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Volunteers are needed to help tutor adults in our community in English. We will be working with the Literacy Council of Norristown to create a program to tutor adults in English working one on one. If you would like to volunteer please sign up for the Orientation. If you have questions you may call the Literacy Council at 610-292-8515. All […]
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Join us for our Spring Storytimes in the Friends Learning Lab. We have two different Weekly Storytimes to choose from. Each Storytime has a theme and includes stories, songs, and movement activities to encourage pre-reading skills. No registration necessary. Preschool StorytimeRecommended for ages 3-6 with a caregiver.Weekly on Mondays at 10:30 amMarch 24-April 28 Toddler StorytimeRecommended for ages 1-2 with […]
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The AARP Smart Driver Course covers defensive driving techniques and the normal changes in vision, hearing, and reaction time associated with aging. The course also provides practical techniques for adjusting to these changes to ensure the driver’s own safety and that of others on the road. During the course, participants learn about current rules of the road and how to operate their vehicles […]
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Drop in for an afternoon or evening of friendly chess matches and informal instruction. This program is intended for adult chess players of all skill levels. Chess sets provided. Every Tuesday, 2 – 4 pmEvery Thursday, 5:30-8:30 pm Located in the Community Room on Tuesdays and the Friends Learning Lab on Thursdays. Subject to change depending on other programs.
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Join this club where art and books collide! Share a recently read graphic novel, learn something new about how to make your own, and participate in a comic-related art activity. Wednesday, April 25 pm Recommended for students in grades 2-5. Space is limited. Registration is required. Sponsored by the Friends of Huntingdon Valley Library.
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Come and meet some local wildlife and the rehabilitators who care for them. What do wildlife rehabilitators do? What role do they play in helping wildlife? Find out during this engaging program full of stories and interesting facts about local wildlife, presented by an animal rehabilitator from The Philadelphia Metro Wildlife Center, along with their animal sidekicks. Enjoy meeting a Virginia Opossum, […]
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Friends of Huntingdon Valley Library welcome you to their monthly meeting! We’d love to hear from you and share new ideas and learn all about us. Thursday, April 312:30 pm Following the Friends Business Meeting, join Jennifer as we learn how to use the Ancestry and My Heritage resources available through the Huntingdon Valley Library website. Intended for adults. Sponsored […]
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Join us for the last book club event for Juvenile Fiction readers of the school year! We will discuss award-winning contemporary realistic fiction novel Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly,which was chosen at the March book club event. Wednesday, April 236:30 – 7:30 pm Twelve-year-old Iris and her grandmother, both deaf, drive from Texas to Alaska armed with Iris’s […]
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Are you a part of the Sandwich Generation? If you are responsible for bringing up your own children, while also caring for aging parents, then the answer is: yes. This phase of life creates a unique set of challenges, including balancing their kids’ expenses, the additional health and care costs for aging parents, one’s own retirement, and more. This presentation […]
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The popular Friday Movie Matinees will be held in the Community Room. Movies start at 11 am and are free and open to the public. Every first Friday of the month, movie viewers are encouraged to stay after the matinee showing to discuss the film. Feel free to bring your lunch to enjoy as we socialize and have some friendly […]
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