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Director’s Message March 2025

March 18, 2025 by Maggie Gosewisch

Please plan to join us at two exciting happenings coming up in May and June.

Our Annual Appreciation Dinner returns after a prolonged pandemic hiatus this May 1! We’ll host a tutor and student celebration with a buffet dinner at Woods Church in Severna Park.

On June 5, the Annapolis Rotaract Club will host its Rock the Dock fundraiser to benefit the Literacy Council at the Annapolis Maritime Museum.

Check out this post for details about these fantastic opportunities to celebrate and support all we do.

Happy National Reading Month,

Jane

Literacy Council Appreciation Dinner

Thursday, May 1, 6 – 8 pm

Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church, Severna Park

A celebratory gathering and buffet dinner for tutors and their students.

Invitations are coming soon via email.

FREE for tutors and students

Learn & Celebrate Black History

February 20, 2025 by Maggie Gosewisch

At the Library

Anne Arundel County Public Library celebrates Black history with various events at multiple branches. Activities include music and dance performances, movie screenings, book talks, and history presentations. Visit the library’s website at www.aacpl.net/blackhistory for a schedule of in-person and online offerings.

By Borrowing Books from AACPL 📚

Many books of African American authors, interest, history, and culture are available at the library. Visit https://www.aacpl.net/blackhistory to review AACPL’s Black History Month booklists for ideas.

At the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum

Sacred Spaces Exhibit

Now through December 30

Artist Jabari Jefferson “brings Maryland’s Black history to life through transformed discarded materials and digital technology.” The exhibit, Sacred Spaces, opened on February 8 and will run through December 30. The Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum is located at 84 Franklin Street in downtown Annapolis, just off Church Circle.

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Support Annapolis Families

November 20, 2024 by Maggie Gosewisch

Support Annapolis Families This Thanksgiving

Literacy Council partner Small City Big Dreams will provide turkeys and meals to families in need in Annapolis this Thanksgiving. If you’d like to donate or know of a family in need, please call or text 443-979-2640. The deadline to donate is November 26. Turkeys and gift cards to Giant and Safeway are welcome.

Local Author Supports the Literacy Council

August 23, 2024 by Maggie Gosewisch

On July 15, the Literacy Council participated in “Blind Date with a Book Bingo” held at the Crooked Crab Brewing Company in Odenton. Local author C.L. Merklinger organized the fundraising … Read more

Donate Books for Book Fair Until August 31st!

August 30, 2024August 20, 2024 by Maggie Gosewisch

See you at the Book Fair on September 28… Donate Books Until August 31st! 8/31/24: Book collections are now closed. We will begin accepting books again next summer. We accept … Read more

AACLC Book Fair 9/28/24 – Donate Books Now!

July 25, 2024July 25, 2024 by Elizabeth Cottrell

Our fourth-annual fundraiser BOOK FAIR will be on Saturday, September 28, at Westfield Annapolis Mall. The mall kindly donates its Community Room and Crate & Barrel Court space for this wonderful event.

Donate Books Now!

We are now accepting gently used books at convenient locations around the county. No textbooks, reference books, or magazines, please.

Email AACLC.bookfair@gmail.com to arrange for book drop-off.