Join the NPL Drink Pouch Recycling Brigade!

Now you can help save the planet and support your library. NPL has formed a partnership with Terra Cycle to benefit from drink pouch recycling. Pouches are being recycled into colorful and useful bags. For every 100 pouches that NPL helps to collect, the library will receive two dollars. We will collect any type of drink pouch (sorry, NO juice boxes.) Just drop them off and we'll do the rest. For more information on recycled products and TerraCycle, go to Terra Cycle's web site.

Rita Severinghaus Speaks, Presents Slides March 25

Norwich resident Rita Severinghaus will present a slide show and speak about the power of grassroots community development efforts in village communities of the Dominican Republic, Thursday, March 25, at 7 p.m. in the Community Room.

She is currently a practicing nurse in the Office of Care Management, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

NPL Friends Book Sale is March 19-20

The Friends of NPL will offer their spring Book Sale on Friday, March 19, from 3 to 8 p.m., and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 20.

The library is accepting donations of used books until Monday, March 15. Please, no textbooks, books with mold or mildew, or Reader's Digest Condensed Books.

NPL Adds Book Club Bags to Collection

Thanks to start-up funding from the Mascoma Foundation and the Friends of the Norwich Public Library, a growing collection of book bags for reading clubs is now available for check-out.

The following books are now available in club bags: The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner, Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick, The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, and Loving Frank by Nancy Horan.

Each bag contains 10 copies of the book, a discussion guide, and resource materials. Book bags go out for five weeks.

Interested patrons can receive more information by calling 649-1184 or by inquiring at the Circulation Desk. There's also a write-up in NPL's blog, NPL Now.

'Figuring Out Your Finances' is Seminar Series

Join David Otto, Certified Financial Planner, and Susan Otto Goodell for a series on finances and investments to be offered at NPL's Community Room from December through May. Seminars start promptly at 7 p.m.

Topics and dates are as follows:

Tuesday, Apr. 13--Big Picture Estate Issues Simply Addressed

Tuesday, May 11--Ready, Set, Retire! Winning Strategies to Meet Your Retirement Goals

The event is free and open to the public, and accessible to people with disabilities.