Merry Christmas!

Wishing you a very merry Christmas with best wishes for the new year, from Jenny and Louise at Sandown Library, and all the Friends of Sandown Library.

Forthcoming events this Christmas at Sandown Library ...

There are a selection of events coming to Sandown Library this November and December, so grab a pen and mark your favourites in your diary!

First, this Saturday the 30th November, is the Christmas Craft Fayre, which will run from 10.00am to 3.00pm. Come along for a wide selection of locally made crafts and jewellery at bargain prices! Refreshments will be provided by Friends of Sandown Library.

On Friday 6th of December, Sandown Library will host another Single's Book Chat. This new social and reading group meet on Friday evenings, approximately every three months. Come along for a fun and informal chat about books, with refreshments provided. Enjoy the good company and conversation.

Saturday 14th December is a busy day at the library. Santa will be dropping by for a special Christmas storytime, and there will be a craft activity before he arrives. This event starts at 11:00 am and is suitable for children aged 4 to 8. It is a free event, but booking is essential. Call the library on 01983 402748 to reserve your place / places.

Also on Saturday 14th December, you can enjoy Christmas carols sung by Sandown Library's Joy Of Singing group! It's the perfect opportunity to get in the Christmassy mood and find out more about additional activities at Sandown Library.

The 'Wear it Pink' Tea Party Raises £336 For Breast Cancer Care

On the 24th October Sandown Library held a 'Wear it Pink' tea party to raise funds for Breast Cancer Care. In response, a huge turnout of locals popped by for a cuppa and some cake, helping to raise a total of £336 so far.

Check out these fab pretty-in-pink pictures from the event, courtesy of Jenny Simon:


Cakes, cakes, cakes!!!

The first arrivals enjoy a morning treat.

The celebratory set-up.

Sandown Library - looking pretty in pink.

Whether pouring teas, baking cakes or consuming them, we'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who got involved and contributed behind the scenes, and to all those who popped in to Sandown Library to support this special cause.

Stay tuned at the FOSL blog for forthcoming events.





Friends of Sandown Library Meeting: 3rd October 2013

Friends of Sandown Library: Minutes of the Meeting held 3rd October 2013

Apologies: Ian, Heather, Wendy, Jenny, Janet

This meeting was brief due to only three people in attendance; Eileen, Louise and Laura. Louise gave apologies for Janet who is recuperating from an operation. All best wishes to her.

1.    Recent Events: 
The Quiz and Chips was a great success, raising £165.00.  A brilliant job and thanks to Friends who organised and supported this event!
The Book Sale raised a huge £281.00.  Again, thanks for your support.
Donations have also been raised to the amount of £96.00
The PA system was purchased and was a success.

Action: Ian to collect £542.00 as above for banking please.

2.    Treasurers Report: 

The financial situation is that we started with a balance of £859.18; a cheque for £178.81 has cleared leaving a bank balance of £680.37.

3.    Building Works: 

Louise, Jenny and Sue would like FoSL to discuss the building works. Property Services have stated that whilst they are able to deliver the works, they are unfortunately unable to pay for them. Staff would obviously like the community room to be completed but would like to know what FoSL think?  It was suggested that the costs should be researched and reported at the next opportunity so that member’s views may be solicited.

Action: Please send any comments to Eileen for the record.

The gate would be secured with a new padlock, but again any further works outside     would not have costs met by the Council and this situation does need further discussion.

4.    Planned events: 

Wear it Pink T Party on the 24th October.
Christmas Craft Fair – 30th November. The hire costs will be £5 per table and tables will need to be booked through staff. This event will be advertised online, council site, CP, Beacon etc,. Any further news on events, please pass on details.

5.    AOB: 

There is due to be a feature in the CP shortly re Sandown, focusing on ‘saving the High Street’ by shopping locally. The SBA have negotiated a good deal with an ad for £50 only, plus some editorial per ad.  Are we interested – what would we advertise?

Action: Quick response please.
   
