Volunteer Summer Kick-Off at the Wells Branch Community Library!

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Don't forget the Volunteer Appreciation Kick-Off is this week! The theme is summer and kites. Pick up a handmade invitation by the volunteer binder. Our volunteer Georgia created the invitations. Thanks, Georgia!

This event will be in to the Library's Reading Room. We will have special refreshments and decorations to celebrate our volunteers and the beginning of summer. Meet other volunteers and our library managers!

If you haven't attended one of our previous appreciation events (both at Kenny's Coffee House), you won't want to miss this opportunity. And if you have attended a past event, you know just how special they are. You may come and go as your schedule permits. Please stop by so we can appreciate you!

The menu includes pigs in a blanket, fresh fruit salad, pasta or potato salad, and cupcakes.

We look forward to seeing you Thursday, May 6 @ 6pm.

Wells Branch Community Library volunteer creates library exhibit!

Genia Cowart began volunteering at the Wells Branch Community Library in January, 2010. As part of her architecture internship, she creates a monthly exhibit for the library.  The display features American art from the Picturing America grant.
Each month, Genia selects a theme, frames the artwork, prints and mounts descriptive text, and gathers related library materials. April's theme is Democracy! 


Patrons comment:
"I love your exhibit because everywhere you look there is a fact about America . . . I learned so much!
"Excellent! Don't get to go see art as much as I would like to so I really appreciate the Picturing America series."

Genia is making a difference at the library!

Picturing America is a program from the National Endowment for the Humanities in cooperation with the America Library Association that brings high-quality reproductions of notable America art into libraries and schools across the nation.

A family team volunteers at the Wells Branch Community Library!

Karen, Adam, and Sara volunteer at the library as a family team. They like to help in the children's room!  Karen guides her children.  She demonstrates how to return library materials to the correct places on the shelves. 

She volunteers with her children because they feel very home in a library. The work also improves their reading and sequencing skills.

Today, they returned picture books to the correct bins and organized the mythology section. We appreciate their attention to the details. They do excellent work and make the library a better place!

Wells Branch Library volunteers, we need your help at the Monster Book Sale!

Hello Wells Branch Library volunteers!

We're having a MONSTER book sale on Saturday, April 24, 8:00-5:00, and we need your help. Here are ways you can participate:

1. Make posters to label items for sale and prices. 

2. Set up Friday night. We need 8 people to come at 5:45pm. Pizza will be provided! 

3. Assist on Saturday during the sale. Volunteers will collect money, help customers, and keep things in order. We need 3 people per shift, and you may sign up for more than one shift. Shifts last for two hours each: 7:30-9:30, 9:30-11:30, 11:30-1:30, 1:30-3:30, and 3:30-5:30.

If you are interested in helping, please let me know.  I will make assignments according to the order of response. Your dependable, friendly family and friends are welcome to volunteer, too! 

This is a fun, rewarding experience, and we will award all volunteers a voucher for one free item from the book sale. 

Thanks!

Kindly,

Your volunteer coordinator, Lisa Metzer

lisa@wblibrary.org

A new design for volunteer badges at the Wells Branch Community Library

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To celebrate the new season - Spring! - we made new name tags for our exceptional volunteers. Library associate Cassidy Austin created the new design.

Volunteers, please remember to wear your name badge when you volunteer. Thanks, and have a great day!

Wells Branch Library Volunteer makes a display about Louisa May Alcott!

A cup of tea please?

Brielle Perras began volunteering at the library a little over a month ago. She assists librarians with our regular Saturday story times. Last week during spring break, she volunteered to help with a special project. Brielle created a display called "Tea with Louisa May Alcott."  The display highlights library materials, interesting facts, tea pots, and it promotes our upcoming tea party on Sunday, March 28.  She shares the following comments:

"I enjoyed working on my very first project at the library. Not only did I have fun putting it together, I also enjoyed learning so much about Louisa May Alcott. I believe young women around the country should take the time to learn about this wonderful woman and look at all of the accomplishments she made."

Visit the library to check out this colorful, interactive display! 

Wells Branch Library Volunteers, save these dates!

Wells Branch Library Volunteers, save these dates!

• Thursday, April 29, All day - Inventory! - The library will be closed, and we will inventory the children's section.  Volunteers are welcome to help scan library materials and clean. 
• Thursday, April 29, 5:00 pm - Staff Meeting - All active volunteers may attend. Come, meet staff, learn what's new, and share your ideas!
• Thursday, May 6, 6:00 pm - Volunteer Appreciation Event - Thank you for completing the online survey and sharing your preferences. May 6 was the most popular day. More information to come!