Interactive Play Table

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1 Jordan Valley District Library November/December 2018 LIBRARY HOURS Monday 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Tuesday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Wednesday 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Thursday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sunday 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. LIBRARY DIRECTOR Interactive Play Table The library has a new digital interactive touch game table available for all ages. It is available for 1 to 4 players to play each other or by oneself. This interactive game table offers 12 different games. Games available are: Dawn LaVanway LIBRARY STAFF Linda Beal Kelly Curnow Louise Deione Kallie Haney Mary Beth Hartrick Kaya Lowe Jamie Marsh Zuleima Salazar Sabrina Wood BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRESIDENT - Tom Breakey VICE-PRESIDENT - Joy Hettig SECRETARY - Teddy Kotowich Jr. TREASURER - Janet Franklin TRUSTEE - Phyllis Childs TRUSTEE - Janet Olson Roberts TRUSTEE - Susan Stump TRUSTEE - Charlotte Kuntz Jordan Valley District Library Board Meeting: Fourth Wednesday of each month at 4:00 p.m. in the Library Community Room. Jordan Valley District Library One Library Lane P.O. Box 877 East Jordan MI (231)

2 Library Book Sale 9:30 am - 2:30 pm Monday - Thursday The library s permanent book sale will be open. It is located in the lower level of the library in the previous Michworks room. Hours will be Monday through Thursday 9:30 am - 2:30 pm. each week. The book sale will have a wide variety of materials such as: audios, DVDs, VHS and books. They are organized by fiction and non fiction, of adult, teen or children s reading level. Genre s are large print, romance, mystery, science fiction, DVD, VHS, and music. This will help for browsing to find specific books more quickly. Paperback Books -.50 each Hardcover Books, Audio, DVDs, VHS - $1 each More valuable items - prices will vary Donations of new and used materials are welcome to be donated. If not added to the library s collection, they will be put in the book sale. Page 2 jvdl.info

3 Library App The Library designed an app for mobile phone users to search their library account, renew materials, put books on hold, contact the library, see events and research databases at anytime, anywhere. To access the app, go to your market or shop and search JORDAN VALLEY DISTRICT LIBRARY. Download the app for free. Digital Literacy Training Call the library and schedule to reserve time for training on the following: Up North Digital Collection Electronic Devices Downloadable ebooks,eaudios, music and videos Staff is available to help patrons with learning how to use these downloadable digital websites at any time: Michigan Electronic Library Library app. MelCat Page 3 MISSION STATEMENT: WHERE THE CURIOUS EXPLORE AND DISCOVER

4 Video Games It s time to get your game on! The library has video games available for check-out! Platforms currently include PS2, PS3, PS4, Wii, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. Free check out for one week. Renewals are available if title is not on hold. If returned late, a $1 per day, per game fee is charged. The library accepts new or used video games as donations to add to the collection. Ask for a receipt of donation for a federal write off.. Materials donated in 2018 Rhoda Bennett Nancy Camiller Lynn Carson Howard Ellis Patti Hodge Richard Hodge Diane Ingalls Vada Lee Bill Lorne Dolores Murphy Betty Nessel Robin Renkiewicz Harold Shirley Kelley Smith Molly Smith Susan Stump Phyllis Sumner Doug Ury Page 4 jvdl.info

5 Direct Your Dollars Jordan Valley District Library has the opportunity to earn $1,000 from SpartanNash, simply by patrons shopping at any Family Fare Supermarket. Through the Direct Your Dollars program, the library can turn eligible receipts into cash. It s easy to help us Direct Your Dollars. every time you shop at any Family Fare Supermarket, save your entire original receipt. You may black out the portion that contains your name and last four digits of your credit card. You can drop the receipts at the circulation desk in the container marked Direct Your Dollars. When $150,000 in receipts is collected, the library will earn $1,000 donation from SpartanNash. If you aren t able to drop your receipts off in person, you can also mail them to JVDL, PO Box 877, East Jordan, MI The original entire receipt is needed to earn the $1,000 donation, so please no photocopies. Thanks to the Direct Your Dollars program, the library can raise money in turn to purchase materials for the library. Community Play Group and Parent Education Women s Resource Center s Play Group is held every Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30a.m. in the library s community room on a walk-in basis. It is available for children from birth to five years old. This is a free service in which Kate Essenberg promotes activities such as story time, crafts, games and music for children. This gives parents and caregivers an opportunity to network with other parents and learn of early literacy resources that are available. Page 5 MISSION STATEMENT: WHERE THE CURIOUS EXPLORE AND DISCOVER

6 Teen Program The teen after school program is from 3-5 p.m. in the library s community room. The program is Monday through Thursday each week for grades 6-12 that school is in session. Teen Assistants Kallie Haney and Kaya Lowe oversee the teen after school program. The Teen calendar is now available at Jordan Valley District Library Facebook page and on the library website under teens. AmazonSmile.com AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop at no cost to you! Please consider Jordan Valley District Library as your favorite charitable organization. The library orders teen supplies, reading materials and DVD s from this vendor. Amazon will donate 5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the library until November 2, Support the library by shopping at smile.amazon.com. You can access your account the same way you would if you had logged into Amazon.com. You can do it from your computer or your mobile device. Just do a search for Jordan Valley District Library to add as the charitable organization when you access AmazonSmile at smile.amazon.com. It s that easy! Page 6 MISSION STATEMENT: WHERE THE CURIOUS EXPLORE AND DISCOVER

7 The library is a governmental entity with a tax-exempt 501c3 organization status. Donations are deductible from your federal income tax as the library is a qualified organization. I want my donation to be used in the following account: GENERAL FUND This is the library s general fund used for daily operations. MEMORIAL FUND This fund established in the beneficiaries names that will allow the library to have a revolving savings. ENDOWMENT FUND This is an endowment fund through the Charlevoix County Community Foundation to allow the library use of interest earned from this investment fund. NAME ( (as it should appear in publicity) STREET CITY STATE ZIP Page 7 jvdl.info

8 A R T D I S P L A Y November/December Friends of the Jordan Photography Contest Winners The award winning photos of the annual photography contest will be on display throughout the library until the end of December. Bohemian Church by Sandra Kotalik is the Grand Prize winner in the Friends of the Jordan s photography contest. More photos from the contest will be available at: D I S P L A Y C A S E S November Homelessness Teen Program December Alternative Library Donations Teen Program Page 8 MISSION STATEMENT: WHERE THE CURIOUS EXPLORE AND DISCOVER