On April 12, 1951, the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) proclaimed Holocaust and Ghetto Revolt Remembrance Day to be the 27th of Nissan. Yom Hashoah has been observed with candlelighting, speakers, poems, prayers, and singing. Often, six candles are lighted to represent the six million. Holocaust survivors speak about their experiences or share in the readings. Milton [...]
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The Library’s Nonprofit Resources Center, located on the third floor of Main Library, is always being updated. Don’t miss out on these new titles. Stop by or place a hold. Go Get that Grant! : A Practical Guide For Libraries and Nonprofit Organizations Staines, Gail M. NRC 025.11 St782go A Government Guide to Grants Legaspi, Nathan [...]
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All library locations will be closed, Easter Sunday, April 24th, 2011 In recognition of the power of millions of individual actions, Earth Day 2011 will be organized around A Billion Acts of Green® pledges to live and act sustainably. At over 42 million actions to date, the campaign is the largest environmental service campaign in the [...]
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The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and one of the last battles of the American Civil War. Road [...]
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All of us have to make decisions every day. Some decisions are relatively straightforward and others are quite complex. Difficult decisions typically involve issues of uncertainty, complexity, and high-risk consequences. How about some good books to help you with decision making? “The Art of Choosing,” by Sheena Iyengar “Decisions, Decisions : the Art of Effective [...]
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Your Board and Fundraising April 13, 2011, 11:30am-1:30pm Main Library, Meeting room 2AB Getting your board involved in the fundraising process is instrumental to your organization’s success. In this class we will discuss the role your board plays in fundraising, how to overcome board member concerns, ways the board can participate in the fundraising process, [...]
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Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April, when publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools and poets around the country band together to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. Perhaps you are interested in checking out some volumes of poetry we added to [...]
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Life After Death: Why is it Such a Hot Topic? Combine events like September 11th with the demographic phenomenon of the Baby Boom generation reaching its 60’s, and suddenly the reality of death from catastrophe and death from mere old age are upon us in a personal way. What could be a more fundamental [...]
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