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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />GREAT RIVER REGIONAL LIBRARY - ONE LIBRARY 32 LOCATIONS <br />Library Services Coordinator Report-Board Meeting-1-23-18 <br /> <br />Winter has arrived, and with it, our Winter Reading Program has begun. In the two days since the program started <br />we have about 30 adults and teens signed up. We have some great prizes for our patrons, including grand prizes of a <br />$25 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card, and a Kindle Fire HD8, donated by our Friends of the Library Group. <br /> <br />We have started our new open hours, and the response has been positive. The most common feedback we have <br />received from patrons is that they appreciate that we will be open every day at the same time. On Tuesday and <br />Thursday of this week, the first week of the changed hours, we saw an average of 25-30 patrons between the hours of <br />10 am and 12 noon. <br /> <br />Our highlights from October through December 2017 include: <br /> <br />Our Family Story time with the Elk River Police and Fire Dept. was a huge success with about 40 children and parents <br />in attendance. Special thanks to Officer Sandberg and Firefighter Kreuser. We look forward to doing it again next <br />year! We also enjoyed good participation in our Lego hour (14), and in our two “Hour of Code” sessions (23) in early <br />December. As a result of the feedback from children and parents attending those events, we will continue to be <br />offering similar programs, as well as a STEM class presented by Sherburne County 4-H, for the school age crowd this <br />winter and spring. <br /> <br />We had a wide variety of adult programs in Oct.-Dec., including an author visit from Joe Kimball, with 22 patrons in <br />attendance, a Military History Mysteries event, presented by the Minnesota Military Museum staff, two Crafternoon <br />events, a Holiday ornament/Holiday Harpist evening with 26 patrons in attendance, a Family Holiday movie Saturday, <br />and our “Making Sensory Bags” event in November, where we had 16 community members including residents from <br />Guardian Angels by the Lake-Elk River. Extra sensory bags were donated to Guardian Angels and to the <br />Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support Group at Elk River Senior Center. We will be offering a similar event in April to reach <br />out this population again. There will be more author visits, this time from Julie Kramer and Chad Lewis, both MN <br />authors, more Crafternoons including a painting class, a concert by Steve Sklar & Johanna Morrow, a brain games day <br />for adults, and a visit from Mark Moran, author & appraiser, on the calendar in the coming months. <br /> <br />In addition, we will be reaching out to the teen population by starting a Teen Book Club in January. We hope the lure <br />of pizza and a good book will bring in teens! We also have some outreach projects in the works with local schools, <br />particularly the Ivan Sands Alternative High School. In October, as a result of a ge nerous donation from an <br />anonymous donor, we were able to give about 11-12 boxes of young adult books to Ivan Sands for the beginnings of <br />their own library, as well as for use in their English classrooms. Coming up in March, we will be having a College <br />Planning/Financial Aid information night for parents and teens. <br /> <br />We are staying busy, and warm, at the Library! <br /> <br />5.7