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Burlington Library Association
"Friends of the Library" - Burlington, CT
What's new: Items for sale. 2011 Life Members. Latest approved minutes. New secretary. Annual Meeting minutes. May '11 newsletter. Memorial donations. 2/12 Black Forest Bake sale. Credit cards now accepted for donations.
UPCOMING 2012 EVENTS:
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- Saturday, February 11, 10 am to 4 pm.
Love, Laughter and Living Used Book Sale
- Saturday, February 11, 10 am until sold
out. Black Forest Bake Sale
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Friday, May 18, 7 p.m. Association Annual Meeting. Business meeting followed by party to honor Life Members. Details TBA.
PAST EVENTS:
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Saturday, December 3, 10am - 4pm : "Good-as-New" book sale. Anne Walluk Community Room.
Excellent quality children’s and adults' fiction and non-fiction lightly used books for sale. Most priced from $1 - $6. Great for gifts! Gift wrapping available for $1 extra.
Cat’s Meow of Burlington Public Library
(pictured at left) was also on sale.
Thanks to Elaine Eberhard's hard work and team leadership, the sale results were as follows:
$534 Books
140 Cat's Meow of BPL
4 Gift Wrap
20 Burlington Book
28 Jenny's Cards
$726Thanks to the fantastic group effort our first annual holiday sale was a great success!
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Saturday, November 19, 1pm - Gettysburg
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Staring Tom Berenger. In 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War.
Popcorn will be served. No registration required.
Part of the Civil War Commemorative Movie Series. Sponsored by the Burlington Library Association and the Burlington Historical Society.
- Thursday, November 17th,
7pm - David Smith --
Outrageous Dan Sickles
Dan
Sickles was a dangerous yet talented man with a lively gruesome life story
you won't want to miss! Part of the Civil War Commemorative Series.
Sponsored by the Burlington Library Association and the Burlington
Historical Society.
- Fall Book Sale: Thursday,
October 27, 3:00-6:00, early bird sale: admission $5 (BLA members free)
Friday, October 28, 10:00-3:00, Saturday, October 29, 10:00-3:00, $5 per bag
Saturday, November 5, 10:00-3:00, $5 per bag (additional day added)
Results: Thursday night $780, Friday $341, Saturday $637 (storm - closed early), Extra Bag Sale Day $86
Total $1844
Thanks to our wonderful volunteers:
Pat Miller
Nancy Monahan
Elaine Goucher (New volunteer - WELCOME!)
Sandra Hierl
Judy O’Neil
Donna Eriksen
Pat Small
Barbara Schultz
Nancy Turski
Anne Walluk
Len Berton
Elaine Eberhard
Regulars: Trudy Coleman, Alice Taracani, Dolores Ravenscroft, Jenny Mantel
- Saturday, October 22 - Fall
Pie Sale, 10am until sold out -
The sale brought in $831 from 77 pies and 2 donations! Kudos to our
conscientious, hard-working and companionable trio: Pat Small, Elaine
Eberhard & Sami Sebastian, and to all "Friends" and library
staff whose baking and buying made this such an ENORMOUS success! -- great
work by Nancy Winter not only for her baking efforts, but also for
organizing the whole event!
- Thursday, October 20th - Carolyn Ivanoff
-- Ghosts of Gettysburg This program was extremely successful.
Every inch of the Community Room floor was covered with people and they were
sitting in the hall and into the children's area. We estimate around 70.
Carolyn was very pleased, and very happy to see it was a worthwhile tripfor her. She was also extremely grateful for her gift package that Pat Small made up for her. Thanks so much for the idea and following up, Pat.
- September 27 - 7 PM -- Book
Discussion: My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira
Facilitated
by Civil War author Matthew Bartlett. Copies available at the library.
- May 18, 2011 - Annual Meeting:
“My
45 Years with NBC Television”
Tom
Monahan, a three-time Emmy winner for Channel 30, spoke about his 45
successful years in television. Tom’s
career began in Connecticut in 1965. He
has witnessed and been the first to cover many major news developments, such
as the 1979 collapse of the Civic
- April 28, 2011 - David Smith--Civil War Railroads
- April 28 - 30, 2011 - Spring Book Sale
The sale raised $1686. Thanks to all who volunteered to work and those who came to buy books.
- March 24th, 2011 - Jo
Hansling--Tribute to Quilts of
the Civil War
- February 12th,
2011 - Black Forest Bake Sale.
Nancy Winter and her team did it again! We raised $447 compared with $438 last year. Says Nancy, "Kudos to the generous, creative bakers who helped make this year's Black Forest Gourmet Bake Sale a huge success! Only 19 of us made this sale even more successful than last year's! Way to go, everyone! Hope to see all of your wonderful creations next year!"
- Oct. 23, 2010:
Pie sale.
$746.
- Oct 28, 29, 30, 2010: Book sale.
Upstairs
book cart: $503, Downstairs: $2027, Sale total: $2530.
- Sept. 26, 2010: Author Diana Ross McCain (Mysteries and Legends of New England). This program was the second in a series co-sponsored by the BHS and the BLA. The author sold and signed her books at the event, and attendance was excellent.
- February 13, 2010: BLACK
FOREST BAKE SALE.
- October 18, 2009: 15th ANNIVERSARY OPEN HOUSE plus photos!
Welcome to the BLA website. The webmaster is Len Berton; please send suggestions and comments to len@2bertons.com. Please note: underlined words (including those in the left column) are clickable links for sending an email, viewing a picture, or obtaining more information about the item.
MISSION: "The purpose of the Burlington Library Association, Inc. [also known as Friends of the Library] shall be to plan, develop and conduct such programs as will support a free public library and designed to promote the library and premises as a center for civic and cultural activities." (Read the Bylaws, the Articles of Incorporation and click here to view our IRS tax forms.) How do we put these formal words into action? Check us out on this website! The BLA Board differs from the Town Library Board.
MEETINGS: What is the regular schedule? What happens at the Annual Meetings? See Meeting minutes.
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