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CHILDREN'S
PROGRAMS
Storytime with Councilman Goode
Saturday, January 14th at noon
Click Here For January Calendar
The Children's Library is looking for volunteers to help with homework during after school hours. If interested, please email yp@plfdpl.info, or call (908) 757-1111 x 129.
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MEMOIR WRITING CLUB
The next meeting of the Memoir Writing Club is Thursday, January 12th at 10:30 am in the Plainfield Room.
Click here for details.
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ADULT LITERACY
Conversation Hour - Hora de Conversar
Practice Conversation in English every Monday evening. Call (908) 757-1111 x 121 for more information and to register.
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Práctica de conversación en inglés todos los Lunes.
Llame (908) 757-1111 x 121 para más información y para registrarse.
25th Anniversary
The Adult Literacy Department will be celebrating 25 years of providing free ESL, GED, and Basic Literacy services to the greater Plainfield area.
Please let us know if this program has helped you. Call (908) 757-1111 ext. 122 with your stories!
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MAIN LIBRARY HOURS
Monday – Thursday
9 am – 9 pm
Friday & Saturday
9 am – 5 pm
Closed Sunday
The library will be closed on the following dates:
New Year:
Saturday, December 31, 2016
&
Monday, January 2, 2017
Birthday of M.L. King:
Monday, January 16, 2017
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Adult Literacy Department and Staff Celebrate Success
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| Celebrating Success |
On Dec. 17th the Adult Literacy department held its holiday student get-together to celebrate all of their wonderful accomplishments this year!
Participants enjoyed a slice of cake and live entertainment, marking their success in a range of vital skills and achievements crucial to success in the U.S.A.
This summer will mark the Adult Literacy Department’s 25th anniversary.
Over the last 25 years, the Adult Literacy Program of the Plainfield Public Library has helped over 5,000 Adult Learners to:
Learn English
Learn to Read & Write
Adjust to Life in a New Country
Get a High School Diploma
Find Employment
Become Citizens
Improve Themselves, Their Families, and Their Community.
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Become a Tutor! Change a Life!
For our 25th anniversary, the Adult Literacy Department invites you to join our family as a student, a tutor, or a donor.
Volunteering with the Adult Literacy Department is an opportunity to make a big difference where it matters. Your skills could help change someone's life.
Why not volunteer to tutor small ESL, Basic Literacy, and GED classes as part of the Adult Literacy team?
Training, curriculum, and materials provided.
Your commitment means:
- A parent will be able to read a note from his/her child’s teacher.
- Someone will be able to fill out an application and get a job.
- An immigrant will become a citizen.
- You will change someone’s life!
We will start a new round of tutor training this February. We are looking for people with Tuesday night availability, though anyone is welcome, and the trainings will be on Saturday mornings.
Contact the Adult Literacy team: (908) 757-1111 ext 122
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COMING IN FEBRUARY
Funky Turns 40! Black Character Revolution
Exhibit Reception & Curators Talk
February 11, 2017 at 10:30 am in the Anne Louise Davis room.
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The Museum of UnCut Funk presents this one-of-a-kind, traveling exhibit to the residents of Union County. The pioneering cartoon characters featured in this exhibition present an unheralded legacy of the Civil Rights Movement and several animation, American, and Black History firsts.
On February 11, join exhibit curators Loreen Williamson and Pamela Thomas for a special talk about the importance of the materials found in the exhibition.
This program is open and free to the public. Families Welcome!
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Food for Fines Makes a Difference
We'll know soon what the final figures for 2016's Food For Fines drive have been - at the time of writing we were up to over 900lbs of food donated to good causes.
A big thank you to everyone who donated this time - all your gifts will be gratefully received and make a difference!
All food items received will be donated to
Star-Fish. Pet food donations will be given to the
Plainfield Area Humane Society.
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