Snowflakes for Newtown Schools
Join Joliet Patch and the Joliet Public Library today and Saturday in making snowflakes that will greet students when they return from winter break.
Like you, we here at Joliet Patch were shocked and saddened by the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, which left 26 people dead -- 20 of them children. So, when we heard that teachers at the Newtown, Conn., school were seeking help in creating a winter wonderland to greet students when they returned after winter break, we recognized a chance to make a difference. We partnered with the Joliet Public Library, and we are sponsoring a two-day event that will provide the materials needed for the public to make snowflakes. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, the downtown and Black Road library branches will have a drop-in craft area set up in the children's department for making snowflakes. It will be offered again from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. …
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Anne
7:17 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012
I have two problems with the claims by Pinnacle librarians. Items coming from Prairiecat libraries will take longer to arrive than previously since they will now be coming from "out-of-system". Prairiecat's catalog currently allows for items to go to the patrons of the owning library before going elsewhere, so the items owned by a Pinnacle library should have been filling that library's patrons' … more ›