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Both libraries and Second Edition Resale will be closed Saturday, December 24, Sunday, December 25 and Sunday, January 1.
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Kids' Books Fundraiser
Be a children’s books sponsor of your community libraries! By donating to the annual Kids’ Books fundraiser, you’ll contribute toward the purchase of new books for little readers at Cedar Mill and Bethany Community Libraries. This year’s goal is to add or replace 800 new books! The books average $5 each. How many will you sponsor? Give now.
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Staff Picks 2022
Cedar Mill and Bethany Community Libraries staff share their favorites of the year – everything from books to movies, games to podcasts. Browse our lists and discover a new gem that may become your favorite too!
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Winter Reading Challenge
Help our community by reading and getting involved with the library this winter! Everyone can participate, including being read to. Pick up a paper log at your library, log into our Beanstack app, or log online at librarycedarmill.beanstack.com.
Every hour read equals a 10 cent donation and every activity completed equals a 25 cent donation to the Oregon Food Bank up to $1,000. We've raised over $200 so far!
Learn more here.
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Your Money and Your Future 1: Budgeting and Goal Setting
Thursday, January 12 | 6:30-7:30pm | Ages 16-30 | Cedar Mill Library
Learn how to gain independence, build wealth and reduce money stress. Michelle Duran from Financial Beginnings Oregon will teach key concepts at our libraries for 4 sessions this January and February to help those just starting out to make smart money choices. You can attend one session or attend them all. See all events in this series here.
Session 1: Budgeting & Goal Setting. Learn how to manage and plan for regular expenses. Explore values, priorities, needs and wants.
Registration is required online so we know how many materials we will need to have.
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Teen Cozy PJ Movie Night
Friday, December 16 | 5:30-7:30pm | Ages 11-18 | Cedar Mill Libraray
There won't be any tripwires or traps set for our Teen PJ Movie Night, but we do encourage you to bring PJs, your favorite blankets and pillows as we watch the classic film about being left behind at Christmas time. Event is after the library is closed.
Registration is encouraged online here.
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So You Want to Be a Dungeon Master
Saturday, December 17 | 1-3pm | Adults & Teens Ages 11+ | Cedar Mill Library
You're gearing up to run your own Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition game, but how do you make it the best game it can be? In this final session of our four-part series on how to play Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition, we cover how to be a Dungeon Master. We'll discuss tips and tricks for making a great game, how to handle common in-game problems, and what tools you can use to make your job easier.
Registration required online here.
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OBOB Trivia Grades 6-8
Thursday, December 29 | 2-3pm & 3-4pm
Hybrid - Zoom and Cedar Mill Library
Practice OBOB trivia battles for the 6-8 Division books. Bring a smartphone or tablet to battle other kids in our Kahoot trivia sessions.
Registration required online here.
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Owl Book Group
Friday, December 30 | 10:30am-12pm | Zoom
Join us virtually this month to discuss The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher. When young American Sylvia Beach opens Shakespeare and Company in Paris in 1919, she has no idea that she and her new bookstore will change the course of literature itself. When her friend James Joyce's controversial novel Ulysses is banned, Beach takes a massive risk and publishes it under Shakespeare and Company.
If you already receive e-mail from the Owl Book Group, you'll receive a link for this meeting a few days before the event.
If you're new, welcome! Please e-mail askuscml@wccls.org to receive a link for the event a few days before it happens.
The group typically meets on the last Friday of each month. Newcomers are always welcome!
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Teen Game Night: Super Smash Tourney
Friday, January 6 | 6-8pm | Ages 11-18 | Cedar Mill Library
Compete in our Smash Bros Tournament. Meet your friends and play console games together. Switch, Wii and Gamecube games are available. Tournament will be played with library consoles and controllers, but participants can bring well labeled controllers to use with non-tournament devices.
Registration is required online here.
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Medicare 101
Saturday, January 21 | 11am-12pm | Cedar Mill Library
Join Michelle Hernandez from Health Plans in Oregon as she goes over the basics of Medicare, what parts are right for you, and how to enroll. There will be plenty of time for questions at the end.
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Our Teen Council shares some recent favorite reads including The Fire Keeper's Daughter, A Brief History of Time, Bamboo People, Slider, Me (Moth), To Kill a Mockingbird, and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.
Follow us on Instagram for more fun pictures, our favorite reads, and library info.
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Volunteer Opportunities
Are you organized and detail-oriented? Always looking for your next great read? See what's new and trending as you sort and shelve library materials. Fridays, 9:45-11:45am, Bethany Library.
Or maybe you are the creative type? Sort and price craft items (supplies for knitters, crocheters, quilters, scrapbookers) at Second Edition Resale Shop. Tuesdays, 9am-12pm or 1-4pm; or Fridays, 9am-12pm.
Share your time and unique talents on the Library Association's Board of Directors. Be a trusted voice and an ambassador for reading and lifelong learning in our community. Board meets third Tuesday of each month.
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Visit us on social media for fun photos and videos, the latest staff picks and news about resources, programs and events!
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Manage your library account, access the catalog and more at Library.CedarMill.org.
Cedar Mill and Bethany Community Libraries Association is one of the largest nonprofit association libraries in the United States with a collection of over 250,000 items and more than 2.5 million loans annually.
Our Mission: Provide our community an open door to the joy of reading, lifelong learning and personal enrichment, with emphasis on the literacy development of children.
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Cedar Mill Library
1080 NW Saltzman Road
Portland, OR 97229 | (503) 644-0043
Bethany Library
15325 NW Central Drive, Suite J-8
Portland, OR 97229 | (503) 617-7323
Bethany Library Annex
4888 NW Bethany Blvd, Suite K-2
Portland, OR 97229
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