Thank you to AARP for rewarding Washburn
Memorial Library the Home Fit Micro Grant!
We were able to provide 27 Home Fit - Home Safety Bags and education for community members!
Items included:
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Space saver lights for dark areas
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Window and door safety alarms
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Shower grab bar and non-slip safety shower treads/bathtub adhesives
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Wall hook (to prevent tripping, keeping bags or clothing off the floor)
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Door stoppers/wedges
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Carpet safety tape
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LED lantern night light + batteries
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AARP Home Fit Guide (education on how to make your home safer)
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AARP T-shirt or garden/work gloves (your choice)
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BONUS! Home Fit Occupational Therapist to answer any of your home safety questions!
Visit Washburn Memorial Library for our Book Sale!
Check out our new releases!
Come see us at the library... perhaps we can help?
What can we offer you at Washburn Memorial Library?
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Free patron library cards
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A collection of over 13,000 various materials
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Internet access + Maine Digital Library
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Printing, copying, faxing
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Seed Gardening Library
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Book Fairs
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Inter-library loans
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Youth Summer & Winter Reading Programs
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Raised Beds Gardening for youth
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Toddler Story Time
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DIY Take Home Kits
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Adult Yoga Classes: Chair Yoga (Ages 60+) and Advanced Yoga
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Use of Book Locker and Book Drop Box
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Book Clubs: Teatime Virtual Book Club and Books & Brews Social Hour (for ages 50+)
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August Fest events (raffles, fundraisers, author book signings, children's events, and more)!
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Valentine's Blind Date with a Book
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Genealogy (with access to Ancestry.com in-house)
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CloudLibrary (offers free online e-books and audio books). Go to: https://ebook.yourcloudlibrary.com/library/WashburnMemorial/Featured
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NEW Book Locker: We now offer a Book Locker for book pick-up​s that patrons can access after-hours. Our library already offers a book drop box, but our new Book Locker will allow patrons to get the books they want when they want them! The Book Locker is located outside at the back of the library (near the Children's Library entrance). Simply contact us and we will gather your requested books and have them ready for you that day!
What in the world would we do without our libraries?
~Katharine Hepburn
Check out CloudLibrary-
A free service to library patrons!
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