Category Archives: News

Halloween Party and Children’s Book Drive

27 October 2025Event, Newswebmaster

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

15 October 2025Event, Newswebmaster

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.

https://nuudel.digitalcourage.de/celhalloween2025

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

Attention: CEL will only be open until 15:30 today

20 September 2025Newswebmaster

‼️Attention‼️ Due to a last minute cancellation from our desk volunteer, the library will only be open until 3:30 pm this afternoon.
We apologize for any inconvenience.

Start of a new term at CEL

14 September 2025Event, Newswebmaster

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).

Gather your old toys, clothes and children’s items…

14 August 2025News, Supporterswebmaster

Gather your old toys, clothes and children’s items and save them for our table at the eKiz Kinderbazaar on 18th October!
All proceeds will go to CEL.

Summer Reading Challenge and Summer Opening hours

18 July 2025Newswebmaster

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

7 July 2025Event, Newswebmaster

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!

Vaihinger Stadfest – Sunday, July 6th

19 June 2025Event, News, Supporters, Volunteerswebmaster

Dear members,
Now is your chance to help out!
Volunteers are needed to help with our stand at the Vaihinger Stadfest on Sunday, July 6th. We will be offering an easy craft, selling books and cookies, and telling the visitors how great our library is. Volunteers are needed to help set up, man the tent, and take it down.

Please sign up here:

https://nuudel.digitalcourage.de/a4zAI6O77r611C7E

Don’t have time that day? No problem! We also need your cookie baking skills. We’d like to sell prepackaged cookies at our stand at the Vaihinger Stadtfest. Please put 2-3 cookies in a bag and drop off at the library by Saturday, July 5th.

Many thanks,
Laura  stadtfest@celstuttgart.de

Holiday Opening and Vaihinger Stadtfest

3 June 2025Newswebmaster

Dear CEL members and volunteers,

Thanks to everyone who came out to watch a great Stuttgart Reds baseball game last weekend. The team didn’t win the game, but at least the rain didn’t stop the fun!

CEL will again have a stand at the Vaihinger Stadtfest this year. Mark your calendars for Sunday, July 6th. This will be a great opportunity to advertise our library and have some fun at the festival.
Volunteers will be needed! Let us know by replying to this mail if you can help.

The Pentecost school holidays are from Saturday June 7- Sunday June 22.
During this time CEL will only be open on Friday afternoon 14:30-17:30. (Fridays June 13th and June 20th)

Best wishes and happy reading,
The CEL Board

Reminder: Reserve your baseball tickets by May 23rd.

21 May 2025Event, Newswebmaster

A reminder that this Friday 23rd May is the last day to buy discounted tickets to the Stuttgart Reds game for our CEL Family Day on Sunday, June 1 at 13:00. Adults are 5€ and kids under 6 are free. Payments can be made in cash at the library or by PayPal to johns_liz@hotmail.com (please note the family name).
Hope to see you there!