Friends of the Baldwinsville Public Library, Inc.

Craft show is Saturday. November 9, 10:00am to 4:00pm and Sunday, November 10, noon to 4:00pm! Location is the Baldwinsville Public Library - New York. Applications to complete are available at the library right in front of the circulation desk. Has directions w/form. Leave at circulation desk when completed. Friends will pick them up. Or click on the link below, then the words "apply here" and print out your application! https://www.friendsofbpl.com/events Have questions about anything? Email Cindy at [email protected]

Can't wait to see you! 🍒

The volunteer leadership team of Friends of the Library in a recent photo taken outside of the Baldwinsville Public Library - New York!

Have a great week! 🙂

And the winners for the basket drawings are:
Norma Widmann - BBQ Basket ⚡️
Diane Clark - Kids Fun Summer Basket ⚡️

Drawing for BBQ Gift Basket for Father's Day & Kids Summer Fun Basket next Friday, June 14. Chances are one for $3 and two for $5 and can be purchased at the checkout desk. Good luck to whoever the lucky winners will be to be! 🌺

Sunday’s Mahjong Tournament was a huge success thanks to hosts Wendy Christopher and Leslie Winters. Wendy and Leslie are donating $450 to Friends and are considering making it an annual event! Players were treated to a full day of mahjong including breakfast, lunch and cash prizes. Volunteers from Friends helped! Thank you to everyone who volunteered and attended. 🌷

Volunteers needed Sunday, May 19 for our Mahjong event. You don't have to be a member of Friends of the Library to help out! Library patrons or community members are invited to volunteer as well. Please call (315) 329-4490 if you'd like to join in. You don't have to know how to play Mahjong to help.

We need volunteers between the hours of 8:30 am-9:30am to help with breakfast. 8:45-9:15am to help with registration. 9am-noon to help sell raffle tickets. Noon-3pm to again, sell raffle tickets. and 12:pm to 1:30pm to help with lunch.

If you can't work full shifts but just partial, that's fine too!

Thank you.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! You don't want to miss this very interesting talk by Sean O'Loughlin, Composer & Conductor for the Syracuse Orchestra. Please join us at 1:30pm on May 17!

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Are you ready? Please join us Wednesday, May 8th at 10:30 am! Dr. Bidwell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Wellness at SUNY Oswego. She received her M.S. and PhD from Syracuse University in Exercise Physiology and Science Education with a research emphasis in metabolic nutrition, physical in activity and disease progression. Dr. Bidwell teaches nutrition, exercise physiology and wellness at SUNY Oswego. 🌷

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! TUESDAY, MAY 7! Want something interesting to do for free? Join us at the Baldwinsville Library as Derrick Pratt from the Erie Canal Musem speaks about the Erie Canal Days: Basics of the Erie Canal; a crash course on the engineering of the Erie Canal. Starts at 6:30pm. Come when you can and leave when you have to. If you have any questions, just call 315-635-5631, or email: [email protected]. Come one, come all! See you then! 😊

The Baldwinsville Public Library Budget passed 251 yes votes and 21 no votes. Frank Valchine was elected to a five-year term on the library board and Linda Clarkson was elected to a three-year term.

9am-9pm today! Thank you. 🙂

We had a great time at the outdoor eclipse watch party today. The crescent moon was beautiful. We experienced it get dark outside during daylight and with this the temperature briefly went down which was to be expected with no sun shining. It got so dark the lights in the parking lot automatically turned on! Animals are impacted by the eclipse and during this time a local dog began barking. Pictured here is librarian Julia with Ali. Ali drove all the way from New York City not knowing anyone in the area because he wanted a good view of the eclipse. And he chose Baldwinsville. Another family was traveling from Canada and stopped in Baldwinsville at the library outside to watch it too. It was a very popular place to be. Julia was the most expert and entertaining host answering questions about the eclipse and just being a great person! Thank you Julia! ☀️

Sorry, we are out of eclipse glasses.

Come to the free Solar Eclipse Watch Party sponsored by the library on Monday, Aprill 8! Free and open to the public. It will be held in the staff parking area of the parking lot. Starts around 1pm and ends around 4:30pm. Come when you can and leave when you have to. Bring something to sit on and please bring your own glasses to watch the eclipse as the library has none to give out. See you then. ☀️🕶️

9 a.m. - 9 p.m. 🙂

Want to do some short term volunteering? No experience necessary! Feel refreshed by getting out and being around others!

