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News & Events
FOSAPL Calendar & Book Sales
What's New(s) with the Branches?
Brook Hollow
We will have a back-to-school sale Saturday, July 23, from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Finally – on Saturday, Sept. 24, we will have a big, sell-everything in-our-storage-spaces sale. We currently have 71 members, including 10 life members and five new members. If you are one of the few who haven’t renewed, please pick up a membership envelope and send in your renewal. Besides her many duties as Brook Hollow Branch Manager Jeannette Davies cohosts a cooking show on Zoom. You can read about it in the news article, “Noon Time Helping of Cooking,” on page 5 of the SAPLings. Our next quarterly meeting will be Saturday, June 4, at 11 a.m. in the meeting room Encino On Mondays, June 6–27, the library will offer Adult Retro Crafts. Teen programming at Encino has resumed with weekly Teen Club programming. The next meeting of the Encino Friends will be in the library’s Collaboration room on August 8. Igo The Igo Elderberries will re-start in-person programming on Saturday, May 14, 4 – 5:30 pm, when we will host “A Conversation with Providence Umugwaneze: Survivor of the Rwandan Genocide.” She was 11 years old when the genocide in Rwanda occurred in 1994-95, and she will share her story, which she has recorded in her memoir, Next Couple Hours. Ukrainian San Antonio currently has an interesting display of photos at Igo honoring the Ukrainian customs, costumes, and culture around the world. Maverick The Friends will hold another pop-up science fiction sale on Monday, May 2, from 6–7 p.m. at Maverick Branch Library. McCreless Our next Friends meeting is scheduled for August 21 at 3:00 p.m. Thousand Oaks We are planning our May meeting on our regular, third Thursday in May and hope more of our group will be able to attend so we can make firm plans for a book sale. Tobin Library at Oakwell An End-of-School-Year Party is being planned for May 17, with a Summer Hawaiian theme—Tobin Friends are assisting with the purchase of paletas and snacks. Lots of summer fun is expected at the Kick-Off on June 4, with balloon art, bubble activities, crafts, and paletas. Weekly activities for children will be held throughout the summer. We will be hosting another Pop-Up Book Sale to coincide with Summer Kick-Off on June 4, so be sure to come shop and buy books, DVDs and CDs. |
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MORE HOURS TO SHOP IN THE BOOKCELLAR! 11-4 Thursdays 11-4 Fridays 11-4 Saturdays 
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https://guides.mysapl.org/c.php?g=485232&p=3317800 SAPL Current Services
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