Zoom Good Stories, Well Read

Saturday, March 20, 2:00 p.m. Online
Listen to classic stories by Anton Chekov, Kate Chopin, Katherine Mansfield and more, 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 X1317 by this Friday, March 19, 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, March 25, 6:30 p.m.
This month we will be discussing Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances by Leland Melvin. A memoir by the former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver traces his personal journey from the gridiron to the stars, examining the intersecting roles of community, perseverance, and grace that create opportunities for success. 

Copies of the book are available upon request, or you can read the ebook 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. 

Peeps^® Diorama Contest!

Open to all ages, March 22 through April 3
Create a diorama featuring your favorite Peeps^® with a book or movie theme. Take a photo and send it to the Library to be entered in our diorama contest. We will post a slide show on the Library’s social media. We encourage all ages to participate and we will award prizes for Peeps^® dioramas with book themes and movie themes in the following categories:

• Children, ages 5-8
• Children, ages 9-12
• Teens, ages 13-18
• Adults, all ages

The Library can provide a limited supply of marshmallow Peeps^® and the rest is up to you! Please register on the Library’s calendar of events by Monday, March 22. We will announce winners on April 5.

Virtual Storytimes
for Babies and Preschoolers

Ms. Mindy delights with stories, songs and rhymes and an at-home activity or craft. Each week there will be two prerecorded storytime videos that we will email to you on Tuesday mornings. Preregister for Baby Storytime or Preschool Storytime, or both! Please register on the Library calendar of events to receive the links for our YouTube recordings. Then you can 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.

Save the date: 
Building and Branching
Out Your Family Tree

Join us for the second of this 3-part series given by Genealogist Sarah Gutmann, The Family Tree Climber. The Zoom meetings are on the second Thursday of the month at 1:00 p.m. in March, April, and May. Sign up for one, two, or all three! Please email tcassisi@clamsnet.org, or call the library at 508 760-4820 X 1 to register to receive a Zoom link. All experience levels welcome.

Siemen’s Scholarship in
the Visual Arts
Application Review
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. 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 bringing their morning 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.