Summer Reading July 2022 Schedule

 

Whitewood Public Library, 1201 Ash  Street, Whitewood SD  57793 605-269-2616

1-30 July 2022

                            Weekly Drop-In Events

                                  Monday – Puzzle Day

                                     Friday – Joke Day

 

 6  July 1:00 - Create and Go – Fish Sculpture

12 July  6:30pm – Teen Craft Night

13 July 1:00 - Create and Go – Jelly Fish Sensory Bottle

20 July 1:00 - Create and Go – Island Sand

21 July 9am-9pm – Book Walk

26 July 6:30 – Postage Pals

27 July 1:00 - Create and Go – Shark Bite

29 July 3:00 -  Water Games

Create & Go Kits available

Whitewood Public Library

Summer Reading Program 2022

Genealogical Web Site Workshop

 

Easter Bake Sale

So many baked goods were donated.

Thank you Bakers!

And Thank You to Everyone who came in to purchase cookies, cake, breads and treats.

This was our best Bake Sale EVER! With over $600. Which included a surprise $100 envelope and a ‘jolly’ gal who donated $70. WOW!

Thanks to all the volunteers and to the Easter Bunny too.

Whitewood Public Library Volunteer Spotlight

 Whitewood Public Library Volunteer Spotlight

Steve Ellis has a love for history that he is sharing with the library. He has shared this knowledge and enthusiasm with adults and children alike.

On October 10,2020, Steve Ellis was recognized for his contribution to the Whitewood Public Library Historical Files by the

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)-Catherine Thybo Chapter.

Children's Book Grant

Whitewood Public Library

1201 Ash Street

Whitewood, SD 5773

Karren Timmermans                                                                                            20 December 2019

Executive Director

The Pilcrow Foundation

343 Washington Avenue

Cottage Grove, OR  97424

Dear Karren, 

Thank you, for your recent donation of the Children’s Book Project to the Whitewood Public Library.

 Because of your generous donation of $800, along with our community funds of $400, the combined $1200 was a huge boost to our children’s shelves.   Also your addition of 22 science books in our nonfiction section was a wonderful surprise. Our Chamber of Commerce matched what our Friends of the Library earned at a sale during our community’s all city rummage day.  The Gutknecht family and Tom Parquet topped off our community commitment. 

Your donation of  books have been cataloged and were spotlighted during ‘A Grateful Event’ at our library.  Grateful to the Pilcrow Foundation  for the support and wanted to shout it out to our community.  We had volunteers, who helped set up for the event and brought baked goods.  The volunteers were impressed with the interesting selection and the amount of books received from the grant.  While setting up the displays, they were showing each other the books and commenting on the educational value for our children.

The Books were left on display for the rest of the week then placed on a ‘New’ shelf.  From there, we were easily able to continue our promotion about the project and the books individually.  Additionally in order to have a piece of fruit pizza that Mary May made for an after school treat.  The children were to read to themselves or listen to a story.  Fox and the Bike Ride by Corey Tabor, with his specially built bike was a conversation starter!

This Grateful Event was the biggest advertised event we have ever had.  My Work Experience participant and I made invitations and flyers.  The Twin Country Radio station out of Belle Fourche put out the times and also told the whole story during ‘Whitewood News’ slot by our local reporter, Marla Loken. Our town newsletter,  putting up sandwich boards in the street and newspaper story were also part of the advertising plan.

Our one traffic light (for the train) community certainly gained with the help of Pilcrow Foundation’s Children’s Book Project.  We greatly appreciate your support to our library.

With Many Thanks

Rea Weyrich

Director

Whitewood Public Library 

 

 

Fundraiser

Whitewood Friends of the Library are selling raffle tickets. What can you win?  A picnic table with umbrella. Help support our community by purchasing your ticket. Tickets are $5 or 5 tickets $20. Drawing will be August 1st.

Contact the Whitewood Public Library at 269-2616

1201 Ash Street, Whitewood, SD

or

See Kristine Hoffman at A&J Supply

A Homesteader Arbor Day

 Thanks to Mr Jones' and his 4th Grade class, Whitewood celebrated 2019 Arbor Day with a homestead feeling.

   

-In the early Years, Whitewood was known as the 'Breadbasket" for the area because of the many fruit tres and vegetable gardens run by Whitewood residents.   One resource writes Whitewood is the "the best fruit region of the State."   - excerpt from Whitewood Historical Notes and Folklore by Mary Livingston.

Looking Towards the Future by Organizing the Past

 Thank You, to those who attended an initial meeting of inquiry towards preserving history of Whitewood and also becoming a friends group to the Whitewood Public Library.    

Friends of the Library and Historical Society.

Organizational Meeting

Tuesday,  12 February, 2019

6:30pm  at the Whitewood Public Library

This meeting will explore what we need to do to have a nonprofit organization called :
Whitewood Friends of the Library & Historical Society.

What will need to be started to establish this as a non-profit group is.
1.  File paperwork with the South Dakota Secretary of State.  This will give us:
     a.  Registered SD Organization
     b.  EIN Number
     c.  By Laws
This takes about a month to get back and costs $35.00.

2.  File paperwork with the U>S> IRS. This will get us:
     a.  Non-profit Status

This takes 6 to  9 months to get back at a cost of $275 - $400 depending on the type of form used.

Annual forms must be filed with each of these organizations.



What would it mean for the Whitewood Public Library to have this nonprofit?

1.  Provide support for the Whitewood Library along with many other South Dakota Libraries who currently have Friends of the Library.
2.  Provides the Whitewood library Director with a method of getting library needs known and, possibly, filled.  Contributions to the Library would be tax deductible.
3.  It would send a clear signal that our community is serious about supporting the library and maintaining our Whitewood Historical Collection
4.  This would be the vehicle that would allow us to push forward with the dream of having a place where Whitewood historical material could be on show.
5.  Once we have this status we can apply for nonprofit grants.  That does not guarantee we will get any grants, but it will give us the opportunity to try.
6.  It provides an opportunity for people to get involved.  People who live in Whitewood and the surrounding area and those who have an interest in Whitewood but live some distance away.
7.  Once a membership list is established, we will be able to communicate on a monthly basis with members.
8.  This organization could work with other organizations to move all agendas forward and accomplish goals.

We need as many people as possible to participate in getting this organization started and keeping it going.  That does not mean you will be asked for money all the time or you will be asked to attend endless meetings.

We are proposing the Whitewood Friends of the Library and Historical Society Governing Board meets once a quarter.  Committees would be formed to work on defined projects.

As with most  organizations. fund raising will be important so one of our first jobs will be to establish monetary goals and what kind of fund raisers we want to try.
More important than raining money, we need to "have everyone on board"  with the overall goals of the organization.  For this we need you to speak up and give your input.

What is important to you?

What would you like to see this organization do in its first year?                             In its 5th year?  In its 10th year?

Do you have ideas that you haven't heard anyone else talk about?

Please talk to us.