It was inspiring to see the crowd of families in attendance at the Conley Elementary School Open House (Aldine Independent Schhol District) on Tuesday evening, March 8. Conley is located halfway between the Aldine and Barbara Bush branches of the Harris County Public Library. Members of the Barbara Bush Library Friends distributed handouts about the library system and gave the children bookworm erasers and READ temporary tattoos. Best of all, they made 33 library cards for the children and their families. It is great to see the schools, libraries, and parents working together for the good of these young children.
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More than 100 people of all ages and ethnic groups joined together on Feb. 26 to celebrate Black History month with the African American Read-In. Five authors (Cathy Clay, Karen Brown, Tracy Burries-Hall, Wanda Purnell, and Stella Alexander) displayed and read from their works. This is the 22nd national celebration of this event, and the fourth that has taken place at the Barbara Bush Library. It is co-sponsored by the Barbara Bush Library Friends and the E.B.O.N.Y. organization (Enrichment & Brotherhood Organization of Northwest Youth).
Library supporters travelled to Austin on Library Legislative Day, Feb. 16. Their purpose was to make the case for restoring some of the devastating cuts to libraries in the proposed state budget that would impact library-provided databases, interlibrary loan services, computer access, and other services to customers. Pictured are Stephanie Green from Klein ISD; staff and Friends of the Barbara Bush Library; and Colby Beuck (center), aide to Rep. Patricia Harless. The group also visited with aides to State Sen. Dan Patrick, Rep. Debbie Riddle and Rep. Dwayne Bohac. Visit this 
sidents of the facility surprised the staff at the Barbara Bush Library with a cake to celebrate the New Year. The center is reaching out to partners in their area to says "thanks" to those who provide services to the community. Residents of the center regularly visit the library to check out books, participate in the knitting group and book clubs, take computer classes, and use the Internet. It was a sweet way to meet our neighbors!
Congratulations to Olga Tompkins, winner of the raffle for the lovely quilt donated to the Barbara Bush Library Friends by the Serendipity Quilters. All proceeds from the raffle will be used to buy books for the library.
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