Funding: It is of great concern that money is being squeezed ever more and some     discussion took place regarding the possibility of finding funding for the library. The     consensus seems to be that it is unclear where funding may be available from. If any     member has views or advice on this subject, it may be relevant to research and discuss at our next meeting?
    
Author Talks:  Felicity Fair Thompson will be at Waterstones for a book signing this weekend, and has invited FoSL members to the book launch evening on Monday 7th. A poster is in the library with further details.
   
Literary Festival:  If members are attending any events, it would be useful to try to obtain interest and support for FoSL there.

Next Meeting:  The next meeting will be held in January and a date will be mailed in due course.

The 'Wear It Pink' Tea Party ...

Join us at Sandown library for the 'Wear it Pink' tea party on October 24, and help Sandown Library to raise funds for Breast Cancer Care.

Howling Halloween at Sandown Library ...

 

To book your place, pop in to Sandown Library or call 01983 402748

The next big book sale ...

The next big book sale, comes this August - 24th!

Forthcoming events at Sandown Library ...

Friday 30th August: If you're single and you love reading, then save the date in your diary!

Keep Calm It's Quiz and Chips ...

Quiz and Chips event, coming soon. Don't miss out! Book your tickets now ...

Established author visits Sandown Library ...

                        'Let’s Talk About Writing’

- An interactive talk about the problems and joys of writing

With Felicity Fair Thompson

Felicity Fair Thompson lives in the Sandown Bay area. Her novel ‘Cutting In’ is shortlisted for the People’s Book Award 2013

27th June 2013 - 7pm

Sandown Library

Cheese & Biscuits and soft drink included in £3 ticket

(Bring your own wine)

Felicity’s published work includes a children story, a novel set in the world of ballet, an EU funded community play, travel features, poetry, theatre reviews and personality profiles. Her interest in photography, travel and writing expand into film making and three of her travel films have been broadcast on Australian TV. She also teaches independently on the Island.

To reserve or purchase your ticket, pop into Sandown library and ask for more information at the desk.

Pie & Mash event goes down a treat!

As many of you know the Pie & Mash event was held at Sandown Library on May 3rd, and it was a huge success! 

FoSL would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who came along, and to Janet, the FoSL events officer, for all her hard work!

Sandringham Hotel made the pies free of charge, and they were delivered right on time. Entertainment was provided by Pepper Gray, also free of charge. By the end of the evening there was dancing, singing and random joke telling.

All together with the donation auction, £230 was raised.

Check out some photos:

Minutes of AGM: 25/04/2013

Minutes of Annual General Meeting held 25th April 2013

Present: Eileen, Conrad, Donna, Diane, Wendy, Janet, Louise, Jenny, Ian, Robert, Susan, Laura, Heather.

Apologies: Deborah, John.

Matters Arising

1. Bank account

Eileen brought in information and account set up pack from Barclays Bank. Account not set up yet as changes in Committee Members may occur due to AGM elections today and thus account would have to be updated. All agreed that the bank account would be actioned after this meeting.

2. Bank account balance stands at £647.28

3. Previous events - the Easter Fun Event for children raised over £100 and was well attended.

Discussion on committee roles and positions took place and it was agreed to increase roles to six, plus a press contact role which would be undertaken as appropriate by non committee Library staff members, Louise and Jenny.

The present officers stood down, six roles were nominated and people elected as follows:

• Chair – Donna Newnham
• Deputy Chair – Heather Humby
• Treasurer – Ian Ward
• Secretary – Eileen Schaff
• Network Officer – Laura Higham
• Events/Liaison Officer – Janet Hope

It was further agreed that communication channels and tasks division needed to improve as follows:

Chair: Donna would be responsible for co-ordinating roles and tasks, managing meetings, and would liaise with Treasurer on Bank account set up and management of legal documentation.

Deputy Chair; Heather would be responsible for membership list and details, and liaise with the Secretary, Events and Network Officers to ensure mailing list and contacts are up to date.

Treasurer; Ian would be responsible for setting up account with Donna, and managing documentation and account.

