There's a new fund-raiser for the Library Building Fund: the 2009 Library Lottery Raffle! Click here to view or print a ticket application online, or pick one up at any county library. Tickets are $100 and include admission for two to the prize-drawing party, Saturday, June 20th, 2009, at the Forest Lake Fireman's Field. Prizes range from $500 (25 awarded) to a first prize of $50,000! For more information, view the application or call 570-278-3106.

Trent Hamm, writer of the blog The Simple Dollar, recently answered the question "What is your single best tip for saving money? His answer: "the single action that has had the strongest positive effect on my spending over the last few years has been discovering my public library." Read the post here!

Programming for our youngest patrons is held on Thursdays at 10am (note time change starting 12/4) in the Children's Room of the Main Library in Montrose. Toddler Time, for children ages 2 to 3-1/2, incorporates stories, songs and activities. Baby Lapsits are appropriate for newborns to 2 year olds and are filled with music, rhymes and short books. Bring your young one for a fun outing! Both programs are free and do not require registration. The winter schedule, listed below, includes two sessions per month for each program.

The 2009 drive to support the Susquehanna County Historical Society and Free Library Association is underway! If you did not receive a donation card in the mail, they are available at any library, or you can click here to open an Acrobat PDF version that you can print out.

Your support is crucial to our services this year and into the future. Suggested contributions are $20 or more for individuals, families $30 or more, sustainers $100 or more, and benefactors $250 and up. Contributions of any size are welcomed. Local support is one of the factors used to determine the amount of funding provided by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania--the more local support, the more funding received.