Archives December 2018

You can view ALL of our December class offerings on right side of this page.

Holiday Arts and Crafts

Monday, Dec. 10 | 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. | North Program Room

Are you struggling to come up with some last minute holiday gift ideas? Well Brenda Hunter is here to help! During this hour-long session, she will teach how to create a Beaded Star Craft, a perfect stocking stuffer for Christmas time! If you’re interested, come on down and enjoy some holiday crafts and cheer!

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Baby Block Party

Friday, Dec. 14 | 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Youth Services Program Room

Experts from the Purdue Extension of Clark Country will discuss ideas for using blocks to build you child’s vocabulary and math skills … and provide plenty of blocks for play! This session is intended for families with children aged 0-3, and is 100% free! So if you have a new addition to your family, this is the perfect place for you!

Dungeons & Dragons

Who says the holiday season is only for hot chocolate, Christmas tress and holiday cheer?! Sometimes, all you need is a little fun! The CCYC is hosting another Dungeons and Dragons session on Monday, Dec. 17. They will be playing the latest version (5th Edition) of Dungeon and Dragons, and everyone is invited! No experience is necessary — just your imagination! This session is intended for students in grades 6-12.

Holiday Movie: The Polar Express

Join us for our Holiday movie: The Polar Express! According to imdb.com, “On Christmas Eve, a young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express, while learning about friendship, bravery, and the spirit of Christmas.”

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Family Movie: Christopher Robin

Friday, Dec. 28 | 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 pm | North Program Room

With the holiday season over, getting out of the house may sound ideal! (Especially in a dark, quiet room.) This month, our Family Movie Time is Christopher Robin, based off the popular Winnie The Pooh series. Come check out our 14-foot screen and relax to a fantastic Disney movie!

If you’re a resident of Clarksville, Ind., you may have noticed the local Clarksville Branch of the Jeffersonville Township Public Library under construction over the past few months.

That is because the library is in the midst of a $1.7 million renovation and expansion, thanks to a donation from the Duke Energy Foundation and the Town of Clarksville Redevelopment Commission.

The 1,723 square foot expansion includes the addition of a large meeting room, which can be divided into two smaller meeting rooms. Other features of the renovation include three study rooms with large screen monitors, 12 new computers, expansion of the teen area, addition of a self-check RFID system, and more.

However the crown jewel of the renovation will be a rain garden — complete with landscaping, a gravel walking path, and signage to identify plants and trees — to help mitigate stormwater runoff from the roof of the new addition. The rain garden will be a shallow depression that is planted with deep rooted native plants and grasses, allowing stormwater to be cleaned naturally by diverting polluted runoff from our waterways.

The hope of the library is that the rain garden will serve as an educational resource, teaching adults and children about the importance of planning for stormwater runoff, how rain gardens help minimize water pollution and the critical role native plants play in pollination.

It will also be mutually beneficial to both the Library and to Duke Energy, which is located across the street from the Clarksville branch. The renovations are intended to mitigate repeated flooding that has affected both the Clarksville branch and Duke Energy whenever there are heavy rain.

The Clarksville Branch Library project is being partially funded by a general obligation bond, a $75,000 grant from the Town of Clarksville Redevelopment Commission, a $17,850 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation, and private fundraising through the Jeffersonville Township Public Library Foundation.

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