Upcoming

Summer Reading is Coming Soon!

Summer Reading Registration
Join us this summer for 2023’s Summer Reading Program, All Together Now,
and enjoy crafts, snacks, activities, and learning!
~~Registration Begins May 1st~~
Call or see website for details Ages 3-18 / Grades Pre-K—12th

Growing Words

When: 3rd Sunday in August (Aug. 20, 2023)
@2:00 p.m. til 5:00 p.m.

Where: Tupper Lightfoot Memorial Library Brundidge, AL

What: Growing Words is a discussion group for individuals who have a passion for poetry, literature, or any type of writing or reading. Join us for learning, workshopping, sharing, and eating!
This event is a Pot Luck so bring a dish! The Library will provide chicken salad croissants and drinks.

How to Register: email Theresa Trawick at tlmldirector@troycable.net with the subject: Growing Words

Special Notices
Our monthly staff meeting has changed!
We will now close at 5 pm on the last Wednesday of each month.

Closed May 27th-29th — Memorial Day
The Library will close at 5 pm instead of 6 on May 31st — Staff Meeting
Juneteenth—Closed June 17th & 19th
4th of July—Closed July 4th
The Library will close at 5 pm instead of 6 on June 28th for staff meeting.

OTHER NEWS

Check out our monthly newsletter, News from Tupper, here.

United Against Book Bans thanks everyone for joining in on Right to Read Day.
All across the country, readers, advocates, and library lovers took action to protect their right to read freely.

On the same day, the American Library Association released its
list of the Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022.

Right to Read Day may be passed, but you can take action every day of the year.
View the United Against Book Bans website for actions you can take to
support Libraries and defend your right to read.

Celebrate Right to Read Day, every day!

Book Bingo is Back
Children and teens, stop by the Library to get your monthly bingo board!
Begins first day of each month.

Share your PCHS yearbook with the Library, and through us, the whole community!
We're still lacking years: 2019, 2005, 2000, 1996, 1989, 1988, 1984-1980, 1972-1970, 1959,
1955 and anything prior (may be under a different name)

Reading Is Adulting

Contact the library, if--

You or someone you know is interested in tutoring adults in reading
You are interested in being tutored in reading (adults only)
Your organization is interested in partnering with the library to offer Tutoring in Reading (Adults)

Biggest Secret Revealed: Mom shares her secret after 40 years: Effects of Illiteracy

She never learned to read. This video is about Cleo, a loving and supportive mother from Mt. Vernon, Alabama. Some of the scenes are shot in Troy, Alabama and at Troy University.

Road Scholars Speakers Bureau
ALABAMA HUMANITIES FOUNDATION
Alabama’s most illuminating and engaging university and independent scholars educate and entertain as part of AHF’s Road Scholars Speakers Bureau.
https://www.alabamahumanities.org/programs/road/?bblinkid=223604685&bbemailid=21870428&bbejrid=1505451916

Do you have slow internet service at home or at work?
Consider taking the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) survey.

ADECA is exploring ways to improve internet service.
Go to https://alabama.speedsurvey.org/ to take the survey.
(You may also call (334) 353-4589 to complete the survey by phone.)

Ornaments For Sale

Come by the library, leave a donation and get an ornament. Will make great gifts. Bulldog ornament has the state championships listed. The other ornament has the image of the front building of the library.

Milo Ventimiglia on the Power of Libraries

MILO VENTIMIGLIA:
LIBRARIES ARE POWERFUL

Actor, director, and producer Milo Ventimiglia, best known for his roles on television dramas "This is Us" and "Gilmore Girls," is starring in the Fox 2000 feature film “The Art of Racing in the Rain,” an adaptation of the international best-selling novel by Garth Stein.
And in a new video message recorded for the American Library Association, he highlights the power of libraries saying, "Stories bring people together, and that's why libraries are so powerful. They make sure everyone can access books, movies, and other media and give communities a place to connect."

I Love Libraries
An initiative of the American Library Association

Harrison Ford: Find epic stories at your library!

Call of the Wild star Harrison Ford highlights how libraries are full of adventure in this PSA on Youtube.