Annual Book Sale

The Muscogee County Friends of Libraries will host their annual book sale, July 30th through August 1st. The sale

will be open to members only from 10:00 am—7:00 pm on Thursday, July 30th. If you want to be one of the first in

the doors be sure to stop by the library bookstore any day of the week to become a member. The sale will be open

to the public, Friday, July 31st from 10:00 am –5:00 pm and Saturday, August 1st from 9:00 am-5:00 pm. Don’t miss

this opportunity to find tons and tons of treasures! We will have everything on sale from romance, mystery, books

for children's and young adults, plus history and biographies. This is the 18th book sale conducted by the Friends

since 1998. Money raised helps to support a wide range of library programs and to purchase materials. A follow-up

Brown Bag Sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 24th. Mark your calendars.

Volunteers will assist by helping set-up for the book sale, serve as Cashiers, Greeters, Food Supervisor and Check-

out Helpers. Current volunteers may sign up using their username and password through the online volunteer por-

tal or by logging in on the volunteer sign-in computer on the first floor of the Columbus Public Library. For those

who are interested in joining our volunteer team follow the link Muscogee County Friends of Libraries Book Sale to

complete an online application.

Thank You!

I am so thankful to work in one of the best places in the world! Why, because of the endless opportunities to learn

anything you can ever imagine. The staff and volunteers are not only creative and talented but they are loving, kind

hearted and have left footprints in my heart. Thank you for your love and support throughout the years.

~Priscilla S. Williams

Volunteer Coordinator

CVL volunteers have been busy in action so lets take a trip down memory lane!

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Tri-DVS Volunteer

Ceremony

2

IMAGE Imagine Making

a Girl Empowered

3

Guys Read Mentorship

Program Party April 10

4

FOL Essay Contest &

Tea & Music

5

Fanfest May 16 6

Fanfest Continued 7

Things You Need to

Know

8

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Volunteers Key to Book Sale Success

One Moment in Time

Volunteer Newsletter J U L Y 2 0 1 5 S P E C I A L P O I N T S

O F I N T E R E S T :

Upcoming Events:

July 30th - August 1st

FOL Book Sale

September 19th

Columbus Children’s

Book Festival

Thank You!

3rd Annual Columbus Children’s Book Festival

On Saturday, September 19, 2015, some of the most beloved children's authors and illustrators will be taking

over the front lawn of the Columbus Public Library. Children will meet their favorite author or illustrator, listen

to author presentations, have a book autographed, or just have the opportunity to talk to them about their inspi-

rations. Volunteers will provide assistance in our Craft-O-Mania station, Entertainment Tent, Jump Houses, Sim-

ple Steps Garden and more. Check out our 2015 VOLUNTEER PACKET to learn about each book festival volun-

teer description. Volunteers must be 14 years or older to participate in both opportunities. If you enjoy working

with children follow the link 3rd Annual Columbus Children's Book Festival to complete an online application.

We hope to see you there!

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L-R Volunteer-Iman Davis, Volunteer Coordinator– Priscilla Williams, FOL President

- Sharon Self, Teen Coordinator-Pamela McCreless and Volunteer-Sydney Brassauex.

Tri-Community Directors of Volunteer Services

National Volunteer Week Ceremony & Awards Presentation

St. Luke Ministry Center

Tri-Community Directors

of Volunteer Services

National Volunteer Week

Ceremony & Awards

Presentation

Congratulations to CVL

nominees:

Teen Services Award

Organization Award

Community Member Award

On April 21, 2015 Tri-Community Directors of Volunteer Services held its annual National Volunteer

Week Ceremony and Awards Presentation. Our guest speaker was Nancy Buntin, retired from Synovus.

More than 100 people attended as the organization recognized the winners of four award categories.

Chattahoochee Valley Libraries is pleased to share our volunteers who were nominated and acknowl-

edged. Teen volunteers, Iman Davis and Sydney Brassauex were nominated for the Youth Volunteer

Service Award. The Muscogee County Friends of the Library was nominated for the Organization

Award and Gabriele Azhar and James Lincoln were nominated for the Community Member Award.

Congratulations to each of you for making a difference and giving freely of your time. Thank you to all

who helped make this a successful event! Follow the link to see more pictures from the luncheon.

