Kershaw County Library February Events

WEEKLY EVENTS

Wednesdays | 10:30 AM – 11 AM | Camden Get Set to Read Storytime: Join us for stories, songs and fun. For ages 3-5.

Wednesdays | 11:15 AM – 12 PM | Camden

Baby Storytime: A fun time of stories, songs and movement for the very young. For ages 0-2.

Thursdays | 10:30 AM – 11 AM | Elgin

Get Set to Read Storytime: Join us for stories, songs and fun. For ages 3-5.

Thursdays | 11:15 AM – 12 PM | Elgin

Baby Storytime: A fun time of stories, songs and movement for the very young. For ages 0-2.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Thursday, February 2 | 4 PM | Camden

Chess Club: Come on in for a chess club for all! Teaching of beginners and play for all levels will be available. Ages 7 to adult.

Friday, February 3 | 10 AM | Camden Homeschoolers’ Club: Lace up a heart for someone you love! All materials supplied. For ages 5-8. Please register by emailing laurend@kershawcountylibrary. org

Friday, February 3 | 11:15 AM | Camden Homeschooler’s Club+: We’ll work as a team to create a paper quilt poster for Black History Month to display in the library. For ages 9-12. Please register by email: laurend@kershawcountylibrary.org

Tuesday, February 7 | 10:30 AM | Elgin Duplo Fun Time - Elgin! Little hands can make big fun with our larger Duplo Legos. Let their imaginations loose! For ages 18 mos. – 5 years.

Wednesday, February 8 | 4 PM | Elgin Elgin Legomania: Come show us how creative you can be with Legos! For kids of all ages.

Thursday, February 9 | 4 PM | Camden Lego Club: Let’s have fun with Legos! All ages are welcome for free play inside.

Thursday, February 9 | 5:30 PM | via Zoom

Protect Your Piggy Bank: Tom Kilkenny from Weiss Financial Ratings will host a webinar to show the functionality of the new Weiss Financial Ratings Database and teach us how to create an account, set up a watch list for your bank, insurance company, stocks and mutual funds, how to create research tools (screeners), and run a Medigap report. Sign up by emailing cristib@kershawcountylibrary.org

Thursday, February 9 | 5:30 PM | Camden Can You Feel the Love DIY: Join us in making a heartfelt decoration for yourself or someone special! Limited seating for ages 18 and older.

Friday, February 10 | 10:30 AM | Camden

Little Explorers’ Club: February Hearts: Join Ms. Lauren for a heart story and a painting craft. Dress accordingly! Ages 2-5. Please register via email: laurend@kershawcountylibrary.org

Friday, February 10 | 4 PM | West Wateree Veteran’s Park 550 US-1 in Lugoff

Snowy Day StoryWalk®: Join KCL for fun at the Veteran’s Park with the new StoryWalk® book The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. The bookmobile will be giving away copies of the book (while supplies last) and doing easy snowflake crafts. Take a walk and enjoy fun outdoors with us!

Tuesday, February 14 | 2 PM | Camden

Master Gardener: Your Vegetable Garden: Jackie Jordan, Master Gardener Coordinator for Fairfield, Kershaw and Richland Cooperative Extension Offices, will be here to talk about planting your vegetable garden. We love our veggies!

Tuesday, February 14 | 5:30 PM | Camden

Small Business Workshop: Microloans: Join SBDC Business Consultant Jim Johnson for this free 90 minute training event and learn about the rural microloans program for your small business. Learn how to obtain microloan funding, resources for rural funding, including loans and grants, and financial management best practices. Registration recommended (but not required). Contact Main Street Manager Kat Spadacenta at 803-549-5648 or kspadacenta@camdensc.org

Thursday, February 16 | 4 PM – | Camden Chess Club: Come on in for a chess club for all! Teaching of beginners and play for all levels will be available. Ages 7 to adult.

Tuesday, February 21 | 5 PM | Elgin Law Talk: Estate Planning: Local Attorney, Jessica LeGrand Benson will be conducting a legal clinic on estate planning. The Law Talk will consist of a 30–40-minute lecture presentation, followed by an open question and answer session. Registration required. Contact the Elgin branch at 803-438-7881 to sign up. Law talks are designed to provide general legal information, not to provide guidance on your specific situation. The free clinics are sponsored by the South Carolina Bar Public Services Division.

Thursday, February 23 | 4 PM | Camden Lego Club: Let’s have fun with Legos! All ages are welcome for free play inside.

Thursday, February 23 | 6 PM | Camden Camden Book Club: We will be discussing The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williamson. New members are always welcome. You can pick up a copy of the book at the Camden branch.

Sunday, February 26 | 1 -5 PM | Camden Human Library® at KCL: We’ve all heard the old adage that you can’t judge a book by its cover. The Human Library® is an opportunity for readers to experience a "human book" from our community and hear a story or have a conversation about their unique experiences in overcoming challenges and stereotypes. The event’s “books” will be our own friends and neighbors with diverse backgrounds and experiences, available to be “checked out” for conversations with “readers” to foster empathy and invite a greater understanding of the many human stories to be found and shared.

Monday, February 27 | 5 PM | Elgin Elgin Book Club *new*: Join us in Elgin for our new book club! We’ll be reading Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Pick up your copy at the Elgin front desk!

Monday, February 27 | 5:30 - 8:30 PM | Camden Human Library® at KCL: We’ve all heard the old adage that you can’t judge a book by its cover. The Human Library® is an opportunity for readers to experience a "human book" from our community and hear a story or have a conversation about their unique experiences in overcoming challenges and stereotypes. The event’s “books” will be our own friends and neighbors with diverse backgrounds and experiences, available to be “checked out” for conversations with “readers” to foster empathy and invite a greater understanding of the many human stories to be found and shared.

Tuesday, February 28 | 6 PM | Camden Small Business Workshop: Increase Sales with Google Tools: Explore new Google tools that allow local brick-and-mortar businesses to list their products for free on Google. Learn how to highlight products on a Google Business Profile, use Pointy to promote in-store inventory with your point of sale system, use Google Merchant Center to showcase in-store and online product inventory, and more. This Grow with Google workshop is presented by Main Street Manager and Google Partner Kat Spadacenta.

**The library will be closed Monday, February 20 in observation of Presidents’ Day.