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Save the Date—May 4, 2017—Annual Author’s High Tea

Annual Author’s High Tea

Thursday,  May 4th, 2017 at 2:00 PM the Annual Author’s High Tea will be hosted by the Friends and Volunteers of the Ocean City Free Public Library at the Flanders Hotel in Ocean City, NJ. The guest speaker will be local author, Jennifer Shirk.  http://www.jennifershirk.com/

Information about ticket sales will be posted at a later date.

Please DO NOT contact the library.

January 2017 General Membership Meeting Highlights!

Highlights of January 2017 Membership Meeting

BABY BAGS:  The Baby Bag Program with Shore Memorial is thriving.  The committee is considering expanding the number of bags from eighty to one hundred each month.

READ ACROSS AMERICA:  The Read Across America event, which is held at the Ocean City Primary School, will occur on March 2, 2017.  Volunteers will read to the students.

READING TREES:  The Reading Trees have been decorated with a Martin Luther King, Jr. theme for January.

SPECIAL PROJECTS/DISPLAY:  The display case in the library currently holds 150 Smurfs and Smurf memorabilia from the collection of Blake Bears.
A search is underway for Tea Tins to use in a display to coincide with the Author’s Tea.

NEW BUSINESS:  

  • The 2017 budget was presented and approved.
  • An Emergency Plan to be used in the event of a meeting cancellation has been developed.  An email will be sent to each member and phone call made by board members to people on designated lists.
  • The library will be sponsoring events that may need our help.  The Edible Book Festival is scheduled for early April and the OC-CON is set for April 1 & 2.
  • A review of the By-Laws and procedures will be conducted.