Guest Speaker, Nancy Buntin

Registration Volunteers (L-R) Robyn Pate, Wendy Boyd,

and Marquitta Williams.

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IMAGE: Imagine Making a Girl Empowered April 25, 2015 A special thank you to Ms. Syndey Brasseuex for a marvelous job of putting the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries 2nd girl empowerment

program together. You invested a lot of time, energy, creativity and most importantly you shared a part of yourself. We are truly thank-

ful to have such dedicated volunteers like yourself. Below are a few pictures from the IMAGE program that took place on April 25th.

There were activity stations from hair care, facials, charm bracelets and more.

Thank you Mrs. Kimberly Durham for being our guest speaker for the day. We appreciate you taking the time to leave footprints in our

hearts. Thank you for sharing the motivational tips below! Take a look at more pictures from the event by following the link. You may

also check out pictures from our first IMAGE program held in 2013. Enjoy!

Focus on accomplishments that have to do with who you are as a person, not what you look like.

Each day, say one thing you like about yourself.

Do things that make you happy.

Surround yourself with people who support you and make you feel good about yourself.

Love yourself the way you are right now, not for what or who you could be.

You don’t need validation from anyone else to feel good about yourself.

Volunteer Sydney & Guest Speaker

Kimberly Durham

Volunteer Barbara Staff Grace

Mary Kay Consultant Lori Felton

Volunteer Mrs. Ameeta

A Sister Duo!

Teen Volunteers’ Vanessa & Priscilla

Volunteer coordinator Priscilla Williams

Thank You Volunteers!

Mrs. Ameeta

Alyssa

Amiah

Ashleigh

Ms. Camille

Danielle

Daijhon

Domonic ‘DoJo’

Ebony

Hayley

Lindsey

Priscilla

Scarlett

Ms. Shonyatta

Mrs. Stobhan

Vanessa

A special shout out

goes to:

Blanchard

Waddell

Reese Road

Rigdon Road

& South Columbus

Elementary Schools

Thank you for par-

ticipating in Chatta-

hoochee Valley Li-

braries 2nd Guys

Read Mentorship

Program. We could

not have done it

without YOU!

Thank you for

touching the hearts

of so many. You

make the difference.

In loving memory of

Mr. Shoptaw

Children’s Librarian Sarah Spence

Volunteer ‘Coach T’

Volunteer Al Wooden & Chris Bryant

Volunteer Stephen Hall

Volunteer Lamar Porter

Volunteer Coordinator Priscilla Williams Volunteer Johnny Rodriguez

Guys Read Mentorship Program 2015

Volunteer Ryan Willoughby

Guys Read is a mentorship program created to encourage young boys to become self-motivated, lifelong

readers. The staff here at Chattahoochee Valley Libraries are grateful to the schools, Media Specialist and

volunteers for making our second year a great success. Follow the link to check out pictures from our first

two Guys Read parties. Looking forward to see what 2016 brings!

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Congratulations 2015 Essay Contest Winners

May 12, 2015

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Adults: “The One Author I Want to Meet”

1st Place: Peg Schwing

2nd Place: James Andrew Zanella

3rd Place: Rob St. Clair

Teens: “If My Library Were an Ice

Cream Flavor, It Would Be…”

1st Place: Kailen DeSaussure

2nd Place: Blakeley Bartee

3rd Place: Margot McCrillis

A special thanks to those who participated in the Muscogee County Friends of Libraries essay con-

test! This year over 120 individuals submitted entries for three separate categories. Essays were

judged on presentation, originality and correctness by a panel of community leaders and Friends of

Libraries members. Prizes: for each category are as follows...1st prize $100, 2nd prize $ 50, 3rd

prize $25. Below are the winners for each category. I wonder what the topics will be next year….

Children: “My Favorite Book Is…..”

1st Place: Erin Billiot

2nd Place Anvith Bompelly, Trae Tolbert

& Pranati Yadlapalli,

3rd Place: Conar Blevins, Elizabeth Woods

& Arthur Yao

Margaret Carney Tea & Music Friday’s in May

Beautiful smiles that last a lifetime!

L-R FOL President-Sharon Self, Brenda Dunning, Ameeta Banerjee & Dr. Alice Budge.

