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Library Director Linda A. Devlin Associate Director camdencountylibrary .org Summer 2018 David Lisa SPRING Library Commissioners Robert F. Weil, President James J. Clarke, Vice President BOOK SALE Patrick A. Abusi, Joyce W. Ellis Jennie A. Owens, Samuel Cass, M. Allan Vogelson Regional Joseph Tortorelli Imagine that... Freeholder Liaison Branch Library William F. Moen, Jr. News, Events and Free Programs @ Camden County Library System 203 Laurel Road, Voorhees, NJ 08043 Camden County Officials Friday, June 8......10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Louis Cappelli, Jr., Freeholder Director Edward McDonnell, Freeholder Deputy Director Saturday, June 9......10 a.m. - 3 p.m. William F. Moen, Jr., Freeholder Jeffrey L. Nash, Freeholder Carmen G. Rodriguez, Freeholder Over 50,000 Books of all types, CDs, DVDs, Susan Shin Angulo, Freeholder Jonathan L. Young, Sr., Freeholder Videos, Books-on-Tape…. And more!! Joseph Ripa, County Clerk Gilbert "Whip" Wilson , Sheriff Michelle A. Gentek-Mayer, Surrogate Anthony P. Infanti - Bellmawr Merchantville Public Library South County Regional Branch Library 130 S. Centre Street, Merchantville Branch Library Monday and Wednesday, 2 - 9 p.m. 35 East Browning Road, Bellmawr 35 Cooper Folly Road, Winslow Township Tuesday and Thursday, 2 - 5 p.m . Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Saturday, 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Christen Orbanus, Branch Manager Sunday, 1 - 5 p.m. Debbie Stefano, Branch Manager (856) 665-3128 (856) 931-1400 Closed Sundays during the summer Jennifer Druce, Branch Manager Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez Downtown Gloucester Township (856) 753-2537 Branch - on the Rutgers Campus Blackwood Rotary Public Library 301 North 5th Street, Camden William G. Rohrer Memorial 15 South Black Horse Pike, Blackwood Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Library-Haddon Township Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Friday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Branch Julie Tozer, Branch Manager Anne Ackroyd, Branch Manager 15 MacArthur Boulevard, Westmont (856) 225-6807 (856) 228- 0022 Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Riletta L. Cream - Ferry Avenue Christina Sirianni, Branch Manager M. Allan Vogelson Regional Branch Library (856) 854- 2752 Branch Library 852 Ferry Avenue, Camden 203 Laurel Road, Voorhees Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Virtual Branch Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. www.camdencountylibrary.org Saturday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Jerome Szpila, Branch Manager Sunday, 1 - 5 p.m. (856) 342-9789 Closed Sundays during the summer William Brahms, Branch Manager (856) 772-1636 ext. 7308 Editor/ Designer: Pat Dempsey Asst. Editors: Nancy Leggoe Barbara DelPidio Holidays and Closings Wednesday, July 4, Independence Day ...........Closed Closed Sundays, May 27 thru September 2 Camden County Library System is governed and supported by the Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the Camden County Library Commission Summer Reading June 25 – August 3 School is out but reading is still in! Keep track of your reading during the summer and check back with the library for the chance to earn prizes. Summer reading programs are proven to help children maintain and improve reading skills and avoid the ‘summer slide’. Libraries Rock! is open to children and teens, from newborn babies all the way up to rising High School seniors! Each location has a unique program, so check with your local branch for details on registration and participation. Reading Tips Children read more when they listen to and discuss books. • Read to young children daily – and consider joining the library’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program! • Read a chapter book to your school age-children by reading aloud one or two chapters every day. • Talk with your kids about what they are reading. Mad Science: Slime Time See branch pages for ages. Ooze into a gooey hour of sliming Mad Science: Summer Events Calendar around! In this program, we will Mad Science: From story times to science experiments to live animals, explore, create and play with the Dry Ice Capades each branch has filled up their summer calendars with most entertaining and useful Chem in a Flash See branch pages for ages . tons of fun, educational, and age-appropriate events. molecule known to science, and Children will be introduced to the discover its many shapes and forms. See branch pages for ages. Registration for events opens two weeks before the date scientific concepts of phase Child will create slime using the Mad Hop on board