JUNE•JULY•AUG
Your Library in Phase YOUR STUFF The library is waiting for a study on the effects of COVID before accepting returns.
SUMMER LIBRARY
BINGO
Play the Bingo game(s) in this newsletter to earn your way to a prize. If you need more sheets call us or go to our website to print more.
Summer Library Bingo Begins on June 15, Ends on August 31
TO E-NEWS Information is
CHANGING CONSTANTLY:
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R E M O T E LIBRARY CARD
SIGN-UP Call or chat with us to get a library card!
CURBSIDE
PICK-UP
BEGINS JUNE 15 Place your holds by calling, chatting or using the online catalog. Fremont cardholders only.
VIRTUAL PROGRAMS
STORY TIMES, BOOK DISCUSSIONS, LECTURES, COOKING
DEMOS, AND MORE!
KEEP READING TO LEARN MORE.
ADULTS
Please check the eNews on fremontlibrary.org or the Events Calendar for more details.
CURBSIDE PICKUP
• Open to Fremont cardholders only.
• You must place the hold through the online catalog, chat with us, or call us at 847-566-8702 and then wait to receive official notification before using Curbside Pick-up. • We only have access to Fremont-owned materials. If you are trying to obtain materials we don’t own, please contact us.
• If you have holds you no longer need or you cannot leave your home, please cancel or pause your holds.
• To be added to our Homebound Delivery program, please call 847-566-8702.
• Visit our website’s Read, Watch & Listen page for easy lists to see what’s on order or currently available on our shelves. Don’t have a current library card? Call or chat with us! We can sign you up remotely and will confirm your information in person once we resume full operations. We anticipate accepting returned items in late June after a study that is being conducted gives us the proper guidelines for quarantining materials. Once we are ready, we will post notice on our website and in the weekly eNews.
This is just a sampling of all we have going on! Subscribe to the weekly eNews for a full schedule.
Join us online this summer for an exciting selection of lectures, concerts, cooking demonstrations, games, arts and crafts, and more.
• BOOK DISCUSSIONS •
Join us online for a book discussion. The titles are available with your library card on Hoopla or Overdrive/ Libby as an ebook or eaudiobook. The title is posted on our Events Calendar and eNews each month. Registration required.
Great Books
Last Saturday 10am
Senior Spinecrackers Connections Book Club 2nd Friday 10:30am
2nd Tuesday 7:30pm
Book Club Service on Hiatus Book Club Service will be on hiatus until the library fully re-opens and all InterLibrary Loan services are fully available. Any holds placed on materials cannot be guaranteed to be filled in time for a book discussion. We will resume this popular service as soon as it is feasible.
Guided Meditation & Chair Yoga We are happy we can continue to offer all of the entertaining and educational programs we have always offered, only online and in the comfort of your own home. If you have never attended an online event, we are here to help. All you need is internet access; a computer, tablet or smart phone; and an email address to use when you register. Attending is as simple as clicking a link, but please contact us if you need assistance! 2
Thursdays, 11:30am
What We're Listening/Reading/ Watching Now Series
Join us for a lively discussion of what we are listening to, reading or watching these days. You can tell us your favorites or you can just listen to what other patrons are into. Registration required.
To register call 847-566-8702 or go online to fremontlibrary.org and click “Events Calendar”
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Teen Library Photo Challenge Jun 29 - July 5
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Book of the Month
Take a creative photo with your library card or book Chibi Harry Potter Drawing Online Program with Christine Thornton Friday, June 19, 4:00pm
Grades 3-12. Register. Learn how to draw Harry Potter and Hermione in the adorable chibi style. Christine Thornton will walk you through the steps using simple drawing supplies you have at home.
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Books available on Hoopla and Overdrive.
Teens' Personal Reading Challenge https://fremontlibrary.org/teens
Want to see more Youth and Teen activities? Please check the weekly eNews for a complete list of our upcoming programs.
Storytime Live
Monday - Saturday at 10:00am
Youth
Family Book Club
Monday June 29, 5:30pm
Join us on Facebook Live with one of our librarians for rhymes, stories, and songs! No storytimes the last week of each month.
Aru Shah and the End of Time, available via Hoopla. Grades 3 and up. Register. July and August Family Book Club books will be announced soon - one free paperback copy will be given to each registered family via Curbside Pickup!
