“National Hospital and Healthcare Week”
Vermilion Parish Library – Abbeville
BLOOD DRIVE
Monday, May 7, 2012
4:00 – 7:00 pm

Bloodmobile in the Parking Lot
Sign up online @ www.bloodhero.com
and enter sponsor code: AbbLib

Schedule your appointment online to donate and receive 100 points!

In addition; all donors will receive a FREE t-shirt

Please bring your photo ID and donor card. Free cholesterol testing with every donation.

Join the Vermilion Library Foundation in welcoming Wendy Rodrigue, wife of Artist George Rodrigue and author of the blog “Musings of an Artist’s Wife”. Wendy lectures extensively on both Louisiana and Art History, specializing in Rodrigue’s life and art. Currently she writes two blogs: “Musings of an Artist’s Wife,” focusing on the artwork and life of George Rodrigue, and a weekly cultural column for Gambit, the New Orleans entertainment paper.

The Library Foundation will be hosting an evening with Wendy Rodrigue, and Guest of Honor Artist George Rodrigue, on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 from 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm at the Riverfront Restaurant. Tickets are on sale for $40.00 per person which includes a cash bar and a sit down meal. Tickets are available at the Abbeville Branch Library, Maurice Branch Library, Gift Boutique(Abbeville), Acadiana Ford, Inc(Kaplan), and Vermilion Chamber of Commerce. For more information call Alberta at 337-643-2145 or Veronica at 337-643-7124.

Do you have .10 cents burning a hole in your pocket and need a place to spend it? Visit the Abbeville Branch Library for the Vermilion Library Foundation annual Book Sale being held April 16th thru April 21^st. Book sale hours are 9 am – 5 pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 9 am – 7 pm on Monday and Thursday and 9 am – 11 pm on Saturday.  Support your library and find great deals on like new paperback books by visiting the Spring Paperback Book Sale. For more information call 337-893-2674.

Join the Vermilion Parish Library Bookmobile on Monday, April 16, 2012 for Bookmobile Day. The bookmobile will be parked in front of Rene Rost Middle school from 2: 30 – 4:00 so that everyone can stop by and take a look at what it has to offer.  They will have library handouts, crafts for the kids, snacks and door prizes to give away.  For more information call 337-893-2674.

Celebrate National Library Week April 8 – 14 at Your Vermilion Parish Library

 National Library Week is April 8 – 14 and your Vermilion Parish Library has great activities for the whole family! Stop by an Open House at your favorite branch and learn about all the new products, services and events happening at your library, or come to one of the Story Time events through the week! Library Week Events are as follows:

Monday, April 9

Special “Library” Storytime, Abbeville branch, 6:30 PM

Wednesday, April 11

Delcambre Open House 2:00 – 5:00 pm

Vermilion Parish Library Health Fair 9:00 am – 12:30 pm

Thursday, April 12

Erath Open House 2:00 – 4:00 pm

Kaplan Open House 2:30 – 4:30 pm

Gueydan Spring Storytime/Craft 3:30 pm

Erath: Poems, Poems, Poems 4:00 pm

Friday, April 13

Abbeville Crazy Craft: Butterfly Mobile 3:30 pm

Abbeville Open House 2:30 – 4:00 pm

Saturday, April 14

Maurice Open House 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

These events are free and open to the public, refreshments and the latest library news will be served! We hope to see you there!

FREE HEALTH  FAIR

Date:   Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Place:  Abbeville Branch of Vermilion Parish Library

            405 E. St. Victor St., Abbeville, LA

Time:  9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Sponsors:  LSU AgCenter, VVFC, and Vermilion                 

                   Parish Library System

Services:  Health and Nutrition Information, Health Screenings, Door Prizes and More                                            

For More Information Contact:  Mandy Armentor at 898-4335

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The Vermilion Parish Library will be closed on Friday, April 6 and Saturday, April 7 for the Easter Holiday. Library Director Charlotte Trosclair and staff would like to wish you a happy holiday.

Hop on over to the Abbeville Branch of the Vermilion Parish Library for an Easter Egg Hunt and an Easter Story. There will also be lots of filled colorful eggs to fill your basket, a treat to take home and a visit from a special visitor.  Join us on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 6:00 pm for an “eggtra” special good time. For more information call 337-893-2674.

If you have always been interested in art, the Vermilion Parish Library has just the person for you. Kelli Foret, author of “The Acadiana Art Trail”, will visit to talk about her new book and her love of art. Kelli was born and raised in New Iberia; her influences are noticeably Cajun and deceptively deep. Her canvases, commonly made of sinker cypress (straight from the Atchafalaya Basin) and anything recycled, reflect a range of primitive folk designs that hint at her roots and travels. Her style can be called silly and that won’t bother her one bit. She lives in a whimsical world — one intentionally built, stroke by stroke. It’s a life constructed, hodgepodge at times, out of painting, sculpture, music, writing, travel and photography.

Kelli will be at the Abbeville Branch Library on Monday, March 19, 2012 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm. For more information call 337-893-2674 or log on to her blog at http://arttraillady.blogspot.com/ .

Looking for a little St. Patrick’s Day Luck? Try looking at the Gueydan Branch Library. On Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 3:30 pm they will have a “Luck of the Irish” St. Patrick’s Day Party. For more information call Angie Touchet at 337-536-6781.

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