Library and Literacy Programs

Library Programs

Summer Reading Program

Kids digging plastic dinosaur skeletons out of a sandbox

Science & Craft Day

Summer Reading Program 2023

Storytime Crafts & Activities

Toddlers jumping and dancing on color changing mats

Baby & Me Storytime Activities

SUGO

(Show Up, Geek Out)

Kids building matchbox tracks across the floor and up the wall

Matchbox Tracks and Marble Runs

February 2024

Spring Break Programs

Dozens of kids and adults sitting on the floor with piles of LEGO

LEGO Build Day 

Spring Break 2023

Teen and Tween Programs

Eight teens gathered around two tables with pink plastic dropclothes on them with containers of paint and water

Day of the Dead Movie & Craft Night

November 2023

For a calendar of events and other information about the Library, visit the 

Lebanon Public Library Website

Literacy Programs

Children's Board Books

Wooden cart filled with board books for toddlers

Cart full of children's board books at the Library purchased with funds from the Friends.

Books for Meals on Wheels

Meals on Wheels logo

The Friends provide books for free to Meals on Wheels recipients.

Special Projects

Plinko

Donation Stand

Wooden plinko donation stand attached to a halfwall in the library. Big red arrow where to insert coin and multiple levels of angled wood pieces for the coins to roll down and land in a box at the bottom. The front of the plinko stand is clear acrylic

Funds from the Friends were used to purchase a plinko donation stand to make donating change and small bills for the children's room addition a fun experience.

Mac McNulty

Imagination Station

Table top with silver plaque that says, "Mac McNulty Imagination Station" with bright green plastic monster and a laminated page about the toy beside the plaque

Memorial donations in honor of long-time Friends member Mac McNulty went toward a dedicated table for young children to play with entertaining yet educational toys.

Mastenbrook Memorial Gift

Book shelves in the library with a sign that says, "Large Print."

Memorial donations for large print books were made in honor of long-time Friends president and vice president 

Harlen and Kathleen Mastenbrook.

Library of Things

Acrylic clear with tan grass patterns dividing wall in the library with wrods, "anita's story room" at top left corner of photo. In the center is a big 6 foot x 4 foot banner that says, "Library of Things/Lebanon Public Library" with three colored icons (orange, blue, green). Underneath are low shelves filled with bags of items and board games

Funds from the Friends have been used to add to the collection of board games and other items in the Library of Things.

Benches for the Library

Lobby of the library with three sturdy wooden benches under three huge landscape paintings

The Friends commissioned benches for the library created from beams salvaged from the old middle school building that was removed to make room for the new library.

Grants

The Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Funds matching grant helps support the annual Summer Reading Program. The grant allows the library to purchase a new book for each child who signs up for the Summer Reading Program. The matching funds from the Friends go toward other prizes for participants and a finale party. The 2024 STCCF grant for the Summer Reading Program was $1,800. The Summer Reading Program wouldn't be as successful without the support of the tribes. 


Joan Erwin, Harlen Mastenbrook, and Carolyn Misa with a giant check for $1,200 from the STCCF. November 2018

Circle shaped logo with a salmon in the center, mountains behind, and river underneath. The words, "Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians" are around the outside
Five people standing in the library with bookshelves around them holding a giant check made out to the Friends for $1,500

Virginia Cloyd, Byron Baarsch, John Bazant, Mac McNulty, and Karla Joy McMechan with a giant check for $1,500 from the STCCF. November 2019