Secretary: Eileen would be responsible for Agenda, Minute taking and distribution and would liaise with all concerned with agenda/action points.

Network Officer: Laura would be responsible for online activities and information and would liaise with all concerned.

Events Officer: Janet would be responsible for local area marketing and membership promotion and information and would liaise with all concerned.

Action: Jenny will e mail the Constitution to Eileen for updating.

Action: Donna and Ian to set up suitable bank account and signatories.

Action: E mail/contact list to be updated

New Events

• Pie and Mash Evening has sold out and is eagerly awaited on 3^rd MAY
• Book Sale – Louise and Jenny suggest a book sale in the summer - AUGUST
• Quiz and Chips evening – Donna will organise this event for SEPTEMBER
• Heritage Trail and Leaflet – Louise is organizing this leaflet to be sold
• History Exhibition – Conrad organizing this for JULY .
• Eileen will talk to Felicity Fair Thompson regarding giving a talk to aspiring writers and arrange dates.
• Dates for these events to be notified asap please.
• Note: The local primary school, St Johns, is looking for volunteers to read to the younger children. Please contact the school directly. Thank you.

Next Meeting

Thursday 18^th July at 6.30 pm

If there are any other matters to be notified or rectified please contact Eileen.

Shh ... it's the library music tour

Library music tour coming soon to Sandown Library: June 26th 2013. Save the date in your diary! See you there! FoSL.

Pie and Mash event is fully booked!

FoSL bring an important update regarding the Pie & Mash Supper: Tickets have now sold out!

To everyone who bought a ticket -- Bon Appetit!

To everyone who missed out -- stay tuned, we will be holding more events soon.

We look forward to seeing you about the library.

Regards,

Friends of Sandown Library

World Book Night!

To celebrate World Book Night on April 23rd Jenny and Louise have got 400 books to give away! So if you fancy a free brand new book plus the chance to win a £40 Waterstones voucher then visit Lake Morrisons on April 23rd from 5.30pm!

FoSL Present a Pie & Mash Supper!

The Friends of Sandown Library are hosting a pie and mash supper on Friday 3rd May. Tickets are available from Sandown Library and cost £4.50 which includes the evening’s entertainment! For more information or a ticket pop into or telephone Sandown Library on 402748.

Keep up to date with the FoSL folder...

Friends of Sandown Library would like to say a big thank you to Jenni who has been looking after the FoSL minutes folder, of which she has recently added two new sections . . .

1. Event / fundraising forms -- Anyone who has an idea for events or fundraising that they would like to either host or suggest can add it onto a form. If they require help, they should mention this here. Or, if they would like to help at another event, they can make a note of this here, also.

2. Jenni has also added a calendar, so that everyone can easily see when Sandown Library or FoSL will be holding their next events.

The folder will be kept amongst the local interest books, next to the photocopier in the library.

Recent events at Sandown Library: Wendy the Witch . . .

After another fun event was hosted at Sandown Library we would like for you to meet Wendy the Witch ...

As well as reading stories, Wendy played a Find The Rat game on Saturday 9th at Sandown Library. She also gave out free books and World Book Day vouchers, which can be exchanged at book shops for any of the free World Book Day childrens books.

If you would like to keep in touch about forthcoming events at Sandown Library, visit the Sandown Library Website: http://www.iwight.com/living_here/libraries/your_local_library/sandownl.asp or call 01983 402749 during opening hours.

Easter Craft Fayre: 23 March

Sandown Library is holding an Easter Craft Fayre on Saturday 23rd March from 10.00am to 3.00pm. 

If you have a craft you would like to sell at this event please telephone the library on 01983 402748 to book a table for £5.

Comic Relief Show-Stopper Bake-off Competition!

To help raise money for Comic Relief, Sandown Library are holding their very own Bake-off challenge on Friday 15th March at 2.30pm. 

We would like you to enter a show-stopper cake with a comic relief theme into our competition!

