Library News

Our Adult Clubs will return to the Library this month – Hooray! Knitting, cross-stitching, art, and book discussions, including a brand new Book Group called the Northwest Book Club, formerly the Elizabethtown Book Club, who lost their meeting space and has reassembled in-person at our Library!

In December, Northwest Bank’s Carl Hackman presented the Library with a check for $1000. Northwest was a matching donor for the Extra Give. We are grateful for their continuing support!

We are so happy to be hosting a 3rd Annual Youth Art Walk at the Library on Saturday, January 23. Drop by the Library between 10am and 3pm to enjoy the talented student artists of Donegal’s High and Junior High schools. Since the school buildings have been closed to public events for the last 10…

We are collecting new hats, gloves, mittens, scarves, socks, and underwear for kids from baby to teen. Items are being accepted until December 19 and will be delivered to Rainbows End Youth Services and the Donegal School District Homeless Teens program. Thank you for helping our youth in need this winter season.

A Greeting from our Director Today, I am thinking about leaves on a tree – so beautiful at this time of year. Each one is unique in its own way and serves a purpose that is important to the tree’s operating system. Each leaf works to feed the tree. Leaves clean and cool the air, provide…

We love our veterans! Honor your favorite veteran by posting her or his information in the Library. Come in and complete an “honor card” or complete the form online now though November 9. We will hang your card in the Library and will have the veterans’ names scroll on a large monitor in the Library November 9 –…

Families are invited to visit Santa at the Library on Saturday, November 28 between 12-2pm. Santa will be greeting children outside in a special canopy by the Library’s front door. Masks and social distancing are required. The event is sponsored by the Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce.

We have opened a new virtual store at the Library called Reading Treasures. It is our mission to preserve the beauty and stories of vintage books by connecting them with someone who will appreciate them. We have a Facebook page set up specifically to sell old books that are donated to us by our generous…