**Important: Venue Change** Since the Festival of Trees will be Upstairs in the City Centre on Monday, Dec 19th, Our Children’s Christmas Party will be CHANGING LOCATION to the GLADBROOK MEMORIAL BUILDING. Times will remain the same: 6:00 – 8:00 pm. We will be having some Special Guest Readers sharing their Favorite Christmas Books to the Kiddos, Lots of Fun & Games, Yummy Holiday Treats, Giveaways and More! This Party will be Open for Kids from Kindergarten thru 6th Grade, So, Plan to Drop them Off with Us for a Few Hours and Finish Up your Shopping / Wrapping while we Have some Fun! What Happened Last Week? Well… Lots! We had our Coloring Group in on Monday and Finished Up some Projects for the Holiday Season! Some of their Wonderful Work will be on Display on Friday, Dec 16th at our Christmas Open House/Fundraiser! On Wednesday our Children’s Story Hour was filled with the Wonderment of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse! We kept Busy on that Cold Day by taking Pics in our Mickey Photo Booth, Decorating our Disney Tree and Snuggling in for a Disney Movie and Puffy Corn! FYI: Starting in January when the Weather outside gets too “Frightful/Cold”, We will be starting a Traveling Story Time to the Local Daycare/Providers so the Kiddos won’t have to come out in the Bad Weather! Just One More Great Service we Plan to Provide to our Wonderful Community!

What’s Next? As some of you know, we had to Reschedule our ELibrary/Bridges Class due to some Technical Difficulties with the New System. We are Ready to be Back on Track for January and are Hoping to have 2 classes, 1st to Aid in the Setup of Accounts and Downloads Online and the 2nd Class for any Troubleshooting/Questions that may arise during the Process of Downloading your Free Ebooks. As Soon as Dates/Times are Set, I will let you Know. Thank you for your Patience! Note: Time Change Our Weekly Happy Creek Coffee and Conversation Group will Now be Meeting on Fridays now at 2:30 pm vs. 2:00. As Always, New Group Members Always Welcome, as Coffee, Treats and Great Conversation is Included at No Charge! Hope to See you! A Special Thank You We would like to Express our Gratitude to the Wonderful Citizens of Gladbrook and Surrounding Communities for their Generous Donations to our Silent Auction/Fundraiser this Holiday Season! We have Received Wonderful Gift Items, Crafts and Monetary Donations that will help us in Reaching our Goals to Replace our Standardized Book Shelves into Movable Shelving! Thank you, Again for ALL of your Support!! **Attention All Adults: Be Sure to Sign Up for our Christmas Gift Raffle! You will Receive One Chance for Every Book you Check-out between Dec 1st and Dec 19th!! The More Books You Read, the Better your Chances to Win!!! We are Giving Away an Awesome Christmas Gift Basket Courtesy of Old Mill Road including a Gift Certificate from Serendipity by Deb! Stop in Soon and Get in on the Drawing!

Coming Up: ** Children’s Story Hour Every Wednesday 10-11 am ** Adult Coloring Group: 1st and 3rd Mondays at 2 pm **Adult Crafting Group: 2nd and 4th Mondays at 2 pm ** Happy Creek Coffee & Conversation every Friday at 2:30 pm (*Time Change) **Dec 16th: Holiday Open House / Fundraiser / Silent Auction at Library 5:30 – 7:00 pm ** Dec 19th Library Kids Christmas Program 6-8 pm at the Memorial Building **Note Change in Venue** **Dec 21st Children’s Story Hour “Here Comes Santa Claus” 10 am

CLOSED: Saturday, Dec 24th and Monday, Dec 26th AND Saturday, Dec 31 and Monday, Jan 2nd for the Holidays!

Open: Mon through Fri 12 – 6pm Sat 10 – Noon