Entry is £3, which will go to Comic Relief. After the cakes have been judged and the winner selected, they will be sold -- the cakes not the winner! -- to raise more funds for Comic Relief. 

There’s no need to book a place, just bake your cake and come along!!

Minutes of meeting 31st January 2013...

PRESENT :

Wendy, Diane, Conrad, John, Susan, Robert, Donna, Laura, Heather, Deborah, Jenny.

IMPORTANT!

The next meeting will be the A.G.M.

The date is April 25^th at 6.30pm.

At this meeting all committee members will resign and be re-elected, so anyone interested in being on the committee must attend this event.

The committee members are Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and Press Officer.

Content: 

 

Jenny : The Christmas Craft Fayre raised £60 in stall fees and £55 in teas/ coffees and the raffle.

Many thanks to Donna, Wendy and Ian, who took it in turns to do teas/ coffees & raffle tickets, and to Diane for the lovely throw she made for a raffle prize.

We had a book sale on January 19^th. 

Thanks to Janet, Deborah and Susan, it raised an amazing £150. We are getting lots of donated books, and will be having more book sales in the future.

News on further library events are on our website, on posters in the library and Laura is adding them all to the blog & FB.

(We would like more events organised by the group, such as author visits or interesting talks etc. Jenny & Louise are happy to do the posters and stay behind in the evenings for any events, but we need action more than just ideas!)

The group agreed to purchase 2 hot water dispensers for tea/coffee as we currently have only 2 urns available in the library service. The group also agreed to purchase a Mary Berry cook book as a prize for our Comic Relief Bake Off event (15^th March).

Donna – The storyteller Eltjo de Vries could not hold a Christmas storytelling activity as he was in a panto, but Donna hopes to book him in the future for an evening event. He does adult storytelling, and has done two at Newport Library , both of which attracted lots of publicity.

The helium balloons idea proved to be too expensive.

Donna has all the things she needs to hold a pub-style quiz night. Jenny said this might be better later in the year when the evenings were lighter, but we would like to hold one.

Donna asked for ideas for future events. 

Deborah asked if the events have to be fund-raising & Jenny replied no. Events draw attention and publicity to the library, which is our aim. However, as we hold regular events ourselves, the library staff do not have time to organise FOSL events on top of their own, but we can do posters and stay behind in the evenings as required.

Deborah suggested themed events, where we get book collections to supplement a speaker on various subjects. Jenny or Louise can order books on particular subjects from other libraries if we have enough notice.(3-4 weeks)

Heather suggested a debating group.

Conrad would like another Historical Society display, date to be arranged.

Wendy is going to sell her plants again, which was very successful last summer.

Donna will again have ideas for an Easter children’s event, with help from Jenny (Deborah & Conrad?)

Provisionally set for Tuesday, April 2^nd 10.30 – 11.30.

EASTER CRAFT FAYRE – Saturday 23^rd March 10.00 – 3.00

Once again we would like prizes for a raffle, and a timetable of volunteers to spend an hour or so doing teas / coffee & cakes. Please let Jenny or Louise know if you are available.

All members agreed that we must organise a bank account before the next meeting.

IMPORTANT!

The next meeting will be the A.G.M.

The date is April 25^th at 6.30pm.

At this meeting all committee members will resign and be re-elected, so anyone interested in being on the committee must attend this event.

The committee members are Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and Press Officer.

Jenny :

I would like to thank all the members, including those who volunteered to be on the committee at our first meeting, for all they have done in the last year. 

May I suggest that at the AGM we discuss if we need more people on the committee and for future committee members to contact each other before meetings to arrange who is going to attend?

Read Dating!

Never mind speed dating, try read dating!

Are you single? 21 or over? Do you enjoy reading? Do you want to meet others who are interested in the same thing? Come and join us at our fun and casual dating event on Friday 15th February at 7.00pm. For more information or to register for this event telephone 402748 or pop into Sandown Library. All participants will receive a complimentary drink on arrival, a goody bag to take home and automatic entry into our brilliant raffle!