Hello Members and Volunteers,

Our 6th Annual Children’s Book Drive begins this week and will go until Saturday November 30th. 📚🎄📚🎄

We will be collecting new and gently used German language children’s books for ages 0-18 years old. We will donate these books to local children’s homes and organizations in our area that support families in need. There will be a collection box at the front desk at the library.

In the past 5 years, we have been able to donate over 3,200 books to 10 different organizations!

Please help us make this year a success by donating books and spreading the word to family and friends. This is a great opportunity to spread some holiday cheer to children in our community. ❤️

Upcoming events at the CEL:
* CEL t-shirt order form deadline is on Saturday November 17th. https://celstuttgart.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/TshirtOrderForm_withpayment.pdf
* Saturday afternoon holiday cookie decorating- more info coming soon!
* Pictures with Santa- more info coming soon!

Best wishes and happy reading,
The CEL Board

Calling all bakers!

We are in need of bake sale goodies (cupcakes, muffins, cookies, cake) for our Halloween Party bake sale. Please let us know if you can donate at info@celstuttgart.de

Donations can be brought to the party or to CEL during opening hours the Friday before

Thank you for your help and looking forward to seeing you at the Halloween Party!

Dear CEL Members,

Hi CEL Members,

It’s time for our Summer Reading Challenge! It runs from July 5th through September 8th.  There are a variety of reading logs and bookmarks to choose from at the front desk.  Pick one up and get your summer reading started!  All ages welcome. Read or be read to and fill out your reading log.  All participants can pick out a prize (1 book or 100 books).  Show your reading log to the volunteer on duty and pick out a prize anytime from September 13- October 6.

Summer Holiday Opening runs from July 24- September 8th. During this time, the library will only be open on Friday afternoons, 14:30-17:30.

Don’t forget to order your CEL T-shirt!

We are taking orders for our new specially designed shirts until Friday July 26th.  We will then hope to have our new shirts to distribute at the beginning of the new school year in September.

There are three designs to choose from as well as many different colors!

Every t-shirt sold benefits the library and helps to keep the CEL up and running.

You can print out an order form or pick one up at the library.  Forms can be emailed or returned to the desk with payment.  Payments can be made with cash, bank transfer, or PayPal.

The order can be found here https://celstuttgart.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/TshirtOrderForm_withpayment.pdf

We wish you all a sunny summer and happy reading!

The CEL Board

Dear members,
Now is your chance to help out! All we need are your cookie baking skills. We’d like to sell prepackaged cookies at our stand at the Vaihinger Stadtfest. Please put 2 cookies in a see through baggy and drop off at the library by Saturday, July 6th.
Thanks from your favorite English library!
Ps. We are still in search of volunteers to help man the festival stand on Sunday, July 7th. Please let us know if you have some time to volunteer.

Many thanks
Laura
stadtfest@celstuttgart.de

Update: We have discovered that children under 6 do not need a ticket for the baseball. Please don’t forget to sign up by Sunday 2nd June.

Dear Members,
We would like to invite you to the CEL Family Day on June 22nd at the Stuttgart Reds Baseball Game. We will be buying the tickets in advance as a group so please RSVP by June 1st. The tickets are 5€ each. Payment can be made at the library with your reservation or by PayPal.  If you would like the PayPal details please e-mail info@celstuttgart.de. We hope to see you there! It’s sure to be a fun afternoon!

German school holidays are from Saturday May 18th – Sunday June 2nd. During this time, the library will only be open on the Friday afternoons of May 24 and 31. Normal opening hours resume on Friday June 7th.

We wish you all a safe holiday!
Best wishes,
The CEL board

Dear Members,
We would like to invite you to the CEL Family Day on June 22nd at the Stuttgart Reds Baseball Game. We will be buying the tickets in advance as a group so please RSVP by June 1st. The tickets are 5€ each. Payment can be made at the library with your reservation or by PayPal.  If you would like the PayPal details please e-mail info@celstuttgart.de. We hope to see you there! It’s sure to be a fun afternoon!

German school holidays are from Saturday May 18th – Sunday June 2nd. During this time, the library will only be open on the Friday afternoons of May 24 and 31. Normal opening hours resume on Friday June 7th.

We wish you all a safe holiday!
Best wishes,
The CEL board

Mark your calendars, it’s time for our annual Spring Clean! We will be cleaning the library on Friday May 3rd from 7-9 pm. We would appreciate all the help we can get. Snacks will be provided!

and don’t forget – Wednesday is our AGM – open to all members