Chibi Harry Potter Drawing Online Program with Christine Thornton Friday, June 19, 4:00pm
Grades 3-12. Register. Learn how to draw Harry Potter and Hermione in the adorable chibi style. Christine Thornton will walk you through the steps using simple drawing supplies you have at home.
Maker Challenge: Nature Art
Grades K-5. Sticks, leaves, flower petals and more-- use things you find outside to create art!
Contest runs June 15 - 28.
The winner will be announced the following week.
For a complete list of our upcoming programs, please check the weekly eNews.
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ADULTS
Begins on June 15, ends on Aug. 31
Listen to an audiobook or podcast
Make a craft (try Creativebug!)
Fill out your Census Form
Check out a library book or e-book
Shop at a local business
Watch a movie or documentary (try Kanopy!)
• Complete your Bingo card at your own pace.
Attend a virtual program
Read Poetry
Use a recipe from a cookbook
Go for a walk
Send a letter or card in the mail
Watch a movie based on a book
Free Space
Use a bookmark that you made yourself
Read while you drink coffee or tea
Go bird watching or stargazing
Attend a virtual program
Write a story or poem
Tell someone about one good thing
Use Bookmatch from FPL to get a custom recommendation
Read a book from your favorite genre
Play a board or card game
Sing along with some music
Give some flowers to a neighbor or friend
Play a game on your tablet, computer or phone
Summer Library
Bingo
Adults: When you’ve finished an activity, cross it off. When you get 5 in a row, that’s a BINGO! Get 4 BINGOs and earn a single entry in our Grand Prize Drawing, or keep going and complete a BLACKOUT (do all 25 activities) to earn an additional entry in the drawing! In our Grand Prize Drawing, we’re giving away 9 prizes: gift baskets with brand-new books, $50 gift cards to local restaurants and bookstores, and a Kindle Fire 7 tablet. Winners will be selected and notified in early September. Questions about the activities? We’re here to help! Chat with us online, call 847-566-8702, or email ref@fremontlibrary.org. When you’re ready to claim your prize, go to https://bit.ly/fpld2020slcadult or contact the Library for assistance.
TEEN SUMMER LIBRARY BINGO Grades 6-12 June 15 to Aug. 31
SEND A LETTER VIA SNAIL MAIL
Write a three word book review & tag @FPLD_Teens
WATCH YOUR FRIEND’S FAVORITE MOVIE
Participate in a virtual program or contest
Make a craft from Creativebug
Check out a library book
Shop at a local business
Fill out your Census Form
Read outside
Draw with chalk outside
Free Space
Make a book spine poem & tag @ FPLD_Teens
LISTEN TO AN AUDIOBOOK
Write a poem or short story
Cook something something recommended with your by a friend/ family family member
“Visit” a new place virtually
Use Bookmatch from FPL to get a custom recommendation
Read 5 poems
Play a card or board game
Follow the FPLD_Teens Instagram acct
Read
Read a genre you wouldn’t normally read
Watch a movie based on a book
Read an Listen to music from ebook from Libby/ Hoopla or Overdrive Freegal
Teens in grades 6-12: When you’ve finished an activity, cross it off: get 5 in a row and make a BINGO. Finish 4 BINGOs and earn a free book - or keep going and complete a BLACKOUT (do all 25 activities) to earn an additional Surprise Prize! When you’re ready to claim your prize, fill out the online form https://bit.ly/fpld2020slcteen or contact the Library for assistance. Questions about the activities? We’re here to help! Chat with us online, call 847-566-8702, or email cref@fremontlibrary.org.
Check out a library book
Attend a virtual program
Check out a library DVD or CD
Read out loud
Read outside
Make a craft from Creativebug
Video chat with a family member & ask them about their favorite book
Build a fort
Make a chalk drawing outside
Have a tea party
Draw a picture of your library card
Cook something with your family
Free space
Attend a virtual program
Play a board game with your family
Read your friend’s favorite book
Play hopscotch
Visit an author’s website
Write a story
Send a letter to someone you care about
Read a book set outside the United States
Listen to an audiobook
Use Bookmatch from FPL
Write a poem
Fill out your Census Form
to get a custom
recommendation
Begins on June 15, Ends on Aug. 31 • Complete your Bingo card at your own pace.
