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Photo Gallery
(for more photos visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/haywardlibrary/)
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Halloween party | Book signing with author
Vendela Vida
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The library will be closed:
- Friday, December 23
- Saturday, December 24
- Monday, December 26
- Friday, December 30 (open 10-2)
- Saturday, December 31
- Monday, January 2
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Santa Paws Parade
The Santa Paws Parade is back! The parade was great fun last year, and you can feel good about helping to raise approximately $2,000 for animals at the City of Hayward animal shelter! These funds are really important in helping shelter staff improve the lives of animals living in the shelter. Supplies such as toy, treats, medication, and necessary medical attention are paid for using these funds. This year we are hoping to raise even more funds for animal shelter pets.
Participate in the parade, invite your friends and family and even set up your own fundraising page! Get your pet ready! Big and small, all legal pets are invited. Dress them for the holidays, put them on a float or bring them as they are, and have fun in historic Downtown Hayward raising funds for homeless animals!
If you want to volunteer to help with the parade contact:
gloria.ortega@hayward-ca.gov
Proceeds will benefit the City of Hayward's Homeless Animals, and donations and registration fees are tax deductible.
Hayward Shelter Animals Thank You!
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Lawyer in the Library  Saturday, December 3 12 noon-2 p.m. - Main Library Monday, December 5 6 p.m.- 7:45 p.m. - Main Library Wednesday, December 21 6 p.m.-7:45 p.m. - Weekes Branch
Do you need free legal advice? Don't know where to begin? Get 15 minutes of free legal advice at the Hayward Public Library with a licensed attorney. Registration in person is required. Registration begins 30 minutes before the first session. Space is limited. Consultation is assigned by lottery. Lawyer in the Library is sponsored by the Alameda County Bar Association. Call 510-881-7980 for more information.
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Need Help with Reading, Writing or Spelling?
You can get FREE TUTORING IF:
- You read below the 8th grade level
- You can speak English
- You are 18+ and not in high school
- You never went to college
Call 510-881-7910 - Literacy Plus - Hayward Public Library
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 Writers' Group
The peer writers' group facilitated by Leticia Garcia Bradford is on break during December. Stay tuned for an announcement of meeting dates in January, 2012.
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 Enjoy eBooks from the library on your Kindle or Kindle reading apps...in addition to all other major desktop and mobile devices including PC, Mac®, iPhone®, iPad®, Android® & more.
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Get a Great Deal
on Books!
Saturdays
December 10 & 17 9 a.m.-1 p.m. C Street & Watkins
Friends of the Hayward Library book sales are held at the downtown Farmers Market. In case of rain, the sale will be in front of the Main Library. |
 English Conversation Groups
Practice speaking English with others who are learning. All levels are welcome. No registration is required.
Mondays-Thursdays
5-7 p.m.
Day Labor Center
680 Tennyson Rd.
Saturdays
10:15 a.m.-12 noon
Weekes Branch
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Laughter Yoga
Saturday, December 3 3:00 p.m. Main Library Come and join in the laughter, reduce stress, and learn that silliness is great for your health. |
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Ground Transportation that's Safe...Clean...Easy...and Free  Book Club meeting at the Library? Nature Program at Lake Chabot? City Council Meeting at City Hall? Movie night in the downtown? Let our drivers safely and comfortably transport your group to and from your favorite destinations. Hayward Paratransit provides FREE, accessible group trips (of 4 or more passengers) for seniors and people who have disabilities - and welcomes their friends and family members who live in Hayward, or the unincorporated areas of Castro Valley, San Lorenzo, and San Leandro. Service is provided on lift-equipped vans, and is available 7 days a week. Reservations must be made a week in advance. If you and your group would like regular weekly or monthly trips, ask about subscription group trips. Door-to-Door individual trips are also available (fee-based service) for those enrolled in the Hayward Paratransit Program, their attendants, and companions. Call 510-583-4230 to request a Paratransit application by mail, fax, or email, or to make reservations for your group's trip. (Funded by Alameda County Measure B) |
Book Groups will resume in January, 2012
Mystery Novels by Women - The Cove
Monday, January 3 @ 11:30 a.m., Le Paradis Bakery (D St. & Mission)
 The mystery group will resume on January 3 with The Cove by Catherine Coulter. In Coulter's first book in her FBI romantic suspense series, Sally Brainerd, the daughter of a murdered DC power broker, has arrived in the quaint town of the Cove seeking sanctuary, but has been followed by an FBI agent, James Quinlan, who's undercover and after her. He's got a murder to solve and he believes she is the key. But is she?
Mostly Literary Fiction - Room
Monday, January 9 @ noon, Peets Coffee (B St. & Mission) &
6:30 p.m., Main Library
Mostly Literary Fiction Book Group will resume on January 9. We won't be meeting in December, so we have selected a 499-page book that may keep you occupied for two months: The Hummingbird's Daughter by the prizewinning author Luis Alberto Urrea. The epic historical novel, based on the life of Urrea's real great-aunt Teresita, is a mystical drama of a young woman in late 19th-century Mexico whose healing powers earned her the popular title "Saint of Cabora."
Autobiography - Dewey: The Small-Town Cat who Touched the World
Wednesday, January 18 @ 6:30 p.m, Main Library
 The Autobiography Book Group will return on January 18. Join the group for a lively discussion of Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicky Myron led by a new, volunteer leader. This is the story of how a bedraggled orange fur ball became "Dewey Readmore Books," an enchantingly irresistible library mascot capable of bringing international attention to a small midwestern town and melting the heart of even the most curmudgeonly visitor. Myron's beguiling, poignant, and tender tale of survival, loyalty, and love is an unforgettable study in the mysterious and wondrous ways animals, and libraries, enrich humanity.
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The Friends of the Library is a nonprofit organization that has been supporting Hayward Public Library since 1982. The purpose of the Friends is to stimulate continuing community interest in the Hayward California Public Library and to be supportive of the Library staff and activities. The organization encourages gifts of books, magazines, desirable collections, endowments, bequests, and membership in the Friends of the Library, and participates in fund-raising activities
Support the Friends by making a donation.
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