New room!

So far Sandown Library and The Friends (FoSL) have raised an amazing £370 through sales of books, plants, hand-made cards and Janet's Name The Dog. Funds are intended to renovate the upstairs room at the Library to allow for extra space for community activities and other fun stuff.

 

 

 

As you can see from the picture, Sandown Library staff have been busy bumble bees, clearing the upstairs room. It has taken a while as they had to get a van in from library headquarters ... three times! But it should be finished this week.

Floss has a home!!

Friends of Sandown library would like to say congratulations to a very pleased little girl called Keira, who won the FOSL competition "Name The Dog"!

It took a long time for the correct name to be chosen, and we were beginning to think the dog would be a permanent fixture! HER name has finally been guessed. It was FLOSS. (A small clue there - Friends Of Sandown Library FOSL -- FLOS)

 

 

 

 

We have raised an incredible £71 just from this, so well done Janet for having the idea and donating the dog! And a big thank you to everyone who joined in and had a go.

Volunteers at Sandown Library . . .

Visitors to Sandown Library may have noticed some extra staff members over the summer holidays. We have four young volunteers helping children to join the Summer Reading Challenge.

The girls, Chelsea, Rhiannon, Annie and Roxie, guide the children through the four parts of the Reading Challenge, awarding free gifts along the way.

The girls have given up their time and in return have achieved experience working with children, which will help them in their future careers.

The summer holidays is our busiest time of year, with higher visitor enquiries and demand for internet access, and it's been a great help to have these enthusiastic helpers stationed at their desk, ready to answer all the childrens' enquiries and provide encouragement with their reading.

They even happily agreed to wear the lime-green T-shirts!