Bowlby readies for open house
Eva K. Bowlby Public Library in Waynesburg will welcome the season of joy and giving during its Holiday Open House from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Friends of Bowlby Library is sponsoring the annual Cookie Walk/Cookie Raffle. Cookies will be on sale for $3 per dozen (box container) or $5 per dozen (Christmas tin provided by the Friends) during the afternoon. Children can get a photo with Santa for $10 for two 5×7 photos. Light refreshments will be served, and patrons can also enjoy live seasonal music.
The library’s mascot, Fetch, is inviting children to bring a stuffed animal friend to the library that evening for Fetch’s annual Stuffed Animal Sleepover. Participants will enjoy story time beginning at 5 p.m., including holiday stories, crafts, snacks and tucking the animal friends in for the night. Once the children have said goodbye, Fetch and his new friends will enjoy an evening of holiday merriment, which may or may not include sleeping. The stuffed animals may be picked up the following day between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. in the Children’s Department.
Raffle tickets are also on sale now for one of two Cookie Raffle Baskets or a Children’s Holiday Basket. Tickets are $1 each or six tickets for $5 and can be purchased through Dec. 7 at the library. All proceeds from the cookie and ticket sales will benefit the library.
All events are free and open to the public.