Get Loud for the Meaford Public Library during Ontario Public Library Week. From Sunday, October 18 to Saturday, October 24, the Meaford Public Library will have activities, crafts, and events for all ages.
Visit the library all week and show your active library card for a chance to win one of the incredible prizes sponsored by the Friends of Meaford Library. Don’t have a library card? Get your free card today. Prizes include gift cards for up to $150 for local stores, Lego sets, a Book Nook, and two tickets for legendary broadcaster and bestselling author Carol Off at Meaford Hall on Monday, November 9. One ballot per library card. Earn a second ballot by showing us your Google review of the Meaford Public Library.
Throughout the week you can also design your own bookmark, and from Monday, October 19 to Friday, October 23 teens can decorate a community canvas that will be displayed at the library.
Here are some of the events that the Meaford Public Library has planned:
- Monday, October 19 at 2 p.m., enjoy the Vivid Autumn Colours of Ontario photo presentation with David Chapman. Generously sponsored by the Friends of Meaford Library. Space is limited. Please register in advance.
- Tuesday, October 20 at 6:30 p.m., gather a team of four and show off your knowledge at the Meaford Public Library Trivia Night. Suggested ages 18+. Please register your team or to be added to a team in advance.
- Wednesday, October 21 at 9:30 a.m., join the drop-in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Meaford Public Library Time Capsule Ceremony. We will also have a photobooth for all ages available at 3 p.m. and Pumpkin Patch Creations with Wendy Tomlinson at 3:30 p.m. for our members who are ages 8+. Please register in advance for the pumpkin creations.
- Thursday, October 22 at 2 p.m., all Friends of Meaford Library volunteers are invited to the Friends of Meaford Library Thank You Party as a gesture of our appreciation for all that they do!
- Friday, October 23 at 10 a.m., enjoy free coffee and cookies while supplies last.
- Saturday, October 24 at 11 a.m., bring the family and join in some Pumpkin Decorating. Please register in advance.
On Saturday, October 24 at 7 p.m., watch the annual battle of the books, Georgian Bay Reads. The event will take place at the Elmvale Community Centre. Tickets for this event are free and available at the Meaford Public Library. We will be supplying a free bus to and from the event thanks to the generosity of the Friends of Meaford Library. Bus tickets are also available at the library.
This year’s Ontario Public Library Week theme, Loud for Libraries, invites people across Ontario to consider what they are willing to do for libraries in their own communities. It also challenges long-standing perceptions of libraries as quiet, passive spaces. While libraries continue to offer spaces for reading, learning, and reflection, they are also vibrant community hubs for dialogue, creativity, connection, and civic participation.
“So, let’s get loud!” said Library staff.
Some events require registration in advance. Please drop by, call the library at 519-538-3500, email libraryinfo@meaford.ca, or visit www.meaford.ca/library for more details.
