Gilmanton Corner Library News:
June is “Dig Into
Gardening” at the Corner Library
June is the
month we have all been waiting for! Garden time! Vegetable, flower, water,
herb, or shade gardening, pruning or landscaping the Corner library has the
book for you. For young gardeners, books and “My Garden Journal” pages to
start your own recordings of each day’s garden statistics for the whole
summer.
The quilt
raffle is in full swing. Please drop by the library to pick up your tickets:
$1.00 each or 6 for $5.00 and a chance to win a beautiful quilt. Drawing
will be Columbus Day weekend at our annual book/bake/flea market sale.
Proceeds are for new books.
The library has just renewed free museum
passes to the Currier Museum, SEE Science Museum (kids) and New Hampshire
Historical Museum. Plan a trip this summer to all of these museums.
New audio
books: The Blue Hour by T. Jefferson Parker, The Killing Edge by Heather
Graham, A Rogue of My Own by Johanna Lindsey, Without Mercy by Lisa Jackson,
Broken by Karin Slaughter, for young readers: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead
Man’s Chest.
Summer
Hours: Monday and Thursday 2 - 8, Tuesday and Friday 2 - 4, Wednesday 2 - 6.
For more information call 267-6200.
Gilmanton Women’s Club News
The June
meeting of the Gilmanton Women’s Club will be held on June 7th at the
Shellcamp Clubhouse at 1:30 pm. We will be discussing our Fourth of
July sale. Because the July sale is one of our major fund-raisers, it
is important that all members attend this meeting. Remember to bring 3
items to help fill the food raffle basket.
If you wish
to donate an item to the Gilmanton Food Pantry, please bring it with you
too. Helping the community is what we do.
Gilmanton Iron Works Library Opens For The 2011 Season
The
Gilmanton Iron Works Library will open for the 2011 season on Saturday, May
28th, welcoming the public Tuesdays and Saturdays from 9:30 to noon. In
addition, the Library will also participate in the town-wide Flea Market
held on the 28th at the Gilmanton Safety Building on Route 140. Visitors to
both locations will have the chance to support the Library’s fund-raising
efforts. Raffle tickets will be for sale for a Barnes & Noble color
Nook electronic reader as well as a $50 gift certificate to Amazon.com.
“The choice of prizes was easy for us,” explains Susannah Chance, president
of the Gilmanton Iron Works Library Association. “Our mission is to
encourage reading in our community and these two prizes will provide two
easy, portable, and affordable options. We like the idea of someone curling
up next fall with a new color Nook, enjoying a good story, or a parent
downloading a book for a child who joined us at Story Hour.” The prizes will
be awarded when the winners are drawn on Labor Day.
Tickets
cost $5 and will be on sale throughout the summer at the Library as well as
at other community events, such as the Fourth of July and Old Home Day
celebrations. The Library will also be holding Book and Bake Sales on
June 18th and July 16th. Special books will be offered for sale, as
well as a wide range of baked goods, sweets, and other treats.
Built in
1916, the Gilmanton Iron Works Library is listed on the National Register of
Historic Places. A small group of volunteers maintains the building
and the library’s extensive collection of books and DVDs. For more
information, visit the Library at 10 Elm Street in the Iron Works, or
on-line at the library’s Facebook page.
Attention Gilmanton Residents
Break The Cycle With
Mandatory Recycling
A year ago,
the Recycling Committee was given the task to review the town’s current
recycling program, to examine other recycling options that are available, to
help educate the residents on the benefits of recycling and to make
recommendations to the Board of Selectman on the best options for the future
of recycling in Gilmanton. The committee has heard from various
experts in the field, checked out other facilities, researched several town
programs and taken a town survey. After careful consideration, the
committee came to a unanimous decision.
On Monday,
May 23, 2011 the Recycling Committee met with the Board of Selectman and
recommended that the town adopt a Mandatory Recycling Program. The
committee suggested a start date of August 1, 2011 to allow time for
residents to understand and prepare for the new program. It is now up
to the Board of Selectmen to review and make a decision on this proposal.
New Children’s Books For The Gilmanton Year Round Library
The Libri Foundation’s Books For Children program awarded
the Gilmanton Year Round Library with 84 new children’s books totaling
$1,420.39! The library celebrated with a “Spring Has Sprung” Story
Time where all of the books were displayed. Many of the books went
home that day with children, but they will be back and there are still more
to see. Come on in to the library today to check them out.
Along with
picture books, chapter books and non-fiction, we received an additional $350
worth of math and science books through the same foundation thanks to a
generous donation from Hal Berenson and Laura Ackerman.
This grant
was a matching grant and in order to be eligible for the funds, $350 had to
be raised by the GYRL Association through fundraising.
GCC Food Pantry And Thrift Shop News
To
celebrate Memorial Day, the GCC Food Pantry and Thrift Shop is gearing up
for another SALE. The sale begins on Monday, May 30th and runs through
Saturday, June 11th. All RED and BLUE barbed items will be 50% OFF.
In addition, all BLUE DENIM items will be 50% off. Items such as
pants, shirts, skirts, jackets or accessories made of blue denim are
included in the 50% sale.
Also, all
CHILDREN’S clothing and accessories from size 0 months thru size 18 will be
included in the 50% OFF sale. We have a wonderful selection of infant
and children’s clothing and many denim items in our shop. As always,
name brand items are not priced higher in our thrift shop. Remember
that our shop is staffed by wonderful volunteers from our church and our
community. All of the proceeds from the Thrift Shop sales go to
support the Food Pantry and its many programs.
If you
would like to make a donation to the Thrift Shop or Food Pantry we ask that
you drop off your donations during our regular business hours. We
accept clothing and wearable accessories only in the Thrift Shop and we ask
that your items be clean and in good, wearable condition. We accept
non-perishable food items for our pantry during business hours also.
If you wish to make a monetary donation you can mail it to GCC Food Pantry
and Thrift Shop, PO Box 6, Gilmanton IW, NH 03837.
We are located on Route 140 in Gilmanton Iron Works, across from the
Iron Works Market. We are open on Monday 9am – 1pm, Wednesday 3pm –
7pm, and Saturday 10am – 2pm. Parking is located in the Gilmanton
Community Church parking lot next door.
We look
forward to seeing you in the Thrift Shop soon!
