Junior Friends Achievements 2004-JUNE 2005

January 2004 : Sorted through childrens’ board books and set some aside for discard consideration (those that were shabby and worn). With the remaining time, we washed the board books.
February and March 2004 : No meetings
April 2004 : Created a new Spring Bulletin Board display for the childrens’ area.
May 2004 : Had a brainstorming session to plan summer activities, for the remainder of the meeting we sorted and filed date due cards.
June/July/August 2004 : Created party games for the childrens’ End of the Summer Reading Party. Games included: Wet Sponge Toss, Gummy Bear Guess, Bean Bag Toss, Pin the Star on the Flag, Boat Search and Shoebox Guessing Game.
September 2004 : Brainstormed for Fall ideas and then sorted and filed date due cards.
October 2004 : Made December holiday cards for the residents of the Westgate Nursing Home. Made a total of 127 cards. They were delivered on a separate day.
November 2004 : Had two meetings in November. We met on the 9 th and the 30 th. At these meetings we created ornaments for the Gates Town Hall’s Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony. We also had elections for new officers.
December 2004 : Junior Friends participated in the Town Hall’s Tree Lighting Ceremony.
January 2005 : All members came to the meeting today. WE created a new bulleting board display for the Childrens’ area. The theme: snowmen carrying books heading to a library.
February 2005 : Junior Friends decorated blown out eggs and added them to the existing “egg tree” that is in the Childrens’ area. We decorated the eggs with storybook characters.
March 2005 : Junior Friends were given lists of Easter books to pull off the shelves for a special display in the library. Many of them had never pulled books before so it was a great learning experience for a lot of them. We also spent part of the meeting sorting and filing date due cards.
April 2005 : Sorted and filed date due cards
May 2005 : Created a “Spring into Reading” bulleting board for the Childrens’ area. The theme: spring flowers and shrubs.
June 2005 : We made Happy 4 th of July cards for the residents of the Westgate Nursing Home. 54 cards were made. They will be dropped off later in the month.