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Homework Help, 5-12 YRS

<div>Date: 01/26/2024 Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm Presenter: Ki Lee Location: Storytime Room Library: Medford Library Homework Help is an afterschool program intended to support students K-6th with homework on Friday afternoons. Students will work in small groups with tutors from SOU, and be provided a small snack. Pre-registration is advised as there are limited spaces available.</div>

Teen Gamer Day, 12+ YRS

<div>Date: 06/07/2024 Time: All Day Event Location: Library: Medford Library What kind of gamer are you? Video games? Board games? Charades? We've got them all! Challenge your friends or our Teen Library staff to a game every Friday in the Teen Library. </div>

Paws to Read: K9 Reading Buddies

<div>Date: 07/24/2024 Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm Location: Community Meeting Room Library: Jacksonville Library Children are invited to share a story with a trained and registered therapy dog. Paws to Read at the Library provides a non-intimidating environment for budding readers to explore reading out loud. The dogs welcome a scratch on the head and the turn of the page from young readers.</div>

Holiday Closure

<div>Date: 01/01/2024 Time: All Day Event Location: All branches of Jackson County Library Services will be closed today. You can always find great content 24/7 through our <a href="https://jcls.org/downloads">Digital Content</a>.</div>

Canceled - Paws to Read: K9 Reading Buddies

<div>Date: 12/14/2023 Time: 3:30pm - 4:30pm Location: Library: Eagle Point Library Children are invited to share a story with a trained and registered therapy dog. Paws to Read at the Library provides a non-intimidating environment for budding readers to explore reading out loud. The dogs welcome a scratch on the head and the turn of the page from young readers.</div>

Romance Readers Book Club, 18+ YRS

Date: 07/11/2024 Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm Presenter: Amy Fann Location: Community Meeting Room Library: Gold Hill Library Join other romance readers for discussion, sip, and snack. Meets the second Thursday of each month. June 14: One Duke Down by Anna Bennett July 11: Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler August 8: How to Fail and Flirting by Denise Williams

Read Renew Repeat: Folded Book Art, 18+ YRS

<div>Date: 07/30/2024 Time: 10:00am - 11:00am Location: Community Meeting Room Library: Jacksonville Library What do you do with a book that you no longer want? You can donate it, gift it....or you can turn it into art! Book folding is the process of folding down the pages of a book to create a sculpture. Used books will be provided, but feel free to bring your own!</div>

CANCELED - Ukulele Practice/Play Together, 18+ YRS

<div>Date: 07/22/2024 Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm Presenter: Viki Brown Location: Meeting Room Library: Eagle Point Library Come practice and play your ukulele with others. All are welcome. Some ukulele experience is required; this is not a class. If you do not have a ukulele you can borrow one from the JCLS Library of Things.</div>

End of Life Planning For Your Online Accounts

Date: 07/29/2024 Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Presenter: Laurel Bucher & Nicole Vukcevic Location: Community Meeting Room Library: Rogue River Library Have you ever wondered what happens to your digital accounts after death? Or how your loved ones will get access to those accounts to save precious data, such as photos and videos? Or how they would close them after you pass on? This program will help you, and your loved ones, take practical steps to prepare your digital legacy. The focus of this cl

Eagle Point Friends of the Library Open Cupboards Book Sale

<div>Date: 06/13/2024 Time: 12:30pm - 3:00pm Location: Meeting Room Library: Eagle Point Library Shop for new and gently used items including books, CDs & movies. All proceeds benefit the Eagle Point Library.</div>

Cultivating Companions: Growing Connections Through Plants, 50+YRS

Date: 07/12/2024 Time: 1:30pm - 3:30pm Location: Library: Shady Cove Library Cultivating Companions is a free seven week program to bring rural older adults together. Learn how to grow indoor plants, use them for art and cooking, and make new friends. Join the Jackson County Master Gardeners in your local library branch to learn new skills and meet new faces. Space for the program is limited. Please fill out the attached flier and return to Grace Florjancic, the Master Gardener Coordinator

Homework Help, 5-12 YRS

Date: 12/15/2023 Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm Presenter: Ki Lee Location: Storytime Room Library: Medford Library Medford Library is excited to be starting a homework help program intended to support students K-6th with homework on Friday afternoons. Students will work in small groups with tutors from SOU, and be provided a small snack. Pre-registration is advised as there are limited spaces available. Registration can be done in person at the childrens desk, or by emailing [email protected].