Volunteer Opportunities
April 18 Thursday - Library Vote: Volunteer shifts 9:00am-1:00pm, 1:00pm- 5:00pm, or 5:00pm-
9:00pm

May 3-5 Membership Table (book sale)

May 19 Mahjong Tournament 9:00am- 4:00pm

If you want to be on a substitute list for any of
these in case someone can’t make it, let us know!

CALL or TEXT (315)-329-4490 to volunteer!

Thank you. ⭐️

Mahjong Tournament! Open to the public. 9 a. m. - 4 p.m. Sunday , May 19, 2024. Come when you get here and leave when you have to. Leslie Winters and Wendy Christopher are hosting the Mahjong Tournament as a fundraiser for Friends. Want to volunteer for this event? You don’t have to spend the whole day! 😂Email [email protected]. Please join us whether you can volunteer or not. 💕

Free and open to the public! Join us in the library at 1p.m. on May 17, 2024 for a presentation by Sean O’Loughlin. O’Loughlin is the Principal Pops Conductor of the Victoria Symphony and the Principal Pops Conductor of Symphoria in Syracuse, NY. As a composer and arranger, his music is characterized by vibrant rhythms, passionate melodies, and colorful scoring. Commissions from the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra highlight and showcase his diverse musical abilities. As a conductor, he has led performances with the Boston Pops Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, the Vancouver Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Houston Symphony and the Seattle Symphony amongst others. He has served as conductor for international tours with Josh Groban, Sarah McLachlan and the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration. He has also appeared on ABC’s Good Morning “The arrangements are spectacular. The orchestra sounds sensational and the audience loves it!”
– Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
“...colorful“ while adding “...even more dimension...“
– The Los Angeles Times
“most impressive...“ with a “wide range of coloring in the orchestra...“ that “...adds heft and rolling energy.“ 🎶🎼🎵

Free and open to the public! Save the date! May 8, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. Dr. Amy Bidwell from SUNY Oswego will speak at the Baldwinsville Library about health wellness! Dr. Bidwell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Wellness at SUNY Oswego. She received her M.S. and PhD from Syracuse University in Exercise Physiology and Science Education with a research emphasis in metabolic nutrition, physical in activity and disease progression. Dr. Bidwell teaches nutrition, exercise physiology and wellness at SUNY Oswego. ⭐️

Please join us! Friends Annual Meeting.
Wednesday, May 8 at 9:30 AM, as directed by Friends bylaws: “There shall be an
annual meeting of the membership each year. Members will elect the FBPL Board to
serve for a one-year term.” Maybe you don’t want to be on the board but you’d like to come to the meeting anyway. That’s fine! Hope to see you there! 🙂

In case you missed it…. 🌷🌷🌷

Thank you to Audrey Gibbs, Director of Philanthropy at McHarrie Life who gave a presentation on “Why is Syracuse Home in Baldwinsville”? Audrey delighted the audience with history, humor and photos about the full service care options for older adults all on one campus right here in B’ville.

Today marks the first day of Spring, 2024!

Come one, come all! Free and open to the public. Thursday, March 21 at 10am. 🙂

The Bville Library phones are out. We do not have a time frame as to when the issue will be fixed. Our internet works so you can send emails to [email protected]

Please plan you schedule for to join us for this free event on March 21. It starts at 10am however arrive and leave when you have to. No registration required! Open to the public! 👍

Something cool at the library, Friday 2/9 at 3:30pm!

Please take a look at the website Caitlin Zubrowski, our new website manager created. What a great resource for those who wish to be in the know about what's going on with Friends! Thank you from everyone Caitlin! Click here for the link to take you there: https://sites.google.com/view/friends-of-bpl-home/

Bville Library February 2nd-4th Book Sale is well underway. Come and get them before they are all gone. The sale is until 5pm today, 10 to 4 Sat and 12 to 4 on Sunday.

Friends is an adaptable group and we seek to fit the needs of the Baldwinsville community as it pertains to our library. We would love to host speakers or events that you as a community might find interesting. Our free gathering about Micron with County Executive McMahon was a huge success. Are there any other events you would like to recommend? They can be speakers or other types of events that people would find interesting, fun, informative or all three! You get it! No suggestion is a bad suggestion. And all ideas will be given consideration. Hit us up in the comments. Thank you! 👍