Fall Fest is coming up

The Fall Festival is fast approaching. We hope you are getting excited to join us on Saturday, October 1st from 10am-2pm for some fun kids and adult events including a bake sale, a childrens performer, face painting, and an acoustic cafe. Full details available on our website.

We just wanted to remind you to bring in a non-perishable food item to get your tickets for the Food for Art Raffle (one ticket per item donated*). We'll be raffling of an original painting (shown above) of a plane trailing a "READ" advertisement as it flies over the Pollard. This piece was painted by our reference librarian Monica McDermott. You also visit the painting at any time between now and the festival in the display case on the Ground Floor of the library. All proceeds of the Food for Art raffle will be donated to the Open Pantry of Greater Lowell.

*You can also enter the raffle by checking out library materials (one raffle ticket per checkout) but we really would like to collect as much foodstuffs as we can for the good folks at Open Pantry.

2011 PML Fall Festival - Save the Date - October 1, 2011 from 10am-2pm

We know many of you are lamenting the end of summer...but don't look so glum chum...autumn can be fun too! To that end, the Pollard Library is pleased to announce our 2011 Fall Festival will be held Saturday, October 1st from 10am-2pm.

This exciting event will feature something for everyone! For the little ones, we'll have children's performer Elaine Kessler and craft and face painting workshops led by a local troop of Girl Scouts. And for the grown-ups we'll have a reading of selected short stories by actor Brendan Murphy and others, and an afternoon cafe featuring the rock/folk stylings of Dave Norton.

There will also be a special food for art raffle where we'll be raffling off an original piece of art by our resident reference librarian/artist Monica McDermott. You can get your raffle ticket one of two ways—by bringing in a non perishable food item (one ticket per item donated—proceeds will be delivered to Open Pantry of Greater Lowell) or by checking out materials (you get one ticket per checkout).

Stop by the library for a brochure listing the complete schedule of events! All Free! All for you!