Teen Read Week- Vote for your TOP TEN of 2013!

 

It's Teen Read Week- Seek the Unknown!
Click above to vote for your TOP TEN favorite books of 2013!!

Rocking Chair Raffle Winner!

Congratulation to Patti Cook (right; pictured here with OFL staff Holly Hart, left) for winning our Friends Cracker Barrel rocking chair raffle. 

A special thank you to everyone who participated in this fundraiser... Each contribution helps the library serve the community better!  

Skype with Author Camron Wright

Join us as we Skype with the author of The Rent Collector and Letters for Emily (the last two OFL Book Club selections), Camron Wright.  Discuss his books, his style of writing and more followed by a Q&A session.
                 
About the Books:

• The Rent Collector (Aug. 2012) - This is a story of hope, of one woman's journey to save her son and another woman's chance at redemption. It demonstrates that even in a dump in Cambodia--perhaps especially in a dump in Cambodia--everyone deserves a second chance.
• Letters for Emily (June 2003) - Harry Whitney has Alzheimer's disease, and he knows his 'good' time is dwindling. So he compiles a book of poems for his granddaughter, Emily, hoping that his words of hard-won wisdom will heal the old wounds that are tearing his family apart.

For adults.  Registration preferred.

Thank you Kayleigh King for thinking of OFL on YOUR b'day!

 Thank you to 5-year-old Kayleigh King for raising $111.35 for OFL! For her birthday party this year, she decided that instead of her friends getting her presents, she would rather they donate money to her favorite library! Thank you Kayleigh... We will buy many colorful books with your donation!

Making this wonderful donation to OFL wasn't the only excitement that day... Since Kayleigh had just celebrated he 5th birthday, she was now old enough to get her very own library card! She quickly signed her new card and checked out a stack of books and a movie. Congratulations and thank you again Kayleigh!

There's a Storm Front Coming...

This year, the Syracuse Crunch is partnering with OFL for one of their home games!  Saturday, February 2 at 7:30 p.m., the Crunch will take on the Rochester Americans at the War Memorial.  Tickets are $15.

If purchased one of the following ways, $3 from every ticket sold for this game will benefit OFL:

• Purchase your tickets to this game at the library's front desk.
• Order tickets by calling Brandon Wrobel at (315) 473-4444, ext. 26.
• You can also pick up a copy of the Syracuse Crunch flyer at our front desk, bring it to the OnCenter Box Office to receive a discount.

A BIG thank you to the Syracuse Crunch for presenting us with this great fundraising opportunity!

2012 Festival of Trees Recap

Congratulations to the 2012 Festival of Trees winners!  And thank you to everyone who bought tickets and continues to support the library.  We are proud to announce that this year was once again a huge success raising $1,150!  This money will go towards new items to add to OFL's collection, programming and new technology.

Also, another BIG thank you to all of our tree decorators this year... Without you, this wonderful fundraiser wouldn't even be possible!

• The Anderson Family
• David & Susan Morgan
• The Staff at Coulter Library (OCC Library)
• State Farm Insurance, Jim LeMessurier's Office
• Kimberly Abbott
• Town of Onondaga Justice Dept.
• Linda Harrington
• The Friends of Maxwell Memorial Library
• SECNY Federal Credit Union
• Onondaga Seniors
• Chantal Sparkes
• Eufemia Gallipeau
• Sheryl Welch & Bonnie Wink
• Pam Blocklin & Susan Caraher
• Thomas Chaddock, Susan Reckhow & family
• Stephanie Skardinski & familyChad Norton & Marisa Husein, Club Members of the Anglers Association of Onondaga at Webster Pond
• The Sassy Summerfield Seniors

Raffle Winners!

Friends Fall Raffle Baskets...

• Apple Basket - Barbara Korona
• Pumpkin Basket - Randi Roach
• Spice Basket - Lisa Stewart

Autumn's Bounty Quilt - Kathy Robinson

Congratulations to all of our winners and thank you to our Friends for donating the lovely raffle baskets and to our longtime patron, Theresa Malvasi for donating the gorgeous fall quilt.   Also, thank you to everyone who bought tickets and supported the library.