June- August 2020 Newsletter

JUNE•JULY•AUG

Your Library in Phase YOUR STUFF The library is waiting for a study on the effects of COVID before accepting returns.

SUMMER LIBRARY

BINGO

Play the Bingo game(s) in this newsletter to earn your way to a prize. If you need more sheets call us or go to our website to print more.

Summer Library Bingo Begins on June 15, Ends on August 31

TO E-NEWS Information is

CHANGING CONSTANTLY:

subscribe to our weekly emailed news or check our website for the latest updates.

R E M O T E LIBRARY CARD

SIGN-UP Call or chat with us to get a library card!

CURBSIDE

PICK-UP

BEGINS JUNE 15 Place your holds by calling, chatting or using the online catalog. Fremont cardholders only.

VIRTUAL PROGRAMS

STORY TIMES, BOOK DISCUSSIONS, LECTURES, COOKING

DEMOS, AND MORE!

KEEP READING TO LEARN MORE.

ADULTS

Please check the eNews on fremontlibrary.org or the Events Calendar for more details.

CURBSIDE PICKUP

• Open to Fremont cardholders only.

• You must place the hold through the online catalog, chat with us, or call us at 847-566-8702 and then wait to receive official notification before using Curbside Pick-up.

• We only have access to Fremont-owned materials. If you are trying to obtain materials we don’t own, please contact us.

• If you have holds you no longer need or you cannot leave your home, please cancel or pause your holds.

• To be added to our Homebound Delivery program, please call 847-566-8702.

• Visit our website’s Read, Watch & Listen page for easy lists to see what’s on order or currently available on our shelves.

Don’t have a current library card? Call or chat with us! We can sign you up remotely and will confirm your information in person once we resume full operations.

We anticipate accepting returned items in late June after a study that is being conducted gives us the proper guidelines for quarantining materials. Once we are ready, we will post notice on our website and in the weekly eNews.

This is just a sampling of all we have going on! Subscribe to the weekly eNews for a full schedule.

Join us online this summer for an exciting selection of lectures, concerts, cooking demonstrations, games, arts and crafts, and more.

• BOOK DISCUSSIONS •

Join us online for a book discussion. The titles are available with your library card on Hoopla or Overdrive/ Libby as an ebook or eaudiobook. The title is posted on our Events Calendar and eNews each month.

Registration required.

Great Books

Last Saturday 10am

Senior Spinecrackers Connections Book Club 2nd Friday 10:30am

2nd Tuesday 7:30pm

Book Club Service on Hiatus Book Club Service will be on hiatus until the library fully re-opens and all InterLibrary Loan services are fully available.

Any holds placed on materials cannot be guaranteed to be filled in time for a book discussion. We will resume this popular service as soon as it is feasible.

Guided Meditation & Chair Yoga We are happy we can continue to offer all of the entertaining and educational programs we have always offered, only online and in the comfort of your own home. If you have never attended an online event, we are here to help. All you need is internet access; a computer, tablet or smart phone; and an email address to use when you register. Attending is as simple as clicking a link, but please contact us if you need assistance!

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Thursdays, 11:30am

What We're Listening/Reading/ Watching Now Series

Join us for a lively discussion of what we are listening to, reading or watching these days. You can tell us your favorites or you can just listen to what other patrons are into. Registration required.

To register call 847-566-8702 or go online to fremontlibrary.org and click “Events Calendar”

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Teen Library Photo Challenge Jun 29 - July 5

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Book of the Month

Take a creative photo with your library card or book Chibi Harry Potter Drawing Online Program with Christine Thornton Friday, June 19, 4:00pm

Grades 3-12. Register. Learn how to draw Harry Potter and Hermione in the adorable chibi style. Christine Thornton will walk you through the steps using simple drawing supplies you have at home.

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Books available on Hoopla and Overdrive.

Teens' Personal Reading Challenge https://fremontlibrary.org/teens

Want to see more Youth and Teen activities? Please check the weekly eNews for a complete list of our upcoming programs.

Storytime Live

Monday - Saturday at 10:00am

Youth

Family Book Club

Monday June 29, 5:30pm

Join us on Facebook Live with one of our librarians for rhymes, stories, and songs!

No storytimes the last week of each month.

Aru Shah and the End of Time, available via Hoopla.

