Zoom Good Stories, Well Read

Saturday, February 20, 2:00 p.m. Online
Listen to classic stories by Mark Twain, H.H. Munro and others read with feeling by local Cape Cod actors. Please email Toby Wilson at twilson@yarmouth.ma.us or call the library at 508-760-4820 X 1317 by Friday at
4:00 p.m. to register and receive a Zoom link or with any questions. Sponsored by the West Yarmouth Library Association. Tell all your friends and neighbors to register and join the fun. 

Book Discussion Group on Zoom

Thursday, February 25, 6:30 p.m.
We will discuss the classic 1938 novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Poor, plain, and alone, a young woman marries a rich widower, but in his great English country house she feels she can't live up to his dazzling first wife, Rebecca ^_ and then a terrible secret is revealed. Copies of the book are available upon request for pickup from the South Yarmouth Library and West Yarmouth Library circulation desks, or you can read the ebook on Overdrive/Libby or listen to the audiobook on Hoopla with no wait. Please email  ckaufmann@clamsnet.org or call the library at 508-760-4820 to register to receive a Zoom link or with any questions.

Black History Month

Celebrate Black History Month! The 2021 theme is The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity. For details, visit https://asalh.org/black-history-themes/ 
We created a brochure at the library with resources and booklists. Please call 508-760-4820 X 1316 or email cmarr@clamsnet.org to request a copy. 

Virtual Storytimes for Babies
and Preschoolers

Stories, songs and rhymes, and an at-home activity or craft with Ms. Mindy. Each week we will email you two prerecorded storytime videos on Tuesday mornings. Preregister for Baby Storytime or Preschool Storytime, or both, at www.yarmouthlibraries.org to receive the links for our YouTube recordings. Enjoy these storytimes at your convenience.

Book Bundles to Go! 

Send us an email or give us a call to let us know what topics you are interested in, or who your favorite authors are and we will put together a bundle of 5-10 items for you to take home to enjoy. We will gladly schedule a pick up time at your convenience.

Siemen’s Scholarship in
the Visual Arts
Application Review now
Open for 2021

The South Yarmouth Library Association has sponsored the Cecelia Siemen Scholarship since 2002. This award provides $5,000 to a student enrolled in good standing in a visual arts curriculum at an accredited college, university or art institute for at least two (2) semesters or one academic year. Visual arts include painting, graphic arts, sculpture, photography, animation, film and textile art. The award advances the study and knowledge of someone who is likely to make future contributions in the visual arts field. There are no residency requirements. See the Library’s or the Association's website at
https://www.sylassoc.org/siemen-scholarship for an application and other information. 

Town of Yarmouth
Covid Relief Programs

The Town of Yarmouth COVID-19 Relief Programs provide assistance to income-eligible residents experiencing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Financial assistance is available for rent, mortgage, utilities, childcare, internet access, and COVID-19 testing expenses. We have also expanded local food programs. For more information please contact Mary Waygan in the Department of Community Development at mwaygan@yarmouth.ma.us 508-398-2231 x1275 or 774-212-1668.

Yarmouth Connects
January 1 – March 31, 2020

Yarmouth Senior Services, Yarmouth Age-Friendly Community Team and the D-Y school system are collaborating on a community-wide project called Yarmouth Connects to build our community for Yarmouth residents while physical distancing in these winter months. We hope to reduce the feelings of isolation and loneliness in our community by encouraging human connection.
 
Think back to days past. Do you remember the feeling when the children playing in the street would stop what they are doing to move out of the way and wave at you as you drove by? Or maybe the warmth you felt when you received an unexpected card in the mail from a friend.  We would like to bring those positive feelings back into our Yarmouth community.
 
Take the Yarmouth Connects Challenge and reach out to family, friends, neighbors and even strangers.

Efforts to reach out include actions that can be completed while physical distancing:

• Waving to a neighbor
• Smiling at a stranger
• Complimenting someone
• Calling/Texting/Messaging a friend or neighbor
• Checking in on an older person to make sure they have everything they need or random acts of kindness such as shoveling or bringing the newspaper to their door
• Writing a card or a letter to someone. We have launched a card and letter writing campaign to people in nursing facilities, where you can drop off cards and letters in a drop box at the Senior Center and we will quarantine them prior to delivery.

If you have any questions about this challenge, please reach out to Yarmouth Senior Services at 508-394-7606 x 1338 or YarmouthSeniorServices@gmail.com.

Save the Date:

Friday, February 26, 6:00 p.m.
Journey through Boston Red Sox history with Martin Gitlin, the author of The Ultimate Boston Red Sox Time Machine Book. This presentation features videos and photographs of the fascinating players, teams, and moments in franchise history. The program also includes trivia questions and covers Sox history from the Royal Rooters, who launched Red Sox Nation. It will conclude with a question and answer period. Please email tcassisi@clamsnet.org, or call the library at 508-760-4820 to register to receive a Zoom link. Go, Sox!