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Chelsea District Library E-newsletter
November 29-December 5, 2014
  
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Write an Award Winning Essay
Saturday, Dec. 13
10am-12pm | Grades 9-12
McKune Room

Learn to write essays that can win you money for college, and much more.  Join college instructor Frances Kai-Hwa Wang as she leads a workshop that will help you take your essay writing skills into the next level.  Participants will practice writing essays for the Profile in Courage Essay Contest.  This national contest offers a top prize of $10,000 as well as a trip to Boston.



Help teens and children who are homeless this December by donating hygiene supplies between December 1 and January 7.  Teens need deodorant, acne cream, African American hair products, toothpaste and shower gel, as well as other supplies you might find in your bathroom cabinet. A full list of items needed is available at the library. Unopened donations will be distributed between Faith in Action in Chelsea and Ozone House of Ann Arbor. In partnership with the 4-H Club of Washtenaw County.

 

 



Wednesday, Dec. 17 | 6-7pm | Drop-in
McKune Room | Ages 2-6, Families

Miss Karen and Miss Jessica will entertain and enthrall you with stories, songs, and crafts just right for this festive season. 
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Events this Week
  

Nutcracker Ballet Storytime

Thursday, Dec. 4

10:30-11:30am

McKune Room | Drop-in

Ages 2-5


You won't want to miss this special storytime with Ballet Chelsea, as selected dancers perform a preview of The Nutcracker with costumes and music!

 

 

Hometown Holiday Library Events


 

Common Chords Concert
Friday, Dec. 5 | 7-8:30pm

McKune Room | Drop-in


 

Celebrate the start of Hometown Holiday with a heartwarming performance by the Common Chord hand bell choir! After the performance, audience members of all ages are invited to try playing the bells for themselves. Join us for music, refreshments and good cheer to kick off a great Chelsea tradition.


 

Tween & Teen Gifts for the Holidays

Saturday, Dec. 6

Ages 10-17 | 1:30-3pm 

      McKune | Registration


 

Need a present for a friend or family member? Who doesn't like a homemade gift? Make your own holiday presents here in the library! What we'll be making is a surprise, but we'll make it and wrap it today! Parents, this would be a great time for you to go shopping downtown, while your children make you a present! All supplies provided.

 
 
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We, the Friends, are all for shopping local where ever possible, but as you begin to plan your holiday gift buying and find that you need to make the occasional purchase online, please consider shopping at AmazonSmile, because Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase price to us, Friends Of Chelsea District Library, ultimately benefitting the library and supporting it's wonderful programs and other services.  For more information about the Friends, please visit our website.


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Purple Rose Theatre Company

Purple Rose Theatre Company Concert Readings

Saturday, Dec. 6

10:30am-12:30pm

McKune Room

Registration Required

 

Join us for a reading of Ghost Gardens by Steven Simoncic performed by Purple Rose actors, and stay after the performance to share your thoughts on the script!

 

Ghost Gardens - Staged in a forgotten corner of Detroit, this story pits redemption against destruction, hope against hopelessness, as it examines the humor, grit, grace, determination and delusion it takes to survive in the post-industrial modern American urban village

 

 

 

 

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The Chelsea District Library is nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide equal access to quality resources that serve the lifelong cultural, educational, and informational needs and interests of all people.The library currently serves 14,000 residents in the Chelsea district - City of Chelsea plus Dexter, Lima, Lyndon and Sylvan townships and more than 20,000 individuals visit the library each month.  The library's state-of-the-art facility is an access point for information. In addition to providing dynamic services to complement and support local schools and other important community needs, the Chelsea District Library strives to present timely, interesting, and high-quality programs and events to engage and enrich the Chelsea community.