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Join us HERE for WVPL Recorded Storytimes! Click HERE to join Miss Michelle's LIVE Storytime on Thursdays!
At the Ambler Friends meetings, we discuss ways to help the library and address funding of current and new library programs. The Friends meetings are public meetings, and all may attend. For meeting information, please contact Anne Hall, Branch Manager, at ahall@wvpl.org.
The fabulously talented Alisa Dupuy (Female Spies of WWII) returns to Wissahickon Library to present another engaging theatrical performance from her Ladies of History repertoire.
Through performance, Alisa will bring to life the story of a woman who made a difference in U.S. history, suffragette Alice Paul.
Alice Stokes Paul was an American Quaker, suffragist, feminist, and women's rights activist, and one of the main leaders and strategists of the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
This is a free program on Zoom. Register at https://alice-paul.eventbrite.com
Learn Marie Kondo's "Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" - The KonMari Method to Tidying and Organizing through this unique streaming webinar available to registered participants for 48 hours only - May 12 through May 14
Our guide and online expert is Shannon Huneycutt, founder of Spark Joy Charlotte and a certified Silver level Konmari Consultant trained by tidying expert Marie Kondo. With Shannon's help, YOU will dive into the guiding principles needed to tidy once and for all!
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
* REGISTER at spark-joy.eventbrite.com.
* You will receive a link to access a custom website for WVPL patrons created by Shannon & her team.
* Visit the custom website starting Wednesday, May 12 to view the complete 60-minute recorded video presentation. The presentation will be available on May 12 at 6 AM through May 14 at 6 AM. View at your leisure for as many times as you wish for those two days only!
* Visit the custom website NOW to access preview materials before the May 12-14 video presentation starts. YOU can:
With access to this expert guidance and resource materials, YOU WILL feel energized and motivated to "Spark Joy" in your own space and create the home and life of which you've always dreamed! SIGN UP today at spark-joy.eventbrite.com
CLICK HERE TO WATCH A PREVIEW OF THE SPARK JOY PROGRAM.
Hungry for Health: Discover the Benefits of a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet
Online via Zoom
Registration Required: wvpleatwell.eventbrite.com
What is the optimal way to eat? Want to reset your diet and embrace better choices for your body and our planet?
Join us as we explore the benefits of a plant-based diet with Amy Jones, Physician Assistant, Certified Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner, and founder of Romaine Healthy, LLC.
In this webinar, you will:
• Compare the Standard American Diet (SAD) to the Whole Food PLANT Based (WFPB) Diet
• Learn the benefits of a WFPB Diet - Why it works and keeps working
• Discover evidence to support it’s the optimal way to eat
• Connect your food choices to the health of planet
• Participate in a Food demo – Cook along with Amy with a recipe at home
Say you’ll be there! This webinar is free and open to the public. Please register to attend and to receive the Zoom link at wvpleatwell.eventbrite.com
Copies may be requested at the libary or downloaded from Libby and OverDrive.
At the Ambler Friends meetings, we discuss ways to help the library and address funding of current and new library programs. The Friends meetings are public meetings, and all may attend. For meeting information, please contact Anne Hall, Branch Manager, at ahall@wvpl.org.
At the Ambler Friends meetings, we discuss ways to help the library and address funding of current and new library programs. The Friends meetings are public meetings, and all may attend. For meeting information, please contact Anne Hall, Branch Manager, at ahall@wvpl.org.
March Genealogy Workshop Series
Genealogist Eric Migdal returns with Part 3 in our three-part genealogy series.
In this presentation, Eric will explore records research and online tools, such as Ancestry.com, including the free version of Ancestry.com available to library users.
Please register for this free program on Eventbrite at https://genealogy-records.eventbrite.com
March Genealogy Workshop Series
Genealogist Eric Migdal returns with Part 2 in our three-part genealogy series.
In this presentation, Eric will help us with understanding DNA matches found in ancestry testing and will talk about centomorgans and segments, deciphering possible relationships, and contacting and correspondence with DNA matches.
Please register for this free program on Eventbrite at https://dna-matches.eventbrite.com
March Genealogy Workshop Series
In this one hour presentation, genealogist Eric Migdal will teach us about building and understanding family trees, including the differences of pedigree and family group trees, gathering accurate information, understanding and analyzing relationships.
Eric has over 25 years of experience in this field, including coaching clients in safely and effectively contacting family members, understanding their DNA match results and analyzing their ethnic backgrounds.
Please register for this free program on Eventbrite at https://building-family-trees.eventbrite.com
