FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE EMMAUS PUBLIC LIBRARY FALL 2018

The Mission of the Friends of the

Emmaus Public Library

To enrich the life of the

East Penn Community

by supporting the

programs and facilities

of the library.

To provide programs

to increase the public's

awareness of the library

and its value to the

community.

To promote greater

use of library resources.

To serve as a source

of credible information

regarding the impact of

legislative changes on

library funding and

programs.

Friend to Friend

is published semiannually by

The Friends of the

Emmaus Public Library

11 E. Main Street,

Emmaus, PA 18049

Ph: 610.965.9284

Editor: Francee Fuller President of Friends:

Linda Rose Wade

www.emmauspl.org

A Dream Realized!

Children’s Wing Open House November 28

A gala ribbon cutting for the new children’s wing of the

Emmaus Public Library took place at 2 p.m. Thursday, No-

vember 8. Children’s librarian Susan Monroe enlisted the

help of young library patrons to help with the ribbon cutting

honors.

The long-held dream is finally a reality. The 2,000 square-

foot addition provides a flexible area for educational programs

for children and gives the young adults designated space just

for them and their collections. The former children’s section is

now an adult reading lounge with a permanent Friends of the

Emmaus Public Library book sale area.

Check out the changes during the library’s open house

on November 28 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Library staff will

be happy to help you find your way around and locate special

sections that are important to you. Special guests include

Clifford the Big Red Dog.

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Congratulations to Maryellen Kanarr, Library Director

Maryellen Kanarr has been named the new director of the Emmaus Public Library to

succeed Amy Resh. The Emmaus Adult Services Librarian for the past two years, she previously worked at both the Allen

and Parkland libraries.

Maryellen grew up in the Lehigh Valley and has fond memories of going to the library

with her mom for special events and read-ing programs.

After earning a bachelor's degree in English from East Stroudsburg University, Maryellen continued to visit the public library

as an adult for books--not only for her be-loved fiction, but also for information on

how to write a resume, how to cook, how to budget...basically how to adult.

The career book What Color is Your Para-chute? encouraged her to earn a master's

degree in Library Science from Kutztown University. With 16 years of experience as a librarian, Maryellen loves helping others

find new books, technologies, and experi-ences.

October 4th marked the annual busi-

ness meeting of the Friends of the Em-maus Public Library.

Members approved the budget, which includes a donation of $16,000 to the

library. Treasurer Joseph Pugliese noted that in 2018, the Friends had already contributed $21,171 to the library. The

sum included funds raised at the spring book sale, a special $5,000 donation to

help the library achieve an anonymous building fund donor’s $25,000 match and book cart sales.

Watch for news on the Second

Annual Books & Beer on March 20.

Officers Elected at Friends Annual Meeting

We are grateful to Friends’ leadership: treasurer Joseph Pugliese, outgoing secretary Carol Brokate, incoming president Linda Rose Wade and 2018 president Terri Gaspar.

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Summer Fun for Adults as Well as Kids

This year 280 adults signed up for the Em-

maus Public Library Adult Summer Reading

Club. Participants received a free tote bag

and a free book, sponsored by the Friends of

the Emmaus Public Library. Sixty percent of

the readers lived in Emmaus; 10% were

from Upper Milford; 8.6% from Macungie

borough; and the remainder from other are-

as. Last year, 269 patrons registered.

To kick off the summer reading program for

both adults and children, the library orga-

nized a carnival on Saturday, June 16th

that was a huge success! Fun games, a live

band, The Newspaper Taxis (pictured to the

right) and food trucks attracted an after-

noon crowd of almost 900.

Adults wrote 478 book reviews that func-

tioned as raffle tickets. Ten weekly basket

raffles and one grand prize basket were

awarded. Prizes were donated by the

Friends and generous local businesses in-

cluding Wawa, Gardens Alive!, Da Vinci Sci-

ence Center, Allentown Symphony, Volpe's

Sports Bar, Dorney Park & Wildwater King-

dom, Applebee's, Weis Markets of Emmaus,

Giant, Bethlehem Steel FC and Wegmans.

Other adult events included Yoga Rocks

with Emmaus Yoga, Fit Rhythms with

TAYHA, Stronger than Steel with Jeff Parks,

Music Bingo, Songs of the 60s & 70s, Yeah!

Yeah! Yeah! Beatles presentation, Tom Edi-

son’s Music by the Emmaus Historical Soci-

ety, and Backstage with Allentown Sympho-

ny director Diane Wittry. The closing event

was an all-ages pool party at Emmaus Com-

munity Pool on Thursday, August 23rd from

5p.m.-8p.m. and over 140 attended!

Over 500 children participated in the chil-

dren’s summer reading club and teens en-

joyed a series of literary lunches. A great

summer was had by all.

13th Annual Friends Holiday Book Sale & Reception, Friday, November 30 6 p.m.—8 p.m.

Join the Friends in the Margaret Knoll Gardner Room of the

Emmaus Public Library as we kick off the Emmaus Main Street Old

Fashioned Christmas Celebration with a book sale and a reception

featuring cheese, crackers, wine and punch.

Browse our selection of pre-enjoyed books for all interests and ages

in gift-worthy condition at budget-pleasing prices.

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Thanks for Making the Spring Book Sale A Success!

Thanks to wonderful community support, the Friends

of the Emmaus Public Library raised $11,818.88 at

our 20th Annual Used Book Sale held on April 28 at

Lower Macungie Middle School.

We are extremely thankful that the East Penn School

District provides this beautiful facility for a sale

which is such an important fund-raiser for the

library.

The Friends are grateful for the support of R.L. Rep-

pert and its staff who transport the books from the

Emmaus Public Library to Lower Macungie Middle

School and then take the remainders back to the

library after the sale. The staff of the Emmaus Public

Works Department came out in force to help speed

along the loading and unloading in record time.

Members of the Lower Macungie Middle School Honor

Society and Boy Scouts from Emmaus Troops 80 and

71 did an outstanding job in helping to set up the

sale on Friday and break it down on Saturday.

The custodial staff of Lower Macungie Middle School

is so very helpful and patient throughout the sale. We

are so appreciative of their support. The sale is made

even more successful due to the cooperation of The

Nutrition Group, the East Penn School District’s food

service provider, which hosts a Nutrition, Health and

Safety Fair to run concurrently during much of the

Saturday book sale hours.

Members of the Emmaus Rotary Club as well as other

new volunteers came forward to help. We are grateful

for their help. An especially big shout out of thanks to

Carolee Baker who works almost year- round in reviewing and sorting book donations, then ar-

ranging them by category to make shopping even easier for our customers. And once again,

AI Orthodontics provided sturdy cloth bags, which are so appreciated by our customers and vol-

unteers. Kudos to Dolly Russel whose hand-made bookmarks helped us exceed last year’s sales

figures.

This annual sale is our major fundraiser. Books are now being collected year-round. Please drop

off your donations at the Emmaus Public Library.

Please note: The 2019 EPL Friends Spring Used Booksale will be April 13, the

second Saturday in April, instead of the fourth Saturday.