11/9/2004 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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Date: November 1, Zoo To: Helene B. f eFo e From: Janet Burke Re: Monthly Deport The month of October bcgan with a special family storytime on October 2 d frig Ryan's Scary(but not that seam) Tail Tales for Children was sponsored by the Upper Cape Family Network. There were 43 people who enjoyed Big Ryan's tales. On October .I visited the Kids Klub Preschool. f brought stories to 20 children in the morning session and 12 children in the afternoon session. I attended the quarterly meet i g of the upper Cape Family Network,in Falmouth on October 14'h. On October 18"I met with Joy Smith, the Early Childhood Curriculum Specialist from the I .C. Coombs School. we discussed a literacy collaboration effort between the school and the library. K.C. Coombs' students will receive a punch card and the card will be punched each time they visit the Mashpee Public Library. This collaboration project will begin in November and continue throughout the school year. The annual Title one Parents' Meeting at the library took place on October 19 . I spoke to the parents about what the library has to offer, and Hien field a storytime for the children. There were 7children and parents for this event. The school superintendent, Trish Parolski, attended this program. 4 I attended the Children's Librarians Roundtable meeting in Chatbain on October 22"x. Our Annual Family Library Event will take place on November 130' at the Cape Cod Conununity College. On October 23 met with Lee Drescher, a Falmouth resident rhor p oposd a per~forniing arts prograrn for the library. She would work with a small group of school age children to bring a children's book to life, and then present one or more performances. Ms Drescher has done this program over 20 times in Wellesley, prior to relocating to the Cape. f thought it sounded like a wonderful program for our library, however, her fee was quite substantial. I asked 'if she would consider writ a grant proposal to the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod. we met again on October 29 and November 1 t to collaborate on this grant. Awards will be announced by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod on December 15'h. Debbie Umffia returned to the 1 la hpee Public Library on October 3 00'to provide a sewing craft for school age children. There were 9 children who participated in the Pumpkin Box craft project. 4