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Events at the Library Week of February 19

Get out your calendars and a pen: we have a busy week coming up at the Library!

Monday, February 19: Closed for President’s Day

Wednesday, February 21: Breast Cancer Survivor’s Support Group, 5:00pm

Thursday, February 22: Toddler Time! 11:00am - bring ‘em on in!

Chair Yoga: 3:30-4:15pm - open to all ages and abilities

Saturday, February 24: Soup & Sip Event 5:00-7:00pm (Town-wide event)

ALL ARE WELCOME TO LIBRARY EVENTS! Call 607-326-7901 for more information

Our First Chair Yoga Class

The debut on February 8 of our Chair Yoga class with the wonderful Candace from Twisted Sister Yoga brought out 20+ folks - some were experienced at yoga while the rest of us tried it for the first time. You’re welcome to join us again on February 22 and each month thereafter on the second and fourth Thursdays, 3:30 to 4:15. Suggested donation is $10 per class - worth every cent.

Think using a chair is for sissies? No way…

Call 607-326-7901 for more information.

2024 Quilt: Joanne’s Log Cabins

The 2024 Quilt has arrived! The Roxbury Quilters have completed this lovely quilt, originally pieced by Joanne Capalbo-Flachs called “Joanne’s Log Cabins”. The quilt will fit a queen size bed and features soft pastel colors. Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 tickets for $5.00.
Drawing will be Saturday, December 7, so you have plenty of time to get your tickets! Thank you for your continued support.

Exercise Your Right - Register to Vote

Registering to vote has never been easier. Please click on this link and register to make your voice heard.

Roxbury Times Now Available Online!

The Roxbury Times is available online at the website below. Here’s your opportunity to learn the history of our town during the years 1895 - 1951. After entering the website, click on Delaware County, and there will be a listing of available newspapers. Enjoy!

The NYS Historic Newspapers

RLA 2024 Budget Approved

The Board of Trustees have approved a 2024 budget for the Roxbury Library.

Final Count: 19 Pillowcases for Ryan’s Case for Smiles

Our terrific volunteer squad has completed 19 pillowcases, instead of the originally planned 10 cases! The patterns are so sweet - imagine how happy children will be to have such vibrant color in otherwise institutionally neutral hospital rooms. We thank them so very much for their dedication to this project - and it’s been way too much fun hosting them!

Again, our gratitude to Sarah Porter, Maggie Pebler, Kathy Zummo, Roxanne Lindner, and Chris Durham for their sewing talents and the inimitable in-house entertainment.

Special thanks to Lori and Katie Rosa of Bloom of Margaretville for final delivery to Albany Medical Center pediatric units, and to Becky Porter for donating additional pillowcases.

Check Out - Really - Our New Titles!

SO many new titles…..and they’re going out quickly on interlibrary loan. Better hurry in!

Our heartfelt thanks to our good friend Joan Kemp for her recent Facebook Birthday Fundraiser! (Such a great idea and we definitely encourage copycats…).

With the funds Joan raised we were able to purchase much needed new books for both adults and early readers - stop in and browse!

Our Caring Volunteers Give Their Time

The Roxbury Library is pleased to announce that our staff of dedicated volunteers have taken on a new project for themselves! They are creating ten pillowcases in conjunction with Ryan’s Case for Smiles to Albany Medical Center pediatric patients. Sewing began on January 3 and will continue until all pillowcases are completed. Ryan’s Case for Smiles (formerly ConKerr Cancer) was founded in 2007 to bring comfort and support to young patients and their families in hospitals around the globe. They started with a simple goal: to create and distribute whimsical pillowcases that give children an emotional boost and remind them that they are not defined by their illness. Today, Ryan’s Case for Smiles programs have expanded to include the children’s entire families so they can better navigate and cope with a very difficult experience and avoid long term emotional trauma.

Volunteers involved in this project were Sarah Porter - organizer, Maggie Pebler, Kathy Zummo, Roxanne Lindner, and Chris Durham (not pictured).

Bloom of Margaretville, owners Lori and Katie Rosa, will be distributing the completed pillowcases to Albany Medical Center.

For more information, consult https://caseforsmiles.org/miles-of-pillowcase-smiles-2023/

2024 at the Roxbury Library

The Roxbury Library has a staff, volunteers, and a Board who all hold the best interests of the library at the forefront: first and foremost to keep our doors open.

In 2024, our hope is to improve on these efforts in order to continue offering our patrons a varied selection of reading materials and DVDs. Our four new public computers, free WiFi, and wireless printing are for everyone to have the ability to connect. We would love to see our library traffic increase, and we hope that one of your New Year’s resolutions is to read more books.

Beginning January 1, we discontinued overdue fines - but, of course, we’d like our books back when you’re finished with them! Renewing is easy - call us at 607-326-7901 or use your account on the Four County website. Need help with the Four County site? We can do that.

We are a small association but we are the best place in Roxbury where we can all meet. New in town? Old in town? We have seen our library be the place where friendships are made and connections are discovered.

We are looking forward to 2024 - we are your home to the world of reading, the world-wide web, and our little world here in Roxbury.