February is Black History Month.
Teresa Morning, retired Eastern Pulaski Elementary School First Grade Teacher, will be presenting a Black History Month Program on Sat., Feb. 28 @ 11:00 in Kewanna Union Township Public Library. Plan to join us for this special event!
Local historian, Bob Clyde, will continue his discussion bout the teachers @ Kewanna School in Kewanna Union Township Public Library. Back to the Past: “Our Kewanna” will be held on Wednesday, February 25 @ 1:00. Back to the Past is held on the last Wednesday of the month @ 1:00.
Coffee & Tea Time is held @ 12:30 every Wednesday. Plan to attend our Coffee @ Tea Time enjoying time with your neighbors and friends and then stay for Back to the Past “Our Kewanna”.
Our Homeschoolers @ the Library program is all about science!
We will be doing Valentine STEM activities on Wed., February 18 @ 2:30 in Kewanna Union Township Public Library. STEM Education is an approach that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics to learn and have fun.
Kewanna Union Township Public Library has received a $10,000 gift from Carnegie Corporation of New York, the foundation established by Andrew Carnegie. The award is part of Carnegie Libraries 250, a special initiative celebrating the upcoming 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and honoring the roughly 1,280 Carnegie Libraries still serving their communities across the United States.
Scottish immigrant Andrew Carnegie funded the construction of 1,681 free public libraries nationwide between 1886 and 1917. Approximately 750 of them continue to use their original buildings, while others have moved to new locations. Opened in 1914, our library is one of 164 Carnegie Libraries in Indiana built through this historic program.
“This gift honors the history of Carnegie Libraries and the role they have played in communities nationwide for more than a century,” said Charles Rude, Kewanna Union Township Public Library Director.
“Our founder, Andrew Carnegie, who championed the free public library movement of the late 19th century, described libraries as ‘cradles of democracy’ that ‘strengthen the democratic idea, the equality of the citizen, and the royalty of man,’” said Dame Louise Richardson, president of Carnegie and former head of the University of Oxford. “We still believe this and are delighted to celebrate our connection to the libraries he founded.”
Kewanna Union Township Public Library received the gift in January, and we will use the funds in celebration of the 250th anniversary, to further our mission, and to benefit our community. Our library has put the Kewanna Union Township Public Library part of the Carnegie Grant into our Kewanna Union Township Public Library Sustainability Fund at the Fulton County Community Foundation to continue future growth. If you would like to support our library, the ways to donate are listed in the brochure below.
Patrons are invited to share their Kewanna Union Township Public Library photos, stories, and community celebrations at carnegielibraries.org.
Library Lovers Month is celebrated for the entire month of February! That’s right, love is in the air not just because of Valentine’s Day, but also for library lovers all around the world. The month is dedicated to the people who love the buildings, halls, or rooms that house numerous collections of books, books, and books!
There is something satisfying about thousands of books being organized and categorized a certain way for readers to enjoy.
It’s important to know that libraries offer services that aren’t available on the internet, including free assistance in finding obscure information and borrowing a book that may not be available in the admittedly immense catalogue one can find on the internet.
There’s more to a library than just the books! We also have magazines and movies available for checkout. We offer a wide variety of programs for all ages all year long!
When was the last time you spent time in the library? If it’s been a while, there’s no better time to stop in at Kewanna Union Township Public Library than during Library Lovers’ Month. Browse the shelves, check out a book or two, sit down and read, or attend an event. Fall in love all over again!
