Community Connection Program – Health and Wellness with Brad Meylor

Community Connection Consider joining us at the Main Library, Friday, May 30th at 1:00pm to hear Gretna’s very own, Dr. Brad Meylor give an informative talk on health and wellness.

Dr. Meylor owns Meylor Chiropractic, and is a 3rd generation chiropractor.  Health and wellness practices are a significant part of what Dr. Meylor discusses with is patients and we’re excited to have him visit the Library to share his knowledge with the community.

**This event is part of the Library’s new Community Connection series of programming where we bring local businesses together to connect with our community and engage in discussion.

It’s National Library Week!

Be sure to stop by the Main Library or Children’s Library (or both!) to celebrate National Library Week!  We have some neat displays up to check out, an awesome Grab Bag Book Sale going on, and even treats to snack on while you’re here.

snapshot day

April 17th is Library Snapshot Day at the Library!
What does this mean?  
When you visit either Library on Thursday, tell us why you visited the Library that day.  We’ll have a two question survey for you at each branch location that literally will take you just a minute to fill out while we check your items out to you.  The data we collect will show us what a day in the life of our Library looks like, and is another way we can share the value of having a library in the community.

Why is this information important to us?
This information will give us more knowledge about how to best serve our community.  By knowing what ways you utilize the Library and its services, we’ll have a better understanding as to what type of materials, services, and programs our community appreciates.  This data also allows us to be even bigger advocates for the Library as it will provide a vivid picture of the way patrons use the Library on daily basis.

At the end of the day, survey data as well as circulation and attendance numbers will be sent to the American Library Association to add to the data they are compiling which will show what happens in libraries across the nation in just one single day!

Scrapbooking Party to Benefit the Library

Do you love preserving your family’s memories that you’ve photographed?  If scrapbooking is a hobby you enjoy, then this party is right up your alley!  Join us at Scrappin Studio at 913 Village Square here in Gretna on March 29th for a day of fun, friends, food, and scrapbooking!  Reserve your spot for $15 by registering at either Library branch.

Scrapbooking Party!

International Random Acts of Kindness Week

February is commonly known for the affection and love that comes along with celebrating Valentine’s Day, but did you know that February 10-16th is International Random Acts of Kindness Week too?  If you’ve ever done something nice for someone else, you know about the warm-fuzzy feeling that comes with that act of kindness.  Whether it’s donating coats to a shelter, sending cards to soldiers overseas, or letting someone go ahead of you in the checkout line at the store, doing nice things for others makes us feel good.

As part of International Random Acts of Kindness Week, the Library is giving you the opportunity to help replace a lost item for a patron.  Currently, the Library has many lost items that need to be replaced, but can’t do so until those items are paid for.  At both the Main Library and Children’s Library, you will find that we have Giving Trees in our front entrances, and on each tree are several apples that show a picture of a lost item and that item’s replacement cost.  Patrons have the option of picking an apple of their choice and paying the replacement cost for someone else so that the Library can purchase a new copy of it.  In turn, a Leaf of Gratitude will be put up on the Giving Tree with your name (if you like) in place of the picked apple.

There are also collection funnels at each library if you wish to contribute to our overall replacement fund.  After the 16th, we’ll compile all money collected in the funnels and replace as many items left on the Giving Trees as possible.

Help others and help the Library.  Be a Giver!

**Can’t make it into the Library, but want to help out?  Mail a check to the Gretna Public Library at 736 South St., Gretna, NE 68028 and just indicate which book you are wanting to replace.  Here’s a list of book titles and their replacement prices:

Adult Items

  • Big Book of Gardening Skills  $18.95
  • GED Study Guide  $23.00
  • Drive: the surprising truth about what motivates us  $29.99
  • The Help by Kathryn Stockett  $24.95
  • Down the Darkest Road by Tami Hoag  $26.95
  • Amazing Peace by Maya Angelou  $9.95

Young Adult Items

  • Cloaked by Alex Flinn  $16.99
  • User Unfriendly by Vivian Vande Velde  $6.99
  • Infinity by Sherrilyn Keynon  $17.99
  • Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough  $16.00

Children’s Items

  • Batman vs Bane  $6.95
  • Mr. Bump  $3.99
  • In One Ear Out the Other  $22.65
  • Lego Ninjago: kingdoms of snakes  $6.99
  • Star Wars: galactic crisis  $12.99
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