GEPL News
Senior Services at the Library
By: Stephanie Blackwell, Marketing Coordinator Today, the Glen Ellyn Public Library and the B.R. Ryall YMCA kick off Healthy Aging Week. The library and the YMCA team up to provide lectures, screenings, and exercise classes to promote physical health, mobility, economic security, and online safety for older adults. Healthy Aging Week does more than offer lectures, screening, and exercise classes.
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Glen Ellyn Public Library Serves Up Summer Meals for Hungry Kids
By: Ann Piccininni, Marketing and Graphics Production Clerk Every weekday at noon during the summer, the first-floor meeting rooms at the Glen Ellyn Public Library turn into a café of sorts. That’s where the Summer Meals program provides free boxed lunches for anyone 18 and under, helping to ensure that children who rely on the free or reduced-price lunch programs during the school
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Jungle Book Ball Will Help Library Achieve Goals, Complete Renovation
By: Ann Piccininni, Marketing and Graphics Production Clerk The Jungle Book Ball is coming, November 4! The second floor of the library will be transformed into a lavish venue befitting a formal event. Rent your tux, get your ball gown ready and purchase tickets now, while early bird prices are still in effect. Early release tickets are available through Friday, September 8 for
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Glen Ellyn Public Library To Offer Next Chapter Book Club
By: Sarah Kleiva, Outreach Librarian and Stephanie Blackwell, Marketing Coordinator The Glen Ellyn Public Library believes it is important to embrace and create spaces for people of all abilities. Toward that effort, the library recently joined the Next Chapter Book Club Affiliate Network and will soon be launching a local club for the community. Next Chapter Book Club is a community-based book club for individuals with
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Friends of the Library Donate $33,000 to Glen Ellyn Public Library
By: Ann Piccininni, Marketing and Graphics Production Clerk Those used book sales down in the basement of the Glen Ellyn Public Library do more than recycle classics and great literary finds. They generate funds that come back to the Library and make it better, thanks to the Friends of the Library. “I don’t think people realize how much the Friends do for us,”
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Prairie Path Park in Downtown Glen Ellyn Gets New Look
By: Ann Piccininni, Marketing and Graphics Production Clerk Prairie Path Park in downtown Glen Ellyn is blooming in more ways than one. The park, located adjacent to the Illinois Prairie Path just south of the railroad tracks, is enjoying a sort of renaissance courtesy of a joint effort by several public and nonprofit agencies. The Rotary Club of Glen Ellyn is partnering with
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Congratulations Laurie Gornik!
By: Dawn Bussey, Library Director Laurie Gornik began her work at the old Glen Ellyn Library, which now houses District 87 offices, in the Adult Services Department until she decided to stay home with her growing family. She returned to work in the Circulation Department in a part-time capacity in October of 2002 and became a full-time employee in April
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Readers’ Advisory Corner
By: Alex Herzberg, Readers’ Advisory Librarian Are you interested in starting a book club? Maybe you’re already in one but aren’t sure what to read next. The Glen Ellyn Public Library serves over 60 private book clubs in Glen Ellyn, and with advance notice, we can provide your group with books (including audiobooks) and discussion toolkits to help inspire great discussions!
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