Category Archives: News

Santa at the CEL and upcoming activities

Event, Lego Club, News

Hello Members and Volunteers,

Santa will be at the library this Saturday. Come and get your picture taken with him, write a letter to the North Pole, and enjoy a treat from the bake sale. This activity is open to everyone so be sure to invite your friends. This is also the last day of our Children’s Book Drive so please bring in any donations by then.
If you can donate cookies or cupcakes for our bake sale, please let us know at info@celstuttgart.de

Lego Club will be on Saturday December 6th from 1:30-2:30 for ages 6 and up!

There are still a couple of spaces to join us on Saturday, December 13th at 3:00pm for a Christmas story, a Rudolph craft, and of course, sing Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer along with some other favorite Christmas songs.
For children aged over 4. Spaces are limited.
Please sign up in advance by e-mailing info@celstuttgart.de 

Hope to see you at CEL before the year ends!

Best wishes, the CEL board

Santa at the library and other goings on at CEL

Event, News

Hello CEL members and volunteers,

There’s a lot going on at the CEL in the next several weeks!

Santa will be at the library on Saturday November 29 from 14:00-17:00.  Come and get a holiday picture taken with him.  There will also be letters to the North Pole and a bake sale!   This activity is open to all so be sure to invite your friends!
We are looking for cookie/cupcake donations. Send us a message if you can help at info@celstuttgart.de.

CEL will be joining in the National Read Aloud Day on Friday 21st November. There will be stories from 15:30 and we plan to sell punch and popcorn.

Please remember our Children’s Book Drive is in progress until November 29th.  We are collecting new and gently used German language children’s books for ages 0-18 years old. We appreciate all of your help!

There will be a special Christmas workshop on Saturday December 13th.  More details to follow.

Best wishes and happy reading,
The CEL Board

 

Halloween Party and Children’s Book Drive

Event, News

Hello Members and Volunteers,

Our 7th annual Children’s Book Drive starts on Saturday November 1st and runs until Saturday November 29th. We are collecting new and gently used German language children’s books for ages 0-18. The books will be donated to children’s homes and organizations that support families in our community.
Ways you can help: donate books, tell friends and neighbors, donate sturdy shopping bags (for delivery), purchase books from the wishlist (to be shared as we receive requests from the organizations).
We appreciate all of your help and support for our Book Drive! We hope to send out some love and good cheer to children and families in our community during the holiday season. ❤️📚❤️

Don’t forget this Saturday November 1st is also our Halloween Party from 1-5 pm!

We are still looking for bakers and volunteers to help out.
Please sign up on the Nuudel if you can help out. https://nuudel.digitalcourage.de/celhalloween2025

Don’t forget on Friday 31st October we are open from 14:30-17:30 only. There will be a batty Friday Fun to join in with.

Thank you to all who donated items for our Kinderbasar sale last weekend! It was a big success and we raised 164€ for the library! 🎉

Best wishes,
The CEL board

Donations, volunteer sign up and Fall school holiday hours

Event, News

Hello Members and Volunteers,

We will have a table at the eKiz Kinderbasar on Saturday October 18th.  Please bring any donations to the library by this Friday afternoon and come by our table on Saturday!  All proceeds will go directly to support the CEL. The sale is from 15:00-17:30 at eKiz at Ludwigstrasse 41-43 in Stuttgart-West.

Our Halloween Party is on Saturday November 1 from 1-5 pm.  We are looking for bakers and volunteers to help at the party.  Please sign up on the Nuudel.

Fall school holidays run from Saturday October 25 to November 2.
We will only be open on Friday afternoon October 31 from 2:30-5:30 pm and on Saturday afternoon November 1 for our Halloween party from 1-5 pm.

Best wishes and happy reading,
The CEL board

Start of a new term at CEL

Event, News

The new school term begins tomorrow and on Friday normal opening hours resume at CEL.
Fridays: 10:00-12:00, 14:30-17:30
Saturdays: 14:00-17:00

The Summer Reading Challenge is officially over.
Show your reading logs to the volunteer on duty and pick out a prize!
Prizes available from September 19- October 18th.

Join us Saturday, for our CEL Lego Club.
All kids aged 6-12 are invited to come discover and build.
Children must be members of the library.
No sign up necessary.
From 1:30pm to about 2:30pm (the library will open at 2pm, so you can check out books before leaving).

 

Summer Reading Challenge and Summer Opening hours

News

Dear CEL Members,

It’s time for our Summer Reading Challenge! Pick up your reading log at the library or print one at home (see links below) and enjoy some summer reading! All participants can pick a prize starting September 19th. All ages encouraged to join in!

Summer school holidays begin soon.
From July 31- September 14, the library will only be open on Friday afternoons from 14:30-17:30.

Best wishes and happy reading,
The CEL Board

 

Vaihinger Stadtfest – Thank You

Event, News

A big thanks to all the bakers and helpers who made our Vaihinger Stadtfest stand possible today. It was a fantastic opportunity to advertise our wonderful library and do some fundraising.
Thanks also to all the members who stopped by to say hi 🙋‍♀️
We hope to be back again next year!