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OUR PROGRAMS & SERVICES play,games,activities,movies,and special guests from
<br /> Our work with the Mashpee Family and the community. Children were treated to time with
<br /> Community Engagement program expanded in 2017, personnel from the Mashpee Police department, K-9
<br /> and allowed us to extend services to support early unit,Animal Control Officer,Mashpee Fire department
<br /> literacy, children, and families. Our educational and officers and paramedics, and they enjoyed equipment
<br /> literacy programs such as Lap Babies, Creative and vehicle demonstrations.
<br /> Movement, Toddle Time, and Tiny Tots continued to Programs for adults found a new audience as we
<br /> attract a large following, and under the enthusiastic experimented with interactive workshops that included
<br /> leadership of our new Grant Coordinator Rosemary meditation, make and take crafts, weekly classes
<br /> Modic, outreach programs designed to enhance exploring history and politics,concerts,classic movie
<br /> parenting skills were implemented. A new parent's series, and author talks. The response was
<br /> book club lead by K.C.Coombs School Nurse,Stacey overwhelming as registration for sessions filled quickly
<br /> Schackel studied the importance of reading and and garnered waiting lists. Building on this model for
<br /> language activities with infants and learned their value success is a priority for the coming year.
<br /> as predictors of future learning readiness. The
<br /> interactive family workshop "Playing on Purpose" OUR FRIENDS & SUPPORTERS
<br /> encouraged parents to view playtime with children as
<br /> quality time to strengthen family or caregiver Under the continued leadership of President,Ann
<br /> relationships. A Cyber Awareness class for parents MacDonald, and its Executive Board, the Friends of
<br /> illustrated the importance of monitoring children's use the Mashpee Library enjoyed another fun-filled year as
<br /> of electronic devices and social media tools in a fundraisers and advocates for the Library.
<br /> growing digital landscape. Through the generosity of the Friends,the Library
<br /> Our focus for youth services in 2017 centered on has been developing a new,robust website to showcase
<br /> the importance of offering STEM programs and our electronic and digital resources, automate service
<br /> activities for children in non-traditional learning requests, and maintain an interactive online presence.
<br /> environments. Inviting Town departments, local Support for the youth services programs included
<br /> businesses,and agencies to work with us and develop funding to launch innovative STEM programs and
<br /> programs for a "Science is Everywhere in Our materials, furniture to transform the Children's
<br /> Community"series,our proposal continued to build on Program room into a multi-purpose room for children
<br /> the theme of a connected community and addressed of all ages,as well as sponsoring enrichment activities
<br /> goals that center on community partnerships. Our plan for the Free Summer Lunch program.
<br /> to initiate on-going,sustainable,low cost programming In the fall the Friends hosted a fundraiser
<br /> by enlisting community partners to visit the Library and luncheon and book talk featuring author and artist,
<br /> illustrate that science IS everywhere,was endorsed by Amy Kurzweil at the Willowbend Country Club. Her
<br /> the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners recollections and experiences while writing a family
<br /> and funding was awarded in late 2017.In conjunction memoir chronicling her family's history as Holocaust
<br /> with the grant award,the Children's Program room is survivors was emotional,educational,and truly unique.
<br /> now home to a mobile maker space to encourage Everyone who attended will tell you it was an
<br /> tinkering and building,and all-in-one STEM kits which incredibly memorable experience that resonated deeply
<br /> will be available for take home use to extend the with our community.
<br /> learning environment, and address the needs of busy
<br /> families who can't always attend on-site programs. In the spring, the annual "Friend of the Year"
<br /> ceremony bestowed the award upon long time Library
<br /> We recorded our second year as a site that offered a Kids Free Summer Lunch Program as part of the volunteer and supporter,Edward Defoe. Ed's history
<br /> with the Library began decades ago when his wife,
<br /> Project Bread initiative to ensure that local families had Helene, signed on for what would be a long and
<br /> access to healthy and nutritious meals when school successful tenure as Mashpee's Library Director. For
<br /> lunch programs were not an option.In partnership with over twenty years he was a constant presence at the
<br /> St. Marys Church of Cape Cod, free lunches were Library,serving as a true jack of all trades.The Friends
<br /> provided to Mashpee children and teens every Monday Annual Book Sale became a labor of love for Ed,who
<br /> and Wednesday. Lunches were paired with outdoor spearheaded the effort each year alongside Book Sale
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