Spotlight Program ~ Free Community Dinner!
Friday, April 5th, 6 pm, at the Shutesbury Athletic Club
The Friends and Trustees of the M.N. Spear Memorial Library will be serving a delicious variety of comfort foods. We will have dishes with and without meat and gluten free options. This free dinner is a community celebration of our Library and springtime.
Line Dance!
Thursday, March 28th through April 25th
Free weekly line dance classes. Thursdays, 7 pm, at the Shutesbury Athletic Club.
Save the Date! - Library Giving Day – Wednesday, April 10th
This is the time of year that we usually reach out to supporters about Valley Gives Day, an online giving event organized by the Community Foundation of Western Mass. Valley Gives, however, has redirected their energies and is no longer running the one-day donation marathon. While disappointed, we are buoyed by the culture of philanthropy toward the library that has grown within the town.
Luckily, the Seattle Public Library Foundation has stepped in to fill the void with a national giving day just for libraries! Library Giving Day, Wednesday, April 10th, is our newest opportunity to save for a future new library--a place for our community to learn, grow, and thrive.
We are thrilled to share that a team of ambitious library supporters have joined to help our Library Giving Day be successful. If we raise $5,000 in donations on or before April 10th, they will match it dollar for dollar!
Stay tuned! As we get closer to April 10th, we will sharing more about how you can support this effort to raise funds for a new Shutesbury Library.
Spring Spruce-ups – Annual Fundraiser for a new library.
Hire a team of four adults who will do one hour of spring clean-up work in your yard for a $100 donation to the Friends of the Library New Library Fund. We are booking jobs on Monday, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays beginning April 12th.
To hire a team or to volunteer, contact Susie, sndmoes@verizon.net or 259-1550 or see Mary Anne at the Library.
Software upgrade – Library hours adjusted – Mark your calendar
CWMARS will be installing a software upgrade on Sunday, April 14th through Monday, April 15th.
Evergreen, the integrated library software, will go down Sunday evening.
To accommodate this upgrade, the Library will close at 5 pm on Sunday, April 14th.
And to avoid a reduction in service, the Library will open an hour early, at 2 pm.
Spring Fitness Classes
All classes are held at Town Hall.
Gentle Yoga – Drop in
Wednesdays, 9 am, April 3rd through November 27th
Free, weekly, drop-in, gentle yoga class beginning April 3rd. Bring a yoga mat, blanket and block.
Beginner Friendly Gentle Yoga – Drop in
Wednesdays, 10:15 am
This drop-in introductory yoga class will be slow and gentle. The class is geared towards those who need a very gentle, accessible yoga practice, including seniors and people with physical challenges. We'll focus on breath awareness, supported standing and seated poses using chairs, and we will avoid getting down on the floor. If you are injured or experiencing illness, check with your doctor to see if such a class would be right for you. This is a drop in class, no registration necessary. April 3rd through June 26th. No class May 22nd or 29th. 10:15 am.
Registration required for the next three classes..
To register, call 259-1213 or email library.director@shutesbury.org
Priority given to participants who can attend all classes.
These classes will meet on the same dates. The series will begin on Thursdays and then switch to Tuesdays.
Thursdays, April 4, 11 and 18,
Tuesdays May 7, 14, 21, 28, & June 4 & 11
Intermediate Strength Training - 9 am
FULL – Registration closed
Yoga Therapeutics – 10:15 am
Class Description:
Please join us for Yoga Therapeutics which is especially designed for those with chronic pain, health conditions, rehabbing injuries, joint replacement, and other health concerns. Each class begins with deep breathing exercises to diffuse stress. Next, blankets, blocks, bolsters, and straps are used to support you as you are assisted through a gentle and painless practice. Traditional poses are expertly adapted to allow your mind to calm, joints to align, and muscles to lengthen and strengthen. Our practice ends with guided relaxation to alleviate pain and heal from within.
No yoga experience is necessary. Excellent for beginners to learn body awareness and proper alignment, as well as for experienced practitioners to take their practice to a new and deeper level.
Please bring a yoga mat, a yoga block, and a yoga blanket or beach towel. Limited equipment is available on a first come, first served basis.
Beginners Strength Training – 11:30 am
Class Description:
A free beginners class designed to tone major muscle groups for strength, coordination, balance, posture, functional movement (range of motion), and stability using our body weight. Learn to prevent injury and falls as you bring your body into balance through strengthening and stretching from a health and individually centered approach. You will learn proper form and technique using a variety of methods and functional movements. Modifications and progressions are given to accommodate all participants.
Traditional movements are expertly adapted to allow your joints to align, and muscles to lengthen and strengthen. Our training ends with guided relaxation to alleviate discomfort and heal from within.
No strength training experience is necessary. Excellent for beginners to learn body awareness and proper alignment, as well as for experienced practitioners to take their training to a new and deeper level.
Please bring a yoga mat, a yoga block, dumbbells and a yoga blanket or beach towel. Limited equipment is available on a first come, first served basis.
These free classes are possible because of a collaborative effort from the Library and volunteer groups working to create opportunity and community connections.
· The Friends of the M.N. Spear Memorial Library
· The Shutesbury Cultural Council, a local agency that is
supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
· The Council on Aging
· The Recreation Committee
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