Whitefish Community Library

The Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) are back in the building. What a fun way to practice reading aloud! Follow the puppy tracks through the Library every Tuesday from 3:30 to 4:30, to the children’s area where you’ll find Shelby, or Andi, or another friendly pup who will listen while you read your favorite story to them. Sign up for a 10-minute slot, and enjoy your time with a specially trained R.E.A.D. team (one dog and one facilitator) from Intermountain Therapy Animals.

On Monday, September 30, we welcome Poet Laureate Chris La Tray once again, in the kick-off program of our 2024/2025 Virtual programming series. Register for this Zoom session and join poets and others from across the state. La Tray’s new book, Becoming Little Shell, is now published and available at libraries and bookstores. Find out more and register HERE.

Our next virtual program will take place October 24th: Bat Week. Check our event calendar for this and more virtual programs through April, 2025.

“A whopping amount!” was what Youth Services Librarian Gina Schiff called it. Readers did it again and out-read the $1500 pledge from Whitefish Credit Union by placing 1,954 stickers on the Special Olympics flag posted next to the Circulation desk.

“Each year, the Whitefish Credit Union pledges an amount. Each year, our readers read beyond that amount, and each year, the Credit Union honors that. We are so happy for our readers and for the Glacier Area Special Olympics,” stated Schiff.

A check for $1,954 from the Whitefish Credit Union is now on its way to Glacier Area Special Olympics.

Readers of all ages read for a total of 10.85 months, day and night, among them members of the Marley family, pictured below in front of the 1,954 stickers.

Check our math.

Your Library has the complete City Council Packet for you to peruse before a City Council Meeting. The one pictured here is actually on the small side. Often these documents are more than an inch high. It’s a testament to how much a councilperson has to digest before each of those meetings, and how much City staff must work to produce them.

So if you want to be in the know and prefer not to read on a screen, just ask one of your friendly librarians for the latest City Council packet.

Whitefish Community Library will be closed on Monday, September 2nd in observance of Labor Day. The Library reopens on Tuesday, September 3 at 10 a.m.

Have a safe and peaceful Labor Day weekend!

Find out about the origins of Labor Day HERE.

Readers have one more chance to win prizes by guessing how many stickers are on the Special Olympics Flag. Readers placed a sticker on the flag for each ticket they earned in the Summer Reading Challenge. Whitefish Credit Union has pledged $1 for each sticker to Glacier Area Special Olympics.

Here is a clue: last year, Readers earned $1503 for Good Grief Camp. How many this year? We are still counting! We suspect that Readers have broken the record for stickers this year. Come by the Library and make your guess. Thursday, August 29th will be the last day to enter your guess. The three closest to the final amount will win a prize.

Join us and meet Jody – a retired educator with a passion for children and stories. “Jody can bring a story off the page and into the heart and hands of her participants,” said one listener. We’ll be starting off at 10:30 am.