Holiday Craft, 5+ YRS

<div>Date: 12/16/2023 Time: 12:30pm - 2:30pm Location: Meeting Room Library: Applegate Library Protect yourself from culinary catastrophes this holiday season by painting and embellishing your own apron. Whip up your personalized apron and enjoy holiday music and light refreshments, while supplies last. <hr> </div>

Drop-in Graphic Art Program, 13+ YRS

Date: 12/16/2023 Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm Location: Community Meeting Room Library: Rogue River Library Looking for a relaxing space to do your art, with other people who also love to create? Stop by the Graphic Art Workshop to relax, work on your graphic novel (or any other art), and de-stress in a supportive environment. Get feedback and ideas. Be inspired. Be brilliant! This informal space will be available December through February, every other Saturday. We'll even provide some light sna

Gold Hill Walking Club 18+

<div>Date: 03/13/2024 Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Location: Library: Gold Hill Library Join us at the library for a weekly neighborhood walk every Wednesday. We will begin at the Gold Hill Library and take the path to the Gold Hill Sports Park and back. It's a wonderful opportunity to exercise outdoors and socialize. The club meets rain or shine. </div>

Trebuchet vs Catapult, 9+ YRS

Date: 03/13/2024 Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Location: Storytime Room Library: Medford Library In this program, kids will learn the difference between a catapult and a trebuchet and will be given supplies to make one of them and given opportunities for some friendly competition.

Color Like A Kid Again! 18+ YRS

<div>Date: 08/23/2024 Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Location: Community Room Library: Central Point Library Join us for some creative down time. Coloring provides a number of different health benefits for adults such as promoting mindfulness, reducing stress, and calming anxiety. Coloring sheets and art supplies will be provided, or bring your own. <hr> </div>

Holiday Closure

<div>Date: 05/27/2024 Time: All Day Event Location: All branches of Jackson County Library Services will be closed today. You can always find great content 24/7 through our <a href="https://jcls.org/downloads">Digital Content</a>.</div>

Yarnia!

<div>Date: 02/07/2024 Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm Presenter: Barbara Young Location: Meeting Room Library: Eagle Point Library Learn to knit or crochet. Supplies provided. For all levels.</div>

Pajama Day, 3+ YRS

<div>Date: 01/27/2024 Time: All Day Event Location: Library: Gold Hill Library Saturday, January 27th is Pajama Day at the Gold Hill Library. Anyone who wears their pajamas to the library will get a free book! We will have pajama activities throughout the day: drink Mexican hot chocolate, hear a special pajama story time, and watch a pajama family movie.</div>

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Homework Help, 5-12 YRS

Teen Gamer Day, 12+ YRS

Paws to Read: K9 Reading Buddies

Holiday Closure

Canceled - Paws to Read: K9 Reading Buddies

Romance Readers Book Club, 18+ YRS

Read Renew Repeat: Folded Book Art, 18+ YRS

CANCELED - Ukulele Practice/Play Together, 18+ YRS

End of Life Planning For Your Online Accounts

Eagle Point Friends of the Library Open Cupboards Book Sale

Cultivating Companions: Growing Connections Through Plants, 50+YRS

Homework Help, 5-12 YRS

Holiday Craft, 5+ YRS

Drop-in Graphic Art Program, 13+ YRS

Gold Hill Walking Club 18+

Trebuchet vs Catapult, 9+ YRS

Color Like A Kid Again! 18+ YRS

Holiday Closure

Yarnia!

Pajama Day, 3+ YRS