April 2025 Newsletter
Aloha Friends, Please see the April 2025 Newsletter attached to this link. In this monthʻs newsletter, see a letter from the President and explore more programs at the Kona libraries!
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Aloha Friends, Please see the April 2025 Newsletter attached to this link. In this monthʻs newsletter, see a letter from the President and explore more programs at the Kona libraries!
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The Friends of the Libraries, Kona is pleased to announce the availability of a generous $6,000 scholarship donation from The Arne & Ruth Werchick Charitable Fund. This Arne & Ruth Werchick MLIS (Master’s Degree in Library Science) Scholarship has the following requirements: Must be a resident of the County of Hawaii or have at
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Aloha Friends, Please see the March 2025 Newsletter attached to this link. In this monthʻs newsletter, see a letter from the President and explore more programs at the Kona libraries!
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Friends of the Libraries, Hawaii (F.L.H. aka “Big Friends”) recently named Kauʻi Young as 2024 Librarian of the Year. The last Kailua-Kona Librarian to receive this award was in 1997! Library patrons voted for this Excellence in Service award for their favorite librarian. Kauʻi’s enthusiasm, engaging smile and personality are the reason kids (babies to
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Aloha Friends, Please see the February 2025 Newsletter attached to this link. In this monthʻs newsletter, see a letter from the President and explore more programs at the Kona libraries!
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Friends of the Libraries, Kona President Ken Guerra accepts Rotary Club of Kona’s grant from their Treasurer Janice Gustin Rotary Club of Kona generously grants $1,200 to the Friends of the Libraries, Kona for the “Books for Babies” program. This program promotes reading as a family activity and encourages parents of infants between birth
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Aloha F.O.L.K. Friends, We wish you a Happy and Healthy New Year. We hope you will join us at our annual F.O.L.K. general meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 28th at 3pm at the Kailua-Kona Library lanai. The existing Officers and Board of Directors will give an overview of our 2024 accomplishments and then you will meet our
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Aloha Friends, Please see the January 2025 Newsletter attached to this link. In this monthʻs newsletter, see a letter from the President and explore more programs at the Kona libraries!
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The Friendly Bus project is one of the library programs that your Friends of the Libraries, Kona MEMBERSHIP pays for. In this project, every Kailua-Kona and Kealakekua DOE second grade classroom is invited to hop on a school bus to visit the library. Each class spends the morning with the staff to listen to stories,
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Check out the article below by Pacific Business News! It features an interview with Maziyar Rajaei, who talks about the the Architecture LEGO Studio program he leads at Kailua-Kona Public Library. Pacific Business News Article (1)
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