Your Library matters this October

October is Canadian Libraries Month, when libraries and library partners across Canada raise awareness of the valuable role libraries play in the lives of people in Canada. Madawaska Valley Public Library (MVPL) participates in meaningful programs to show you not only how much you matter to your Public Library, but how much your Library means to you.

The month kicks off with First Nations Public Library Week (Oct.3-7). Since 2000, First Nation public libraries have used one week of the year to raise awareness of their resources, services, programs and activities. First Nations Public Library Week is celebrated the first week of October to coincide with Canadian Library Month. This year, First Nations Public Library Week runs October 3 to 7, 2022 with the theme, “Bekaa, Bzindaachagan | Wait and Listen.” Above: some of the materials available at MVPL

Here in the Valley, MVPL is not waiting and listening – instead staff are using this opportunity to promote public library services and to celebrate cultural uniqueness. In a simple visual statement supporting the message of Orange Shirt Day (Every Child Matters), MVPL offers library patrons the opportunity to colour in your own orange shirt and sign it to show that you matter.

Later during Canadian Libraries Month, Ontario Public Library Week will take place from October 16 to October 22. The 2022 theme is “One Card, One Million Possibilities.” Regular library users know that your library card is the passport to endless opportunities – for education and for entertainment.

And if all that isn’t enough to send you scurrying over to the Library at 19474 Opeongo Line, there’s the annual Hallowe’en Hunt at the end of October. It’s a delightful, not-too-scary, fun-filled scavenger hunt for costumed trick-or-treaters of all ages.