A donation from afar

When we receive cash donations, they’re usually from people or businesses nearby — from Tualatin or a neighboring community. So, we were surprised recently to receive a $100 check in the mail from a couple from Connecticut. Along with the check they sent a letter explaining: “Even though we have never been to your library, we are happy to join as a member. You are doing such important, patriotic work. America needs an educated populace, and it is too easy to be fed things other than the truth.”

The donation is part of their Turn to the Wonderful project which emphasizes the importance of giving locally. They have sent $100 checks to local libraries, NPR stations, United Way organizations, science museums, URJ congregations, and ACLU organizations throughout the country. You can learn more about the TTTW project on their website: https://www.turntothewonderful.com/

We are most grateful and will put the donation to good use at the Tualatin Public Library.

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Celtic harps performance @ the library: April 24, 2022

Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter will perform their Celtic Harps, Rare Instruments & Wondrous Stories program at the Tualatin Library on Sunday, April 24th at 1:00 pm. Their instruments include Celtic harps, the Swedish nyckelharpa, Ukrainian bandura, cittern, and more. The program offers traditional instrumental music from Sweden and Ireland as well as original compositions.

A Friends of Tualatin Library donation supports this performance as part of the library’s Sunday Music Series. We hope you will attend!

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Bags of books for Little Free Libraries

The Friends of the Tualatin Library have extra inventory of books and would like to support Little Free Libraries in our community.

We are offering up to two bags of books at no charge to host/owners of Little Free Libraries in Tualatin and Durham to stock their libraries.

The material is primarily fiction and a mix of adult and kids books.

The bags can be picked up at the Tualatin Library by appointment only during lobby hours (11 am-5 pm) beginning the week of March 22. Please call the library at 503-691-3074 to schedule a pick up.

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