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Operating as usual
Check out the new fall seeds at the VBPL's Seed Libraries at the Central, Kempsville, and Princess Anne Libraries. 🥳
Have a gardening question? Stop by the Princess Anne Library tomorrow, Sept. 17 from 1-4pm for the Ask a Master Gardner program. Find details about the program here: https://vbpl.librarymarket.com/ask-master-gardener-19
Start your Monday with a smile! 😁😁😁
Last week Virginia Beach Public Library staff were out and about in the community, sharing library resources and joy!
🚨🚨 Quick reminder: Great Neck Area Library will close for renovations this Saturday, August 27th at 5pm.
From Aug. 29 to Sept. 3, you can pick up holds and return materials at the Great Neck front door. Beginning Sept. 6, holds pickup, material returns, and general library account services will be available at the Great Neck EMS Station.
⚠️Reminder: Great Neck Area Library will close for renovations on Saturday, Aug. 27 at 5 p.m.
Holds pickup, materials return and general library account services will be available:
• at our front door, Aug. 29 to Sept. 3
• next door at Great Neck EMS Station beginning Sept. 6
For more info on the renovations, visit www.VBgov.com/under-renovation
🚨🚨Important Summer Reading Challenge alert!
Make sure to log all summer reading before this Saturday, Aug. 13th to qualify for and collect those great prizes!
Here's an important reminder: Log all Summer Reading Challenge reading before Saturday, Aug. 13!!
VBPL staffer Morgan B. from Oceanfront Area Library and this awesome reader, Hendrix S. are celebrating his completion! Way to go, Hendrix!
www.VBgov.com/SRC
Tomorrow's StoryWalk at Windsor Woods Area Library is "The Day the Crayons Quit!" For times and details, see the original post below.
This program is presented by the Sadler Early Literacy Endowment, which is a special fund that provides programming for kids ages 0-5 that will help them become confident, competent readers. Learn more about the Sadler Early Literacy Endowment here: https://www.vblibraryfoundation.org/sadler-endowment/
Virginia Beach Public Library's Summer Reading Challenge is in full swing! Register your child and log books through August 13th! www.VBgov.com/SRC
The Summer Reading Challenge is in full swing and Thaddeus is cruising through his books and reading minutes! Read his Success Story, and don't forget to log your child's reading, too!
www.VBgov.com/library-stories
✏️Summer Reading Challenge ends Aug. 13.
www.VBgov.com/SRC
😍Thanks to the Virginia Beach Library Foundation and the Friends of the Virginia Beach Public Library for their continued support of this great program!
🎉New Story Walk alert 🎉
Starting today, there's a new Story Walk making the rounds at Virginia Beach Public Library! "The Day the Crayons Quit" will be available at Kempsville Library today from 10am-1pm. Check out more dates and locations for this Story Walk in the original post.
Want to see more literacy enrichment programs like Story Walks at VBPL? Please consider donating in support of library programs here: https://form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io/give/virginia-beach-library-foundation/virginia-beach-library-foundation
👣Make plans for a StoryWalk at Kempsville Area Library on Monday, July 11! "The Day the Crayons Quit" will be available from 10am - 1pm.
A StoryWalk encourages reading and movement along a path of engaging signs from a picture book story. See more dates and locations for StoryWalks: www.VBgov.com/library-StoryWalk
Presented by the Sadler Early Literacy Endowment of the Virginia Beach Library Foundation
We love seeing the smiling faces of Summer Reading Challenge prize winners!
It's a beautiful day for a Story Walk!
Head to the Windsor Woods Area Library today before 4pm (weather permitting) to enjoy the Story Walk "I Promise" by LeBron James.
Funding for this Story Walk came from the Sadler Early Literacy Endowment, a fund dedicated to providing VBPL with resources for programming for youth from birth to age 5 that teaches them the pre-literacy skills they'll need to be come confident, competent readers. Learn more about it here: https://www.vblibraryfoundation.org/sadler-endowment/
Stop by Windsor Woods Area Library today (Wednesday) for a StoryWalk featuring “I Promise” by LeBron James! Engage in fun activities while you read the story and explore outdoors; the StoryWalk will be available until 4pm, weather permitting.
Plus, while supplies last, take home a craft that goes along with the story.
🥰Presented by the Sadler Early Literacy Endowment of the Virginia Beach Library Foundation.
If there's a better way to spend the first day of summer than going to the Kempsville Area Library AND grabbing some fresh produce at the same time...
Nope, that's it. That's the perfect first day of summer 🌞📚🌽🍅
Library Days start tomorrow!!! We will be at Kempsville Area Library on Tuesdays 10-2 and Great Neck Area Library on Wednesdays 10-2! Can’t wait to see everyone again!
What do Diet Coke, Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’ and the Virginia Beach Library Foundation have in common? We’re all turning 40 this year!