Thankful for our FRIENDS!

Our Friends have surely been on the move this year! As you can see,

they had a successful Essay Contest, Tea & Music was delightful and now

they are gearing up for the book sale that begins on July 30th!

A special thanks to our FOL Board Members, all of the bookstore

volunteers and those individuals who worked throughout the year to

organize and sort through 1000’s of donations. Without your teamwork

none of this would be possible.

Thank you Jane Prest, Dr. Alice Budge, Sharon Self, Pat McMahon,

Marnie Salter, Ruby Tucker, Linda Prince and Evelyn Durrah. Thank you

so much for going the extra mile. Your love for the library shows

through your commitment and dedication.

Thank you for Popping into to Action!

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A special shout

out goes to:

Altaviaus

Ashleigh

Avion

Daijhon

Deshayvion

Dominic ‘Dojo’

Harshal

Hayley

Isabella

Jacob

Jasmine

Jessica

Kahlil

Lindsey

Michelina

Mike

Ryan

Savannah

Scarlett

Sunshine

Thomas

Verench

Fanfest Aflac Vacation Reading Program kickoff May 16th

Hayley

Michelina & Kahlil

Jacob & Harshal

Ms. Evelyn, Mrs. Ameeta &

Volunteer Coordinator, Priscilla Williams

Daijhon

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Fanfest Continued Follow the link to see more pictures from Fanfest!

Volunteer Mike

Volunteers

Harshal & Thomas

Batman!

Iron Man &

Spider-Man!

Loki & My Little Pony!

Look-alike

Robert Downy Jr.

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Volunteer Information Center

Let’s get started! From the volunteer landing page of the libraries website, select ‘registered volunteers click here to log in’.

Volunteers Can:

Check or maintain information such as address, phone numbers, and email address.

Check and print their schedule, sign-up for schedule openings, and alert supervisor to

times they cannot serve as scheduled.

View and print their past service information.

Check the progress toward the completion of their mandatory service.

Receive messages.

Select notification preference. (Help us stay connected.)

Schedules:

Volunteers are usually scheduled in 2 hour shifts once a week. However, each volunteer has the opportunity to sign up

for an OPEN shift in their branch or department. They will see the following symbol when there is an open

shift available.

Canceling Shifts:

If a volunteer is unable to make their scheduled shift they can login to the Volunteer Portal to remove themselves

from the schedule. They are still required to contact their direct supervisor (s) to let them know they are not available.

Current volunteers may login through the online Volunteer Portal to sign up for one or more upcoming opportunity.

New volunteers will be interviewed and invited to orientation prior to placement. Depending on the opportunity, train-

ing will be provided during orientation or upon arrival for your volunteer shift.

Registered volunteers click here to log in.

Things You Need To Know

The Volunteer Information Center is a communication tool used to update supervisors and volunteers on system wide

volunteer opportunities, recruitment appeals, newsletters, schedule alerts and more! Supervisors are issued a username

and pin number to access the volunteer records for their branch or department.

The Volunteer Information Center is also the designated area or station within each branch where volunteer’s sign in

and out, access their monthly schedules, retrieve their name badge and learn about upcoming volunteer opportunities.

The Volunteer Information Center for the Columbus Public Library is now located in the Popular Materials Depart-

ment inside the old copier room on the first floor.

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Help Our Libraries

Join the Friends of Libraries

Membership Drive

Stop by the library bookstore and

become a member today!

Questions:

Phone: 706-243-2691

Individual $15

Student (18+) $10 ID Required

Senior (55+) $10 ID Required

Household $25

Contributing $100

Patron $250

Sustaining $500

Benefactor $1000

Donation $_____

Friends is a 501 © (3) organization.

Membership is tax deductible.

Donate

Meet our Leaders

2015 Officers

President, Sharon Self

Vice President, Sharon Lyon

Second Vice President, Terri Roberts

Treasurer, Robert Flournoy

Secretary, Brinkley Pound

2015 Board Members

Victoria Allen

Suzanne Burdeshaw

Dagmar Christensen

Bunky Clark

Art Halouska

Elaine Jacobs

Jeanella Pendleton

Anastasia Poydasheff

Rob St. Clair

Friend Your Library