Community Festival

Posted on January 24th, 2010 by Aspen Hill Chapter permalink

The Aspen Hill Friend’s 18th annual Aspen Hill Community Festival was a success even with the rainy weather. The festival featured Puppeteers, Magic Joe the Magician, the Balloon Man, clowns, face painting, crafts (bookmarks and book books), a free book giveaway, Crime Solvers, an exhibit from the Trolley Museum, and the latest storm water management plans for the library from the County Department of Environmental Protection. Thanks to the Kensington Volunteer Fire Department for bringing over one of their fire engines.

This year also marked the 3rd year of the Aspen Hill Friends’ jazz series – featuring jazz performers from throughout the Washington metropolitan area.

Results of our annual Fall Book Sale are not available at press time, but we’re hoping for another record breaking sale. Material is organized into over 30 categories from Espionage & War Fiction to Religion & Philosophy. Over the next year, the Aspen Hill Friends will be conducting a review of our book sale practices to see if we improve them even more. We’ll be asking other Friends chapters for their suggestions. Our next book sale is scheduled for April 24, 2010, 9 AM to 2 PM.

As part of our community advocacy role, we are working closely with the Aspen Hill Library Advisory Committee, the County Friends, the Library Board, and MCPL to make sure that MCPL’s new regulations on programming does not result in a cut in services to the Aspen Hill community.