The Virginia Beach Public Library Endowment Foundation was officially incorporated on June 16, 1982. Our name may have changed, but the mission has always remained the same: to raise private, supplemental funding in support of Virginia Beach Public Library so that it has the resources it needs to be the best library system in Hampton Roads! Thanks to the generosity of our library-loving community, we’ve been able to provide VBPL with funding for much-needed technology, literacy programs, and even outreach vehicles!
In honor of our 40th anniversary, please consider making a donation of $40 or more. Your gift will support special programs and resources for VBPL. https://form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io/give/virginia-beach-library-foundation/vblf-40th-anniversary
Thanks to the generosity of friends and family, former VBPL staff member Brenda Beverly's love of reading will live on through a special literacy program for youth and families in the Friendship Village Housing Community. Check out Virginia Beach Public Library's feature story about the project below.
If you would like to make a gift in memory of Brenda, please click here:
https://form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io/give/virginia-beach-library-foundation/brenda-beverly-memorial-fund
You may remember Brenda Beverly, a VBPL staff member at Pungo-Blackwater Library. She loved reading, especially to children, and her family and friends want to make sure that legacy continues. Read about this special visit during spring break that honored Brenda:
https://www.vbgov.com/government/departments/libraries/about-us/news/Pages/Friendship-Village.aspx
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🚨 New StoryWalk alert! 🚨
Check out the "I Promise" StoryWalk, which begins making its way around Virginia Beach Public Library tomorrow, Sat., May 7 at the Great Neck Area Library.
👣StoryWalk fans: New dates for "I Promise" by LeBron James!
Find one at your local branch and enjoy exploring the outdoors AND a fun story!
*StoryWalks may be rescheduled due to inclement weather.
Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Check out the "Plants Can't Sit Still" StoryWalk at Mt. Trashmore tomorrow from 9 AM to noon. 🌿🌻🌞
We're pleased to have funded this StoryWalk through the Sadler Early Literacy Endowment, which is dedicated to providing resources that help young readers learn the basic skills they'll need to become confident, competent readers.
Learn more about the Sadler Early Literacy Endowment here: https://www.vblibraryfoundation.org/sadler-endowment/.
👣Come out to Mt. Trashmore on Saturday, April 30, for a StoryWalk featuring "Plants Can't Sit Still" between 9am and noon during the Celebrating Children event!
This StoryWalk is presented by the Sadler Early Literacy Endowment of the Virginia Beach Library Foundation. For more StoryWalk info and schedules:
www.vbgov.com/library-StoryWalk
Have you heard the good news?
🎉Oceanfront Area Library reopens on Monday! 🎉
🥳 Great News! 🥳
The newly renovated Oceanfront Library will fully reopen on Monday, April 18 and we can't wait to welcome your back into our building! 🥰
Learn more about the renovations here: https://www.vbgov.com/government/departments/libraries/about-us/news/Pages/under-renovation.aspx
Many thanks to everyone who donated to our fundraiser yesterday!
Not only is today , but it's also National Library Outreach Day! 🎉🎉
Outreach is an important part of Virginia Beach Public Library's work. It ensures that everyone in our community has access to library resources even if they can't make it to a branch. We love supporting VBPL's outreach efforts! 🚐📚🖍
Virginia Beach Public Library connects our community to valuable resources, great books, and unique opportunities. But the most important connections are VBPL are made between people.
Celebrate the many ways that VBPL enriches Virginia Beach by donating to our fundraiser! You may give on Facebook or click here to donate: https://bit.ly/35Hbh42
Part of what makes Virginia Beach Public Library the best system in Hampton Roads--and elsewhere--is the staff! VBPL has a dedicated staff who enhance each trip to the library with their friendly attitudes and resourceful knowledge.
Today is National Library Workers Day and in celebration of VBPL's awesome staff, we hope you'll make a donation tomorrow to our fundraiser: https://bit.ly/35Hbh42
Raise your hand if you agree 🙋♀🙋🙋♂️
If you value Virginia Beach Public Library, please consider showing your support with a gift on Wed., April 6 for .
We love a Summer Reading success story! 😍
Today's library is more than "just" books, but literacy education remains an integral part of Virginia Beach Public Library's services. The Summer Reading Challenge motivates kids and teens to keep reading throughout summer vacation with prizes and special programs, and it helps prevent summer learning loss.
When you make a gift to the Foundation, you are helping kids like Malika, Hassan, and Raheem fall in love with reading. Join us next week for and give the gift of literacy!
https://www.vbgov.com/government/departments/libraries/about-us/Pages/Summer-Reading-is-Family-Affair.aspx
Summer Reading is a Family Affair Siblings work together to complete their challenges Page ContentBeing a military family that travels often, one of the places we consistently patronize is the libraries. This year's Summer Reading Challenge at Virginia Beach Public Library (VBPL) has been an excit...
For our community's teens, Virginia Beach Public Library is a treasure trove of resources and opportunities. Need to work on homework? Looking for volunteer hours? Want to learn how to fly a drone? Teens can do all of that--and more--at VBPL!
