Troy Communicator
February Issue
By Erin L George, Director
Cupid’s calling at Gay-Kimball! As we fall in love with books all over again, we’re happy to announce great news for the library and its patrons, thanks to the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation: Gay-Kimball Library recently received a two-year, $20,000 grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. The grant will help further the Gay-Kimball Library’s mission of providing education, resources, and support for its patrons in the town of Troy, NH.
The Gay-Kimball Library’s Mission is to meet the community’s recreational and Informational needs in a creative, professional, and welcoming manner. It offers diverse resources and provides a community meeting place for people of all ages.
The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, New Hampshire’s statewide community foundation, is dedicated to making New Hampshire a more just, sustainable, and vibrant community where everyone can thrive. NHCF is the place where generosity meets the dedication and ingenuity of nonprofits and the potential of New Hampshire students. For six decades, thousands of people have entrusted their charitable resources to the Foundation, creating a perpetual source of philanthropic capital and making it possible for the Foundation to award more than $70 million in grants and scholarships every year.
In January, we had a fantastic tracking program at our library where patrons learned how to identify the wildlife visitors to their yards! We will now be fortunate enough to conduct our own mini tracking studies at home thanks to Dan Bisaccio!
Our library also received a mini-grant from the Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF) that enabled us to purchase a puppet theater and puppet-making supplies for our children’s room. Our Storytime kids had fun using their imaginations to create their own puppets and meet Pete the Cat in puppet form! If you haven’t brought your kids to the library lately, now is the time to check out all the new books and resources in our children’s room!
In other positive news, and based on patron requests, we will be holding a week-long Winter Book Sale in the library’s conference room. The sale will begin on Friday, February 20 from 6 to 8 pm and run through 2 pm on Saturday, February 28. Load up all the books your heart desires in a bag for only $5!
We are currently seeking patrons interested in joining a Friends of the Library group. The commitment for this group is regular meetings about once a month and a willingness to help out in ways YOU enjoy. If you are interested in this group, contact the library, and we’ll add you to the list!
We’ve had an uptick in groups using our conference room for a variety of purposes. As of the new year, we kindly request that all groups complete new forms to ensure the proper use of the space. Please check in with us if you haven’t filled out the new form yet so that we can give you new information and reserve those spots for you. Groups who have already filled out the new form won’t need to do it again.
As always, we are thankful for our patrons, who help make the library not only a resource but a community hub for so many in town. Give us a call if you have ideas on ways we can better serve Troy and its residents!
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Tuesday – 10:00 am – 7 pm
Wednesday & Thursday – 2 pm – 7 pm
Saturday – 10 am – 2 pm
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