News & Notes from Blanding Library

Garden Sale & Tea Tasting May 18

Join us for a tea tasting, sponsored by the Friends of the Library, while you shop our garden sale at Goff Hall on Sat. May 18 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. On sale will be garden books, tools, planters, and heirloom vegetables. We thank Ralph Hancewicz for donating his hand-made wooden garden trugs and birdhouses, which will be on sale, and thanks to Lisa Reigel for donating plants and vegetables for the sale.
Donations Needed! The Friends are seeking donations of gently used garden books, tools, and other garden items in good condition for the sale. Please bring them to the Blanding any time during library hours between May 4 and May 17.

There will also be a bake sale at this event. Donations of homemade baked goods for the sale will be greatly appreciated. Please call the library at 508-252-4236 for further details about donating garden items or baked goods. Proceedings from this library event will go towards the purchase of a new outdoor book drop for the Blanding.

Story Hours & More

Story Hours & Tot Time will continue at the library this month. Call to register or sign up at the front desk. Tot Time for children under age 3 is on Wed. from 10 to 10:30. Story and Craft Hours for children ages 3-K are offered on Tues. from 10 to 11 or on Thurs. from 1 to 2.

Yoga for Families, a free one-hour program for families with children up to age 8, will be on Friday, May 24 from 10:15 to 11:15. Find out more by contacting Jocelyn at 508-984-3559 or jcarvalho@paceccw.org.

Legos at the Library will next meet on Sat. May 11 at 10:30 a.m.

The Blanding Book Club will next meet on Wed. May 8 at 7 p.m. to discuss the novel “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?” by Maria Semple. Copies available at the library.

Special thanks to Scialo Bakery in Seekonk for providing the pizza for the Power of Poetry & Pizza program during April school vacation. It was a big hit!

Edible Mushroom Hunting May 28
Learn about hunting wild edible mushrooms with Ryan and Emily from the Mushroom Hunting Foundation on Tues., May 28 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free and open to all; no registration necessary. To find out more about this organization, see https://mushroomhunting.org.

Friends Indeed

Thanks to everyone who renewed their membership in the Friends of the Blanding Library for 2019, with special thanks to those who joined as contributing members ($25) and sponsors ($50). If you have not renewed yet, we hope you will. New members are always welcome. Annual membership is only $10 a year per household. You can join the Friends by sending your contribution of $10 or more to the Friends of the Blanding Library, P.O. Box 464, Rehoboth, MA 02769 or leave it in person at the library.

The Friends sponsor a number of programs at the library, especially children’s programs, and purchase special items for the library. Our latest big purchase is a much-needed new outdoor book drop bin for the library. Your contributions to the Friends help make purchases such as this possible.

Check the calendar on www.blandinglibrary.net to see all the events coming up at Goff Hall or find us on Facebook. The Blanding is located at 124 Bay State Rd., Rehoboth, phone 508-252-4236. The library is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Sundays and holidays, including Monday, May 27 for Memorial Day.