Kids age 3 years - 5th grade:
Complete the activities in the Bingo Card. When you get 5 in a row, that’s a BINGO!
Get 4 BINGOs and earn a free book - or keep going and complete a BLACKOUT (do all 25 activities) to earn an additional Surprise Prize!
Questions about the activities?
We’re here to help! Chat with us online, call 847-566-8702, or email cref@fremontlibrary.org.
When you’re ready to claim your prize, go to When you’re ready to claim your prize, fill out the online form or contact the Library for assistance. https://bit.ly/fpld2020slcyouth or contact the Library for assistance.
Tune into Storytime Live
Begins on June 15, Ends on August 31
B a by S u m m e r birth to age 2
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Three times IN a day
a story from memory
Complete all 10 activities to earn a free book. Complete the BONUS to earn a Surprise Prize.
Bonus Challenge: Video chat with a
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Draw a picture & mail it to someone you love
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Fill out your Census Form babies count too!
book Read a book on Tumblebooks
Questions about the Activities? We’re here to help! Chat with us online, call 847-566-8702, or email cref@fremontlibrary.org. Complete your Bingo card at your own pace. Print out a Bingo card & instructions from our website, or use the one printed in your newsletter! If you need to, call or email the library to request additional bingo cards be mailed to you or included in your hold bag for contactless pickup.
When you’re ready to claim your prize, go to
https://bit.ly/fpld2020slcbaby
or contact the Library for assistance.
FREMONT
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Call us at 847-566-8702
***ECRWSS*** RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER
Monday to Thursday 10am – 8pm Friday & Saturday 10am – 4pm Sunday 1 – 5pm Hours may return to normal when the next phase of services happens. Please check the library website for the latest information.
We are not accepting book donations at this time.
Thanks to everyone who donated books, movies and music to the Friends & Foundation of Fremont Public Library this past year. While the Friends book sales are halted until the library reopens, you may still make a donation online by clicking “Donate” at the bottom of the front page of the library’s website: fremontlibrary.org. Thanks to book sales and donations, the Friends & Foundation gave $32,000 to the library in the 2019-20 fiscal year to help fund the Summer Library Club, conferences and education for staff, and more.
We thank the following for their monetary gifts in 2019... Joe & Barbara Checkon
Leroy & Patricia Nufer
Dr. V. Chowdary & Aruna Jampala
Mery Papp
Jeffrey Covert Michael & Elisa Decker John & Kristina Epstein Barbara Fairsnider
LaRayne & Fred Scharm Lyle & Ann Marie Staab John Sutter Patsy & Dianne Sweeney
Ken & Freddie Flaks
Nicholas & Barbara Tonkery
Luisa Ginnetti
Tom & Lynn Tuhy
Jane Graber
Rosemary Washburn
Joyce Hutter
Joyce Watts
V. Jampala
Frank Weiss
Marge Janikowski
Dana Winter
Colleen & Dan Liberacki
Sidney & Meredith Wotman
Project Leadership Group
Andrew J. Zych
Carol Mallquist James McMullen
In Honor of…
Tom & Paula Mengarelli
Connie & Michael Purcell
Rosemarie Marsh
Bettylou Miller
Margaret Poska
In Memory of… Andrew Cavallero Jenny Cavallero Joni & Jim Ferguson Terry McBride Barbara Weidner
George C. Knoblock Jr. Judy Knoblock
Kathy Hansen Baxter Engineering Gloria Dougherty Ronald Klimaitis Karl & Paula Koy
Florence Patrick Joseph Patrick
Thalerng Balachandra, MD Tanapun Balachandra Elizabeth Brown & Dorene Boston-Maltese Marge Janikowski Joseph W. Fay Anne Fay
Judith A. Luzadder Andrew Bernard
Lois Powell Amalgamated Bank of Chicago Sam Schevera Nicolas Schevera Frank S. Strle Sharon Suoja Strle
Thank You
The $2,000 donation in Agnes Feely and Vera James & Mary Ellen Andrulis memory of Frank S. Strle funded extra copies of the award books for children Richard Isaachsen and teens, the Book Club Fremont Staff Collection, and Genealogy. Heidi Keye Carol Mallquist