Patterson decorated the windows with
paintings from five children’s books about water.
Next, the programs! Hundreds of children attended our
forty-one programs, which included LEGO clubs, storytimes for
all ages, craft kits, and StoryWalks in Falkner Park.
Finally, the Summer Reading Challenge, a summer-long challenge
to kids and teens to read as much as they can! This year we
had a record-breaking sixty-one children and teens who read
for the Summer Reading Challenge. Readers logged their minutes
spent reading. Rather than counting pages or books, time evens
the playing field for everyone; no matter their reading speed
or facility, everyone’s time is equal.
In total, our readers read for a total of 99,814 minutes this
summer – that’s more than 1,663 hours, or more than 70
straight days of reading
Here are some highlights from our current Safety Plan,
which was approved by the Library Board of Trustees on March
4, 2022. As always, our top priority is the safety of staff
members and patrons.
• Masks are now optional for all patrons and staff. We
encourage anyone with any ongoing health concerns, whether
for themselves or others, to continue wearing a mask. We
assure you that your choice to do so will not result in any
person being harassed or excluded from any program, space,
or experience provided by the Youngstown Free Library.
• All staff members and volunteers are screened daily to
ensure that everyone is feeling well.
• We are cleaning all public and work areas on a regular
basis.
Please feel free to review our full Safety Plan.
Youngstown Free Library Safety Plan
Please contact the
Director if you have any questions or
concerns.
The mission of the Youngstown Free Library is to be a community center which inspires learning and provides access to a vast range of information and resources for patrons of all ages.
The Youngstown Free Library Board of Trustees meetings are held on the last Monday of the month, with the following exceptions: in May, the Board meets on the 3rd Monday of the month, and the Board has no meetings in August or December. The public is always welcome to attend.