Grades 3 and up. Register. July and August Family Book Club books will be announced soon - one free paperback copy will be given to each registered family via Curbside Pickup!

Chibi Harry Potter Drawing Online Program with Christine Thornton Friday, June 19, 4:00pm

Grades 3-12. Register. Learn how to draw Harry Potter and Hermione in the adorable chibi style.

Christine Thornton will walk you through the steps using simple drawing supplies you have at home.

Maker Challenge: Nature Art

Grades K-5. Sticks, leaves, flower petals and more-- use things you find outside to create art!

Contest runs June 15 - 28.

The winner will be announced the following week.

For a complete list of our upcoming programs, please check the weekly eNews.

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ADULTS

Begins on June 15, ends on Aug. 31

Listen to an audiobook or podcast

Make a craft (try Creativebug!)

Fill out your Census Form

Check out a library book or e-book

Shop at a local business

Watch a movie or documentary (try Kanopy!)

• Complete your Bingo card at your own pace.

Attend a virtual program

Read Poetry

Use a recipe from a cookbook

Go for a walk

Send a letter or card in the mail

Watch a movie based on a book

Free Space

Use a bookmark that you made yourself

Read while you drink coffee or tea

Go bird watching or stargazing

Attend a virtual program

Write a story or poem

Tell someone about one good thing

Use Bookmatch from FPL to get a custom recommendation

Read a book from your favorite genre

Play a board or card game

Sing along with some music

Give some flowers to a neighbor or friend

Play a game on your tablet, computer or phone

Summer Library

Bingo

Adults: When you’ve finished an activity, cross it off.

When you get 5 in a row, that’s a BINGO! Get 4 BINGOs and earn a single entry in our Grand Prize Drawing, or keep going and complete a BLACKOUT (do all 25 activities) to earn an additional entry in the drawing! In our Grand Prize Drawing, we’re giving away 9 prizes: gift baskets with brand-new books, $50 gift cards to local restaurants and bookstores, and a Kindle Fire 7 tablet.

Winners will be selected and notified in early September.

Questions about the activities? We’re here to help! Chat with us online, call 847-566-8702, or email ref@fremontlibrary.org.

When you’re ready to claim your prize, go to https://bit.ly/fpld2020slcadult or contact the Library for assistance.

TEEN SUMMER LIBRARY BINGO Grades 6-12 June 15 to Aug. 31

SEND A LETTER VIA SNAIL MAIL

Write a three word book review & tag @FPLD_Teens

WATCH YOUR FRIEND’S FAVORITE MOVIE

Participate in a virtual program or contest

Make a craft from Creativebug

Check out a library book

Shop at a local business

Fill out your Census Form

Read outside

Draw with chalk outside

Free Space

Make a book spine poem & tag @ FPLD_Teens

LISTEN TO AN AUDIOBOOK

Write a poem or short story

Cook something something recommended with your by a friend/ family family member

“Visit” a new place virtually

Use Bookmatch from FPL to get a custom recommendation

Read 5 poems

Play a card or board game

Follow the FPLD_Teens Instagram acct

Read

Read a genre you wouldn’t normally read

Watch a movie based on a book

Read an Listen to music from ebook from Libby/ Hoopla or Overdrive Freegal

Teens in grades 6-12: When you’ve finished an activity, cross it off: get 5 in a row and make a BINGO. Finish 4 BINGOs and earn a free book - or keep going and complete a BLACKOUT (do all 25 activities) to earn an additional Surprise Prize!

When you’re ready to claim your prize, fill out the online form https://bit.ly/fpld2020slcteen or contact the Library for assistance.

Questions about the activities? We’re here to help! Chat with us online, call 847-566-8702, or email cref@fremontlibrary.org.

Check out a library book

Attend a virtual program

Check out a library DVD or CD

Read out loud

Read outside

Make a craft from Creativebug

Video chat with a family member & ask them about their favorite book

Build a fort

Make a chalk drawing outside

Have a tea party

Draw a picture of your library card

Cook something with your family

Free space

Attend a virtual program

Play a board game with your family

Read your friend’s favorite book

Play hopscotch

Visit an author’s website

Write a story

Send a letter to someone you care about

Read a book set outside the United States

Listen to an audiobook

Use Bookmatch from FPL

Write a poem

Fill out your Census Form

to get a custom

recommendation

Begins on June 15, Ends on Aug. 31 • Complete your Bingo card at your own pace.

