POULSBO
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
April 2026 Newsletter
Email: poulsbofriends@gmail.com
Facebook: Poulsbo Friends of
the Library
KRL website: www.krl.org/poulsbo
PO Box 484, Poulsbo,
WA 98370
PFOL NEWS
Our next book sale will be held on Saturday, May 9, from 10:00am
to 2pm. If you ae thinking of
volunteering, set up is on Friday, May 8, from 9:00am to noon and Saturday
hours will be from 9:00am to 3:00pm, which includes our book sales and clean-up
and packing away books. We would love to have your help and the sharing of food
for lunch on Saturday. We will have sign-up sheets at the April 6 and May 4 meetings for both volunteering and
for tasty food donations. Thank you again for helping with our sales. We
profited from our March efforts; $2,807.64 . We have such amazing volunteers as
well as patrons. Sign up at a Meeting or call Carol (360 265-8132) or Karen
(360 598-1922)
Donations to our monthly meetings in
the form of refreshments are always welcome. We are hoping to find a member who
would like to contact volunteers to bring refreshment to our meetings. A few
cookies to go with our coffee or tea offerings would be a special treat. No
need for multiple kinds of treats. Our most heartfelt Thanks!
In the past month PFOL has received
several large monetary donations. We thank all of you who have kept us in your
thoughts, individually and through the Kitsap Great Give.
The Poetry Walks season has arrived and Fish Park will be set up with 10 additional poems for display for a total of 20 poems. Poems will be displayed during April and May. If you notice the poems damaged or otherwise misplaced, please let us know.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS NEWS
Shelving
for the use of the book sorting team is moving forward during the month of April.
Measuring of the spaces has been done and Shelf style and company has been
chosen. Suggestions and considerations will be reviewed by branch librarian,
Pam Crowe and KRL Facilities managers. When those tasks are accomplished, the
ordering process for shelving can begin.
The
Tax Aide Assistance opportunity is on-going, Tuesday and Thursday from
12:30-5:30pm, now through April 14 in the Poulsbo Community Room by
appointment. Appointments can be made at KRL website. Look for Tax Aide,
Poulsbo under Events heading, for more information.
DATES TO REMEMBER:
The dates for book sales in 2026 are
as follows.
•
Saturday,
May 9;
•
Saturday,
July 11;
•
Saturday,
September 12
•
Saturday,
November 14.
*Monday, April 6, 10:00am, General
Meeting, Kitsap Children’s Musical Theater, presentation.
*Saturday, May 9, 10:00am to 2:00pm,
Book sale in Community Room
Poulsbo community events can be found
at the following website. www.visitpoulsbo.com
The Liberty Bay
Festival and Viking Fest will occur in May. Watch for Dates and Times at the
visit Poulsbo website listed above.
There are two public service videos
that may be of interest to you, if they are still available.
Our Poulsbo library branch is
featured in the video titled PBS Books: American Stories: A Reading Road
Trip Washington segment. To
view just the Poulsbo episode, skip ahead to the 25:45 mark. You can
watch it on YouTube on the PBS YouTube channel.
A Reading Road Trip www.pbsbooks.org
The second video is titled THE LIBRARIANS. It is also available on the YouTube channel and www.pbs.org/independentlens/the librarians The Librarians is a documentary that explores the escalating conflict over book banning in US schools and public libraries, focusing on how librarians have become front-line defenders against censorship.
Literary Quotes for April
“Snow
in April is abominable," said Anne. "Like a slap in the face when you
expected a kiss.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Ingleside
“October knew, of course, that the action of turning a page, of ending a chapter or
shutting a book, did not end the tale.
Having admitted that, he would also avow that happy endings were never
difficult to find: "It is simply a matter," he explained to April,
"of finding a sunny place in a garden, where the light is golden and the
grass is soft; somewhere to rest, to stop reading, and to be content.”
― Neil Gaiman, The
Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists
“
'April, April, laugh thy girlish laughter, and the moment after, Weep thy
girlish tears, April.' ”
― Angus Wilson, No Laughing Matter
“Springing
into April with gratitude and love”
― Charmaine J. Forde
