Presenting … The Front Porch Library!

With lots of hard work and even more sweat, we did it.  Seminole Manor’s Front Porch Library is officially open.  It is a cozy, welcoming space that saw plenty of use on Saturday.  We presently have 10 registered library users and June programs planned for the next two Sundays.

We couldn’t have done it without the help of many volunteers: Ray, Adrian, Katherine, Michelle, Linda, Cathleen, Wilma, Sally, Maya, Jeff, Rob B. and FSU Circle K International.  A great big THANK YOU to all!!  For more pictures, click here.

Seminole Manor’s Front Porch Library is a children’s lending library which aims to provide neighborhood kids with access to books, teach and establish habits of reading and library use, and bring us together as a community.

Drop by during the June library hours:

Sundays 3 – 6pm,

Tuesdays & Thursdays 4 – 6pm

Hours will continue throughout the summer and may change somewhat depending on use.  Children’s programs are planned for Sunday afternoons starting around 3:30pm.

If you are not a Seminole Manor resident but would like to know more about our neighborhood library, including how to start one of your own, please contact us with a comment here on the blog, send an email to smna2007 (at) gmail (dot) com, or call 850.576.6418.

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Thank you, FSU Circle K International

FSU Circle K volunteers, Sally, Kary  & Maya were out in the garden on Saturday.  We started early because we knew it would get H O T!  And it did.  We weeded, spread mushroom compost, planted sweet potatoes, okra, and zucchini.  We harvested onions, sorrel, kale, some tiny strawberries, lots of tomatoes, and several cucumbers.  We saw earthworms and a small brown toad.

Come back in a few months and we’ll dig up the sweet potatoes together.

The next Second Saturday Garden Workday will be Saturday, August 8th at 9am.  We’re skipping July.

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The Front Porch Library Grand Opening – Saturday June 13th 4:30 – 6pm

It’s happening.  We’re launching.  We hope to see many neighbors and friends-of-the-neighborhood there.

There was a piece about our event in the online edition of today’s newpaper.

Just FYI, Library hours begin Tuesday, June 16th.  For the month of June they will be:

Sundays 3 – 6pm

Tuesdays & Thursdays 4 – 6pm

After that, the hours may change in response to usership and volunteer availability.  Programs are scheduled on Sundays.   The first is ‘Stories and Quilts’ on June 21st followed by ‘Bones, Fossils, and Dinosaurs’ on June 28th.

We’re hoping that the library will be a wonderful resource for our neighborhood and that it will inspire other neighborhoods and community entities to create their own.

We’re making a library link on this blog.  Check back regularly and click on the FP Library tab if you want to know more.

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Introducing Seminole Manor’s Front Porch Library

Friends and neighbors,

You may not know it, but Seminole Manor has a lending library for neighborhood children on the front porch of a house on Marcia Avenue.  We have been circulating books on a small scale and informally for nearly a year now.  It’s time to make it official, and we need your help!

Seminole Manor’s Front Porch Library will be opening with a bang on Saturday, June 13th from 4:30-6 pm.

We plan to do the following activities:

Register library patrons
Serve hotdogs, snacks and drinks
Make bookmarks
Raffle prizes
Read stories aloud
Circulate books

We can’t do all this without you!  Please let us know if you can help that day with anything from setup to cleanup–and everything in between.  You can volunteer by sending an email (smna2007@gmail.com), calling 576-6418, or commenting on our blog.  You can download a flyer here ( FPL_flyer full size ).

Throughout the summer, the library will have regular hours for book checkout and book clubs:

Sundays 3 – 6pm
Tuesdays and Thursdays 4 – 6pm

We’d welcome your ongoing help with this project!  Help us increase literacy in the neighborhood and give our kids something constructive to do this summer.

Thank you!

Adrian Fogelin
Kary Kublin
The Front Porch Library
a program of Seminole Manor Neighborhood Association