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- New Member Appointed to Library Board of Trustees
Doreen E. Jagodnik has been appointed to the Fairfax County Public Library Board of Trustees by Mount Vernon District Supervisor Gerald W. Hyland. She fills the position recently occupied by Elizabeth L. McManus who served on the board from Sept. 1999 – July 2009. Jagodnik, a resident of Alexandria, is currently an historic interpreter at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. She worked in Fairfax County Public Library from 2002-2007, serving at both Sherwood Regional Library and Kingstowne Library. She served in the Navy for 22 years, retiring in 2002 as a Navy commander. In addition, she’s been an active volunteer in her community serving on the board of the Friends of Sherwood Regional Library and as treasurer for the Hollin Hall Village Citizens Association. She holds a Bachelor degree in music and an M.S. degree in library science from Western Michigan University; an M.S. degree in management from the Naval Post Graduate School and an M.S. degree in strategic planning from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
- Summer Reading Program Reaches More than 45,000 Children
The library’s 2009 Summer Reading Program attracted 48,800 Fairfax County children who read more than 325,000 books. The Chantilly Regional Library had the highest number of participants at 2,563. Programs are planned each summer throughout the library to complement the reading; more than 29,000 children, from preschoolers through teens, attended more than 600 programs in June, July and August.
The Summer Reading Program is planned in partnership with the Fairfax County Public Schools. Community sponsors provide funding and incentives to make the program possible including offering coupons and discounts in the coupon book worth $4,829,400. Children who read the required number of books earn the coupon book and get free ice cream, free tickets to sporting events and activities and discounts for other items.
Katie Strotman, who coordinates the Summer Reading Program, said “Even in tough economic times, our sponsors stepped forward and recognized the importance of literacy and reading in Fairfax County by providing an incentive for the children. Their generosity is very much appreciated.”
Many library Friends groups support the Summer Reading Program through donations, including $42,500 from the Friends of the George Mason Regional Library and $9,000 from the Friends of the Kings Park Library. The Fairfax Library Foundation funds the printing of the coupon book. The goals of the program are to keep kids reading during the summer to keep up their skills and to read for pleasure.
- Scholar Discusses A Lesson Before Dying Nov. 5
Join guest scholar Wendi Kaufman on Nov. 5 at 10:30 a.m. at the City of Fairfax Regional Library and explore the place, themes and history behind A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines. Kaufman will talk about where the book fits into larger literary tradition. Cosponsored by the Friends of the Reston Regional Library. No registration is required. City of Fairfax Regional Library is located at 10360 North Street, Fairfax, 703-293-6227. This event is part of The Big Read/All Fairfax Reads. The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment of the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. This is the final 2009 program of The Big Read/All Fairfax Reads.
- Native American Storyteller Nov. 7
Celebrate Native Heritage Month with storyteller Mama Mary Sunbeam on Nov. 7, 10:30 a.m. at John Marshall Library. Sunbeam, a member of the Cherokee Nation of the Appalachian tribe, will entertain children of all ages. The stories reflect tribal experiences and ancestral legends. Stories are interwoven with interactive drumming, singing and movement. Registration is required. Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library or call 703-971-0010. John Marshall Library is located at 6209 Rose Hill Drive in Alexandria.
- Patrick Henry Library Closing Early October 28
Patrick Henry Library, located at 101 Maple Avenue East in Vienna, will close at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28 as part of the town's annual Halloween celebration, which incudes a parade and other activities. For more information, call 703-938-0405.
Readers who would like to check out library material or use library services from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. can visit other nearby Fairfax County Public Library branches:
Oakton Library, 10304 Lynnhaven Place, Oakton, 703-242-4020;
City of Fairfax Regional Library, 10360 North Street, Fairfax, 703-293-6227;
Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library, 7584 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, 703-790-8088;
Dolley Madison Library 1244 Oak Ridge Avenue, McLean, 703-356-0770.
For directions to these and other library branches, go to www.fairfaxcounty.gov.
- Library Board of Trustees Recognizes Friends
The Fairfax County Public Library Board of Trustees hosted the Friends Choice Awards on Oct. 14 at Kings Park Library to honor the hard work, dedication and continued service of members of Library Friends groups. Friends' groups selected winners from among their membership for special recognition. The first Friends group rented space in the back of a barber shop in Falls Church in the 1950s and now there are 25 library Friends groups supporting the branches, classical music and the Virginia Room. In her remarks, Susan Thorniley, Chair of the Board of Trustees, said "Over the years Friends' groups have been pivotal in the support, expansion and enhancement of our library system." The following winners were chosen:
Friends of the Access Services Library
Max Bassett
Friends of the Burke Centre Library
Brian Engler
Joy Whittington
Friends of the Centreville Regional Library
Dale Maschino
Friends of the City of Fairfax Regional Library
Betty Mangler
Friends of the George Mason Regional Library
Wanda Banks
Friends of the Herndon Fortnightly Library
Louise Sterner
Friends of the John Marshall Library
Carol Dickerson
Friends of the Kingstowne Library
Margaret Weaver
Friends of the Oakton Library
Ann Balch
Jane Boyers
Tooley Milstead
Friends of the Pohick Regional Library
Mary Storch
Friends of the Reston Regional Library
Nevin Albert
Sheila Baugh
Norbert Pink
Friends of the Richard Byrd Library
Eva Kaufman
Friends of the Sherwood Regional Library
Tom Hammang
- Dog Costume Parade Oct. 31
Trick or treat with your dog in a costume parade on the Town Green on Oct. 31, 11 a.m. to Herndon Fortnightly Library. Show off your dog in the silly tricks contest. Cosponsored by Bark 'N Bubbles and Council for the Arts of Herndon. All ages and breeds. Registration required. Register online or call 703-437-8855. Herndon Fortnightly Library is located at 768 Center Street, Herndon. Event will be cancelled if it rains.
