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❄️ Holiday Hours ❄️️

• December 24                     10 am - 3 pm

• December 25 and 26        CLOSED

• December 27 to 30           Regular hours    

• December 31                     10 am - 3 pm

• January 1                            CLOSED

🍎 Holiday Food Drive for the Barrhaven Food Cupboard🍎

Donate to help your community at the Ruth E. Dickinson library during opening hours until December 22! Items most in need are: peanut butter, jam, juice boxes, fruit cups, granola bars, crackers, boxed macaroni & cheese, and canned pasta. Visit barrhavenfoodcupboard.ca to find more information about how you can help!

🎬 Holiday Movie Night 🎬

Join us for a screening of Scrooge from 1935! This re-telling of the Victorian classic A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a trip back in time for the whole family. The film is 1 hour and 20 minutes long and English subtitles will be shown. Snacks will be served! Thursday December 22 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

⛄ In-Person Winter 2023 Programs ⛄

Staff at Ruth E. Dickinson are excited to welcome everyone back for in-person programming this winter! We have something for everyone: adults, teens, children and families!  Programs will resume the week of January 9, 2023. Registration opens on Monday January 2, 2023 at 10 am.

• All adult programs are drop-in, no registration required! 

  • 🆕 Barrhaven "Cook and Tell" Cookbook Club: Select Thursdays at 3:00 pm - Join us for a discussion of cookbooks and recipes. Try a recipe from each month’s cookbook selection and tell us what you think!
    

• Some children's programs require registration. Here are a few of our favourites:

  • Dickinson Discovery Club: Tinkering, Coding, Creating, Experimenting and Designing. Come get excited about STEM with us. For thinkers ages 6-8 years and their adult co-learner. Select Thursdays at 6:00 pm

  • Ready, Set, Kindergarten! A school readiness program for children 3-4 years-old, who will be entering kindergarten in September 2023, and their adult co-learner. Wednesdays at 2:00 pm

    • A library card is required to register. Don't have one? Get one here or visit us in branch.
      

• We also have a variety of drop-in programs for children (no registration required):

  • Toddlertime: Mondays at 10:15 am and 11:00 am - Stories, rhymes and songs for toddlers together with their parents or caregivers. Ages 19 to 35 months

  • Babytime: Fridays at 10:30 am - Rhymes, songs and stories for babies and their parents or caregivers.  Ages 0 to 18 months. 

  • Early On Baby Playgroup: Mondays at 1:30 pm - Baby playgroups are facilitated by Early Childhood Educators with early learning activities for babies and a chance for caregivers to network and share experiences. Ages 0 to 18 months.

  • Homework Help: Tuesdays at 6:30 pm - Tutoring and homework help for children in grades 1 to 8.  In partnership with Frontier College.