On April 6th, join us in making sure that VBPL can continue to offer the programs and resources that our teens need to succeed by making your gift. https://bit.ly/35Hbh42
📅 Mark your calendars-- is April 6th!
Virginia Beach Public Library is where our community comes to connect to technology, books, and each other. Show your appreciation on Library Giving Day and make a new connection--donor!
Can't wait to show your support? You can make your gift right now: https://bit.ly/35Hbh42
ICYMI Check out these great photos from last Saturday's collage workshop with author and illustrator Oge Mora! So many budding collage artists in one room 🤩 Thank you to ALSC - The Association for Library Service to Children and Dollar Tree for your support of this collage workshop and Mora's author talk.
When you donate to VBPL, you help to make these opportunities possible. Want to see more programs like this? Make a gift today: http://bit.ly/28UZOwa
🎉Tomorrow! 🎉Tomorrow!
There are still seats available for Oge Mora's youth collage workshop (grades 1-5) and author talk and book signing (kindergarten and up) tomorrow at Central Library. Check out the post below for the registration link!
We were pleased to fund this awesome opportunity through the Maureen Hayes Award from the ALSC - The Association for Library Service to Children and a sponsorship from Dollar Tree.
Limited seats are still available for Saturday's author talk, Q&A and book signing at Central Library with artist and author Oge Mora!
Register here: https://vbpl.librarymarket.com/oge-mora-author-talk-and-book-signing
Oge Mora is a collage artist and storyteller. Her picture book, "Thank You, Omu!," was a Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner, and Ezra Jack Keats Book Award recipient. Oge’s artwork has been applauded by The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Boston Globe. She also recently made the Forbes 30 Under 30 2021 list in Arts & Style!
Ages 5-Adult.
The Virginia Beach Library Foundation provided funding for this program through the Maureen Hayes Award from the Association for Library Services for Children and a sponsorship from Dollar Tree.
Author and illustrator Oge Mora is coming to Virginia Beach Public Library on Sat., Mar. 12 for two programs--a youth collage workshop and an all ages author talk and book signing. Want to get more familiar with Mora's work? Check out this recent interview she did with author Anne Wynter about their latest work, "Everybody in the Red Brick Building": https://www.npr.org/2022/01/08/1071380015/everybody-in-the-red-brick-building-is-awake-childrens-book.
Sign up for Mora's VBPL programs here: https://vbpl.librarymarket.com/events/upcoming?keywords=Oge%20Mora&branches%5B205%5D=205.
Virginia Beach Library Foundation is pleased to provide the funding for this programming through the Maureen Hayes Award from the Association for Library Services for Children and a sponsorship from Dollar Tree.
Baby Izzie howls, Rayhan's parrot screeches, Benny and his friends play flashlight tag, and Natalia launches her rocket in the new children's book by author Anne Wynter and illustrator Oge Mora.
🚨🚨Registration is open!🚨🚨
Award-winning author and illustrator Oge Mora is visiting Virginia Beach Public Library on March 12 for two events at Central Library! For details and registration links, please see VBPL's post below.
We're pleased to provide the funding for Mora's visit to VBPL. This event was made possible by the 2021 Maureen Hayes Award from ALSC - The Association for Library Service to Children and a sponsorship from Dollar Tree.
Registration is open! Join award-winning artist and author Oge Mora on March 12 for TWO events at Central Library! Registration required.
1️⃣ 10:30am-11:30am: Hands-on Collage Workshop (for grades 1-5)
2️⃣ 2pm-3pm: Author Talk and Book Signing (for ages 5-adult)
To register, use this link and click the event(s) that interests you!
https://vbpl.librarymarket.com/events/upcoming?keywords=oge
Oge Mora's picture book, Thank You, Omu!, was a Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner, and Ezra Jack Keats Book Award recipient. Her second book, Saturday won the 2020 Boston Globe—Horn Book Picture Book Award.
The Virginia Beach Library Foundation provided funding for these programs through the Maureen Hayes Award from the Association for Library Services for Children and a sponsorship from Dollar Tree.
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We were saddened to learn of the passing of a VBPL customer last month whose story we featured in July 2020. This gentleman had received such stellar service from the staff at the Bayside Area and Special Services Library that he made a donation in honor of those who assisted him. He also shared why it meant to so much to him, saying in part, "I have always had my books, until I was 'locked out.'... When my reader came home, I really felt like living again."
Library lovers all know too well the importance of books to their own quality of life. You can read his entire story here: https://www.vblibraryfoundation.org/stellar-service-leads-to-happy-ending-for-customer-and-library/
Our sincere condolences go out to his family and friends.
Stellar Service Leads to Happy Ending for Customer and Library Posted 10/08/2020 by vblf_webadmin For many of our Bayside & Special Services customers, their reading aids are more than just another piece of technology in their lives. When one of our customers suddenly found himself without his reade...
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