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SummerREAD 2024
Sign up for SummerREAD for an amazing summer of reading, games, activities, fantastic programs, great prizes, and more! Find out more about SummerREAD below.

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Eat Well/Live Well: It Tastes Like Chicken

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Jennifer Little, OSU Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Educator presents monthly Eat Well/Live Well programming. Her upcoming series of programs will feature globally inspired home cooking topics.
Learn why chicken is a heathy protein option, and observe healthier cooking and seasoning techniques for this popular poultry across a variety of cultures.

The Meet Cute Book Discussion

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This months book is The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley. Copies are available at the Reference Desk. E-book and audiobook copies available on Libby. Our Romance Book Discussion is bimonthly.

Teen Take & Make: Paint Chip Poetry

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Do you like using your creativity and imagination? Do you appreciate language and poetry? Pick up one of our Teen Take & Make: Paint Chip Poetry kits and celebrate National Poetry Month! Kits include instructions and paint chip card samples for you to create your own poetry. You will just need something to write with. Kits will be available to pick up at the Main Library in the Teen Department, as well as the Arlington Branch and Bookmobile starting Monday, April 3rd. While supplies last.

Staff Use

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YAB Meeting

Spring Break Crafty Kit for Kids

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Celebrate the start of spring break by stopping in for a free Crafty Kit for Kids filled with craft materials to make an accordion butterfly, yellow duckling, and a puddle stomper craft, along with song and book recommendations. Crafty Kits are available beginning April 3rd, while supplies last. Kits are available at Findlay-Hancock County Public Library, the Bookmobile, and at the Arlington Branch Library.

Vita Tax Assistance Program

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The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is offering free tax preparation services for individuals who live in Hancock County and whose household income is $60,000 or less annually. You must call 567-250-1955 to schedule an appointment, as appointments are required. They will begin accepting phone calls for appointments starting January 17.

Storytime

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Join us for Storytime at the library. We will sing, rhyme, read, and craft together. Your child will have so much fun they might not even realize they are learning important skills for future reading! This program is for children and their caregivers

Non-Library Event

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Toledo Lucas County Library Broadband Ohio Listening sessions

<b>CommunityREAD</b>

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The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley has been chosen as the featured title for the Findlay-Hancock County Public Librarys 2023 CommunityREAD. Copies of the book are now available at the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library. Join us for the feature presentation by the author at the Marathon Center for the Performing Arts and have the opportunity to meet her and have your book signed.

Become a Volunteen!

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Are you looking for something to do this summer? Need a way to get some volunteer hours? Enjoy helping people and hanging out in the library? Check out our Volunteen program! Volunteens help out weekly with our SummerREAD program. To learn more about becoming a Volunteen, stop by the Main Library at the Childrens desk, our Arlington branch, or the Bookmobile to pick up an application! Application are accepted April 1st-30th. Volunteens is open to students age 10-18.