- Buying and Selling on the Internet Nov. 4
Learn about buying and selling on the Internet, especially on e-Bay, Nov. 4 and 18 at 10:30 a.m. at Woodrow Wilson Library. Registration is required. Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library or call 703-820-8774. Woodrow Wilson Library is located at 6101 Knollwood Drive, Falls Church.
- Friends of the George Mason Regional Library Donate $30,000 to Fairfax County Public Library
- Fairfax Library Foundation Raises More than $80,000 for Library
The Fairfax Library Foundation fundraiser “A Platinum Jubilee!” raised $86,400 for library programs and services. On Sept. 12 the foundation hosted the reception and live auction at the George Mason University Mathy House, home of the president of George Mason University, Alan Merten and his wife Sally.
The fundraiser was a celebration of the library’s 70th anniversary and a milestone anniversary for the foundation itself. Sharon Bulova, chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, read a county resolution thanking the foundation for its library support over the past fifteen years.
“On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I would like to thank the foundation for its 15 years of enhancing library services and for sponsoring such an elegant fundraiser in celebration of the library’s 70th anniversary,” said Susan C. Thorniley, Chair of the Fairfax County Public Library Board of Trustees. “The enthusiastic support of everyone who helped make this event such a success demonstrates how much the community values its public library.”
“This successful event could not have been possible without the generous support of The Vietnamese American Community; ExxonMobil, Alan and Sally Merten, IMC and the hundreds of other library lovers who attended the event, helped sponsor it or made donations to the auctions,” said Alvah T. Beander, Chair, Fairfax Library Foundation Board of Directors. “I would especially like to thank the event co-chairs Sally Merten and Sushma Shenoy-Saluja.”
- Best-selling Author Scott Turow Oct. 9
- Thomas Jefferson Library Closed on Sept. 26
The Thomas Jefferson Library will be closed on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. The library is currently located in a temporary trailer site on the
upper parking lot of St. Philips Catholic Church while the building is undergoing construction renovation. The St. Philips Catholic Church will be celebrating its Fall Festival on September
26. Library material pick up will be extended in order to accommodate this closing. The temporary Thomas Jefferson Library is located at 7500T St. Philips Court, Falls Church,
703-573-1060.
- New Member Appointed to Library Board of Trustees
Kristin Cabral has been appointed to the Fairfax County Public Library Board of Trustees by Dranesville District Supervisor John W. Foust. She fills the position recently occupied by
Roger M. Sudduth who served on the Board from June 1993 – July 2009. Cabral, a resident of McLean, is an attorney and stay-at-home mother. Previously she worked for the U.S.
Department of Justice, the U.S. Senate and George Washington University Law School. Ms. Cabral has been an active volunteer in her community with the PTA and her church. Ms.
Cabral is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Harvard Law School.
- The Big Read/All Fairfax Reads Continues in September
Join your friends and neighbors and read A Lesson Before Dying between now and November 15 and become part of one of the largest reading programs in the country. For
more details and to see other programs for October and November visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library or call the Center for the Book events line at 703-324-8428.
The Theater of the First Amendment at George Mason University will present the play “A Lesson Before Dying” on Friday, Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m. Old Towne Plaza, 10427 North Street
(above Pacers), City of Fairfax, 703-324-8428.
Join guest scholar Wendi Kaufman Sept. 15, 6:45 p.m. at Reston Regional Library for a lecture and Q&A on the power of A Lesson Before
Dying and where it fits into the larger literary tradition. Sponsored by the Friends of the Reston Regional Library. Reston Regional
Library is located at 11925 Bowman Towne Drive, Reston, 703-689-2700. For additional sponsors of the Big Read/All Fairfax Reads see the library’s Web site at
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library.
The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest to revitalize the role of literature
in American culture and bring the transformative power of literature into the lives of its citizens.
- Library Cosponsors Fall for the Book Literary Festival Sept. 21-26
Join the celebration of books at the 11th annual Fall for the Book literary festival. Most programs are located on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University, but some can also be
found in your community. Check www.fallforthebook.org for a complete listing or pick up a brochure at one of our library branches. The Fairfax County Public Library is sponsoring many
programs; see the festival or library Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library for additional programs.
Poets share their work on Friday, Sept. 25, 8:45 p.m.-11:30 p.m. at Brion's Grille, 10621 Braddock Road in Fairfax. Refreshments served. Cosponsored by Brion's Grille, Serotonin Plus
and Fall for the Book. Bring your own work or just listen. Sign up for a reading slot at www.fallforthebook.org.
Soul of a People: a Community Celebration of the WPA Federal Writers Project, Sept. 26 at City of Fairfax Regional Library, 10360 North Street, Fairfax, 703-293-6227. (No registration
required.) Learn more about the 1930s and the Federal Writers Project including a puppet show, folk music and the “Yo Yo Guy.” Sponsored by the American Library Association Public
Programs Office with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
See the library's featured programs
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