the chemistry of the program, so be sure to sign up at the library, by changes and states of matter. They Science recipe, and then enter the express for a high-speed science phone, or online at www.camdencountylibrary.org/events. will witness the phenomenon of Slime Olympics! Children even experience! Perform instantaneous sublimation as we demonstrate the make their own slime that they get to experiments in this fast-paced class FREE PROGRAMS unique properties of dry ice and the take home and keep! on split-second reactions that go AT YOUR BRANCH spectacular "smoke" it creates. The like mad! Pick up an Action Flask children will learn that dry ice is Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez Downtown: and have a blast! really frozen carbon dioxide and will Pg. 2...............Summer Reading Wednesday, June 13, 5 p.m. experience the Mad Science burp, Pg. 3, 4, 35 ....Featured Kids Programs Bellmawr: Bellmawr: a display of bubbling potions and, Pg. 5...............Adult Systemwide Programs Thursday, August 2, 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 18, 4 p.m. finally, a thrilling grand finale! Pg. 6...............Books & Cooks Pg. 7...............Literacy Volunteers Gloucester Township: Pgs. 8, 9 ........Book Clubs Wednesday, June 27, 3 p.m. Page 11..........Bellmawr Riletta L. Cream Ferry Avenue: Page 15..........Ferry Avenue Thursday, June 28, 4 p.m. Pgs. 16 ..........Gloucester Township Vogelson-Voorhees: Pg. 17.............Technology Classes Friday, July 13, 10:30 a.m. Pg. 22.............Haddon Township Haddon Township: Pg. 25.............Merchantville Thursday, July 26, 2 p.m. Merchantville: Pg. 26.............Nilsa I. Cruz- Perez Downtown Wednesday, August 1, 2:30 p.m. Pg. 28.............South County Pg. 31..............Vogelson - Voorhees 2 35 M. Allan Vogelson Branch-Voorhees Kids System Wide Summer Programs Please register for all programs in advance beginning two weeks prior to start date. Sign up at camdencountylibrary.org/events or call 856-772-1636 ext. 7360 Coloring Party Summer Volunteer Orientation StoryUP! Improv Workshop for Grades K - 5 Ages 14 - 18 Teens and Tweens Saturday, August 18, 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, 6:30 p.m. Grades 6 - 12 Enjoy snacks and color with us! Friday, June 22, 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 11, 7 p.m. (Registration opens 8/4.) Registered volunteers, come to one of Improv builds confidence, helps you two sessions for information about SRP come out of your shell and gives you Get Ready for Kindergarten and summer volunteer duties. We've tools to feel comfortable in social ound c cience of S K - 12) e-string electri Grade K got cookies! situations... and it's nonstop fun! This S ages for ages ( e use of her fiv See branch p ound through th s to produce Wednesday, August 22, 10:30 a.m. (Registration opens 6/7.) interactive, on-your-feet workshop ly transforms s nd other effect aryn Lin literal luding looping a e creation of Saturday, August 25, 10:30 a.m. provides a safe space for learning the presentation, C techniques, inc s involved in th ng multi-media Using modern ientific concept ry eyes! In an amazi rn technology! to the many sc audience’s ve Let's get rid of all those jitters. Stories, Comics Workshop with basics of improv and trying out improv yriad of mode re introduced o life before the violin and a m es, audiences a ringing music t songs, and a craft will get you ready to Lee Angerstein games and activities with a StoryUp mic soundscap come visible, b ique and dyna und waves be 6:30 p.m. un dimensional so day, July 17, start kindergarten. Ages 10 - 17 teaching artist, with plenty of laughs e music. three- ownship: Tues . liv • Gloucester T July 30, 4 p.m Please register for only one session. Tuesday, June 26, 7 p.m. along the way. uly 17, 3 p.m. awr: Monday, es: Tuesday, J 2 p.m. • Bellm (Registration opens 8/8, 8/11.) (Registration opens 6/12.) (Registration opens 6/27.) elson-Voorhe sday, July 18, Vog nship: Wedne See page 4 for details. Haddon Tow Teen Afternoon Movie End of School Year Party Ages 12 - 18 Teens & Tweens ots Grades 6 - 12 Thursday, July 12, 2 p.m. h Bersteker Tumblin’ T w with Jos . s 2 ½ - 5 Game On! Wednesday, June 27, 7 p.m. Monday, July 23, 2 p.m. Magic Sho pages for ages Age lease register See branch rming amazing s in exercise. P Grades 6 - 12 Celebrate the end of the school year Hang out in The Corner for a recent er will be prefo n with adventure n Josh Berstek essing. us for fitness fu day. Local magicia nd keep you gu Join ly 1 session per Tuesdays, June 5, 12, 19, 26, and the beginning of summer, and get blockbuster film and snacks! Film list t will wow you a for on tricks tha 5 a.m. July 10, 17, 24, August 7, 14, 21, 3 p.m.