Library News
Kia ora everyone, we had a great bag making morning and thanks to Glenis Cole who tutored us. Thanks also to everyone who donated material to make the bags – we are selling them for $4 to raise money to furnish the children’s area in the new library. Any more donations of material or time to run them up are gratefully received.
A big thank you to Jo Cutforth and Clive Paton who have both made large donations to the fund. While I am harping on about raising money, I have finally got around to setting up the Friends of Martinborough Library group. It will be a charitable trust and I am looking for some trustees as well as members to actively raise money towards the children’s library.
Please let me know if you are even remotely interested and then I can do some arm twisting!. We need to raise this money – I do not want to be opening up on day one to a load of cardboard boxes to hold the books!!
Other news, Janet has set up Waiata in Martinborough, a cool way to learn Maori by singing. It started in the library but I believe, because of space constraints, will be moving to the Marae. If you are interested in joining please ask us.
Our Big Book Sale was finally held on the 25th of February and I managed to bring in from my shed the 37 boxes of sale books I had been storing there (hubby is very pleased as he can now put his car away). The library is also not quite so busting at the seams now as well.
As you may have noticed Carolyn and Emma have joined us as casual staff so if you see their lovely, smiley faces you will know who they are. Richmel is now doing Book Babies on a Tuesday morning as Janet has moved to working in the afternoons instead.
Adrienne is now working at the Council and we do miss her but she still pops in every now and again. It’s a quiet time for books at the moment but do still come in and see us. We are, of course, relatively busy and loud between 3 and 5pm as we are a hub for the schoolchildren but if you want peace and quiet do come earlier in the day.
Shirley Nightingale
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