Día de los Muertos is a festive occasion set aside to honor the lives of departed loved ones. The Tualatin Public Library is holding a family event to celebrate Dia de los Muertos with crafts, games, and food in the Community Room on Saturday, October 31st, 2 pm to 4 pm. The Friends are supporting this program with a $400 donation.
The Friends of the Tualatin Library will celebrate National Friends of the Library Week on Saturday, October 24th with a fun Chocolate Friendzy event. To learn more, please go to our Evite invitation.
This event will be held in the Library Community Room on Saturday, October 24, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm. All are welcome.
The Tualatin City Council passed a proclamation at its October 12th meeting declaring the week of 10/18 to 10/24 to be National Friends of the Library Week in the City of Tualatin.
The Council’s proclamation recognizes that our organization has provided more than $125,000 to the library in the past ten years and that our members have served thousands of volunteer hours in the library. It states that the “Friends’ gift of their time and commitment to the Library sets an example for all in how volunteerism leads to positive civic engagement and the betterment of our community.”
We invite you to read the full text of the proclamation.
At our September meeting, the Friends voted to fund the library’s annual $1000 movie license expense. This allows the library to show movies in the library throughout the year in compliance with copyright laws.
This donation supports popular programs like Teen Friday Night Movies where the library opens after regular hours for movies in the teen room. Additional information about Teen Friday Night Movies can be found on the library website.
The Friends contributed $2000 to fund the Tualatin Library’s Oregon Battle of the Books program. OBOB is a statewide voluntary reading motivation and comprehension initiative for students in 3rd-12th grades. Our contribution will pay for books for fifteen 3rd-5th grade students. Each student will receive two books per month from September through February.
With OBOB, students are exposed to quality literature representing a variety of literary styles and viewpoints. The mission is to encourage and recognize students who enjoy reading, broaden reading interests, increase reading comprehension, promote academic excellence, and encourage cooperative learning and teamwork among students.