Summertime And The Living Is Easy!
By Virginia Dell Lichac, President
Well, maybe not too easy for Friends of the Port O’Connor Library, Inc., as we are still working diligently toward our goal of a state-of-the-art library and learning center here in POC! The Annual meeting is coming up on Saturday, June 27, 9:30am at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. The community is invited to attend. A review of this past year’s activities and events will be presented. Also members of the Board of Directors and officers will be elected. The coming year will be another very bustling time!
Mark your calendars for these fun and exciting events:
• Saturday, August 29, all-community hot dog barbecue at the front beach pavilion
• Saturday, September 19, “A Night under Texas Stars” fundraiser featuring Texas authors at the Sanctuary
• Saturday, October 24, the annual chili/gumbo cook-off and silent auction sponsored by Jim Hooper
• A fundraiser is planned in April 2016—theme to be determined.
Look for more information in upcoming Dolphin Talks.
“Friends” supporters are encouraged to participate in these important events as we head into 2015-2016. Help us get the Library and Learning Center built and serving the community!!
Jeanette Larson
Friends of the Port O’Connor Library, Inc., Advisory Board Member Receives the Texas Library Association’s 2015 Distinguished Service Award
AUSTIN – April 29, 2015 – Jeanette Larson of Rockport, Texas, received one of the state’s highest recognitions for librarians and educators across the state. The Texas Library Association (TLA) honored Larson, a former librarian and current author and consultant with the 2015 Distinguished Service Award, which salutes a librarian who demonstrates superlative leadership and provides outstanding and continuing service to the library field.
Larson received the prestigious Library Distinguished Server Award medal before thousands of her colleagues on April 15, during the Association’s annual convention held in Austin.
* TLA is the largest state library association in the United States with almost 7,000 members who work in public, school, academic, and special libraries and who support educational institutions.
The Student Advisory Board for the Friends of the Port O’Connor Library celebrated a successful and fun year with hot dogs, a scavenger hunt, and a picture right before cutting the cake.