Kids age 3 years - 5th grade:

Complete the activities in the Bingo Card.

When you get 5 in a row, that’s a BINGO!

Get 4 BINGOs and earn a free book - or keep going and complete a BLACKOUT (do all 25 activities) to earn an additional Surprise Prize!

Questions about the activities?

We’re here to help! Chat with us online, call 847-566-8702, or email cref@fremontlibrary.org.

When you’re ready to claim your prize, go to When you’re ready to claim your prize, fill out the online form or contact the Library for assistance. https://bit.ly/fpld2020slcyouth or contact the Library for assistance.

Tune into Storytime Live

Begins on June 15, Ends on August 31

B a by S u m m e r birth to age 2

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Complete all 10 activities to earn a free book.

Complete the BONUS to earn a Surprise Prize.

Bonus Challenge: Video chat with a

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Draw a picture & mail it to someone you love

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Fill out your Census Form babies count too!

book Read a book on Tumblebooks

Questions about the Activities? We’re here to help! Chat with us online, call 847-566-8702, or email cref@fremontlibrary.org.

Complete your Bingo card at your own pace. Print out a Bingo card & instructions from our website, or use the one printed in your newsletter! If you need to, call or email the library to request additional bingo cards be mailed to you or included in your hold bag for contactless pickup.

When you’re ready to claim your prize, go to

https://bit.ly/fpld2020slcbaby

or contact the Library for assistance.

FREMONT

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Call us at 847-566-8702

***ECRWSS*** RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER

Monday to Thursday 10am – 8pm Friday & Saturday 10am – 4pm Sunday 1 – 5pm Hours may return to normal when the next phase of services happens. Please check the library website for the latest information.

We are not accepting book donations at this time.

Thanks to everyone who donated books, movies and music to the Friends & Foundation of Fremont Public Library this past year. While the Friends book sales are halted until the library reopens, you may still make a donation online by clicking “Donate” at the bottom of the front page of the library’s website: fremontlibrary.org.

Thanks to book sales and donations, the Friends & Foundation gave $32,000 to the library in the 2019-20 fiscal year to help fund the Summer Library Club, conferences and education for staff, and more.

We thank the following for their monetary gifts in 2019...

Joe & Barbara Checkon

Leroy & Patricia Nufer

Dr. V. Chowdary & Aruna Jampala

Mery Papp

Jeffrey Covert Michael & Elisa Decker John & Kristina Epstein Barbara Fairsnider

LaRayne & Fred Scharm Lyle & Ann Marie Staab John Sutter Patsy & Dianne Sweeney

Ken & Freddie Flaks

Nicholas & Barbara Tonkery

Luisa Ginnetti

Tom & Lynn Tuhy

Jane Graber

Rosemary Washburn

Joyce Hutter

Joyce Watts

V. Jampala

Frank Weiss

Marge Janikowski

Dana Winter

Colleen & Dan Liberacki

Sidney & Meredith Wotman

Project Leadership Group

Andrew J. Zych

Carol Mallquist James McMullen

In Honor of…

Tom & Paula Mengarelli

Connie & Michael Purcell

Rosemarie Marsh

Bettylou Miller

Margaret Poska

In Memory of…

Andrew Cavallero Jenny Cavallero Joni & Jim Ferguson Terry McBride Barbara Weidner

George C. Knoblock Jr. Judy Knoblock

Kathy Hansen Baxter Engineering Gloria Dougherty Ronald Klimaitis Karl & Paula Koy

Florence Patrick Joseph Patrick

Thalerng Balachandra, MD Tanapun Balachandra Elizabeth Brown & Dorene Boston-Maltese Marge Janikowski Joseph W. Fay Anne Fay

Judith A. Luzadder Andrew Bernard

Lois Powell Amalgamated Bank of Chicago Sam Schevera Nicolas Schevera Frank S. Strle Sharon Suoja Strle

Thank You

The $2,000 donation in Agnes Feely and Vera James & Mary Ellen Andrulis memory of Frank S. Strle funded extra copies of the award books for children Richard Isaachsen and teens, the Book Club Fremont Staff Collection, and Genealogy.

Heidi Keye Carol Mallquist