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Guess who was awarded Librarian of the Year? Wilsonville Public Library Director Patrick Duke! The Oregon Library Association (OLA) gave Pat the award for exceptional service at the annual OLA conference in Eugene on April 20, 2018. Pat has worked tirelessly to spread the word about Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Oregon rural counties. The Wilsonville Imagination Library currently sends an age appropriate book each month to about 800 Wilsonville children under 5 years old. Congratulations, Pat!…

We’ve had a good year. Deborah Gitlitz, our Outreach Librarian, has been making contact throughout the City to parent groups, apartment houses, and anywhere else folks gather to take early literacy messages to families. She has been visiting a Head Start program at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. She’s been meeting with Hispanic parents at Boeckman Creek Primary. And she’s been an important Spanish language resource for the library, including building our Spanish language collections. This year…

The Wilsonville Public Library Foundation is now registered with Amazon. Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of eligible smile.amazon.com purchases to the charities selected by customers. Use OUR UNIQUE CHARITY LINK: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/93-1259098 When customers sign up for AmazonSmile, they’re asked to select one of over a million charities to support. When you click on our unique link, you skip this charity selection process. Instead, you’re taken to smile.amazon.com and are automatically asked if you want to support…

I invite you to attend the Wilsonville Public Library Foundation Annual Meeting on Tuesday January 10, 2017 6:30pm – 8:00pm at the Wilsonville Public Library, Rose Room This is a great opportunity to meet the Board of Directors, look  back on our accomplishments of 2016 and get a preview of the goals and activities for 2017. Happy Holidays and my best wishes for a peaceful and prosperous New Year! Hilly Alexander President Wilsonville Public Library Foundation

Jan Rippey is holding a birthday cake to celebrate the 4th Anniversary of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Wilsonville. There are currently about 700 Wilsonville kids signed up to receive books once a month until they turn 5 years old. Over the last 4 years nearly 500 kids have graduated from the program. The program was brought to the City  by the Kiwanis Club of Wilsonville. It receives significant funding from Joe Restic of Wilsonville Orthodontics, the…

OrePac Building Product’s recent donation of $5,000 for technology improvements and Xerox’s donation of $5,000 for the endowment fund will help the library thrive. The continued support from these local businesses of the Wilsonville Public Library Foundation makes a heartfelt and positive impact on our community.  

Our June Artist of the Month is local photographer Michael Strubel. Michael’s work can be seen on the Art Wall next to the New Books shelves. Here he is in his own words: I began taking pictures in the 60’s in Vietnam. I was drawn to the people, how their faces reflected their hearts. Though it was too painful for me to keep those photos I did keep a fascination with seeing and saving the beauty of…

The Wilsonville Public Library Foundation is recognizing five donors who qualified to have their names added to the Donor Wall inside the the Library vestibule. These donors gave $1,000 or more in 2014. We are grateful for their very generous support. You can contribute to the Library Foundation by buying a brick in a loved one’s name for $100; donate $1,000 in one calendar year and you can be added to the Donor Wall Board. We gladly…

or Free Cake on Valentine’s Day! We want to say a big “Thank You” to all the people who have donated gifts of cash, auction items, books or time to the Wilsonville Public Library Foundation or the Friends of the Wilsonville Library. So, on Saturday, February 14, we’ll serve cake and celebrate the Wilsonville Public Library’s 33rd Anniversary from 1-4pm in the Library. While you’re there, enjoy the Book Notes Concert featuring Rebecca Hardiman from 2-3pm. Foundation…

The Wilsonville Public Library Foundation Board of Directors invites you to our Annual Meeting on Wednesday, January 21, 2014 at 6:30 pm at the Wilsonville Public Library Meet the Directors who joined our Board recently, hear about our accomplishments in 2014 and find out about our goals for 2015. We wish you all a happy and healthy new year!

Lisa Nead is back with her photography. Come look at her prints on the Library’s art wall. All of the prints are for sale. Prices range from $64 – $299. Lisa says “Whenever I travel to a destination with the specific intention to photograph, I am never sure what images I will end up with but I am certain I will enjoy the process. It is where both the challenge and the reward happen for me. Being…

“491 kids completed their Science Logs:   the highest number so far and an 11% increase from last year   27% of kids who signed up for Summer Reading finished their Science Logs (50% finished the Reading Log portion)     –       Steven Engelfried, Youth Services Librarian”

From 1st graders petting a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach to an eleven year old testing ph levels of plants, the Wilsonville Public Library’s “Summer Science Adventure,” now in its fourth year, inspires kids and families to explore science in a variety of ways: Science Logs: Every child who signed up for the Summer Reading Program also received a “Science Log.” Their challenge: to complete at least 10 science activities over the summer. Over 430 kids are on pace…