Category Archives: News

Halloween Party + other upcoming events

News, Supporters, Volunteers

We would like to invite all members to our CEL Halloween Party on Saturday October 24 from 1-5 pm.
There will be games, crafts, prizes and a bake sale! Don’t forget to wear a costume!

We are looking for volunteers to assist at the party and bake good donations for our bake sale! Please, sign up in the attached Nuudel. https://nuudel.digitalcourage.de/celhalloween2026

Other dates to put in your calendar with more information coming soon:
• CEL Children’s Book Drive will run from October 30- November 28.
• National Read Aloud Day is on Friday November 20
• Cookie Decorating on Saturday November 28
• Santa at the library on December 5
• Lego Club in October, November and December- exact dates to be posted.

Author visit and CEL news

Author of the Month, News

Hi Members,

We have a special event on Saturday September 26 at 3 pm.
Author Alice Foronda will be reading her book “Crosby’s Cosmic Adventure”. There will be a craft afterwards. Please RSVP at info@celstuttgart.de. The first 15 families to sign up will receive a free copy of the book! This is a members only event.

School is back in session and the CEL is back to regular opening hours.

All kids that participated in our Summer Reading Challenges (with an extreme picture or a reading log) can pick out a prize from the treasure chest until October 17th.

Hope to see you at the library soon,
The CEL Board

Have you sent in your photo? and othe CEL News for the start of the school year

News

Summer Reading Challenge

Only four days left to send us a photo of your extreme summer reading! Maybe in a tent, in a boat, up a tree, wherever the summer takes you.

Send your picture to info@celstuttgart.de with your name and a short description. We will display the photos in the library unless otherwise requested. All participants can pick out a prize in September! We are looking forward to seeing what you get up to!

Author Visit – Save the Date – 26th September

Author Visit - Saturday 26th September 15:00-16:00

 

Extreme Summer Reading Challenge and summer school holiday hours

News, Supporters

Hello Members and Volunteers,

Our Extreme Summer Reading Challenge begins this Friday and runs through the end of German school holidays on September 13.

This year we’d love to see your summer reading adventures! Send us a photo of your extreme summer reading! Maybe in a tent, in a boat, up a tree, wherever the summer takes you.

Send your picture to info@celstuttgart.de with your name and a short description. We will display the photos in the library unless otherwise requested. All participants can pick out a prize in September! We are looking forward to seeing what you get up to!

Summer Reading logs will also be available at the front desk! Show your reading log to the volunteer in September and pick out a prize!

‼️Summer School Holiday Hours: school holidays are from July 30- September 13. During this time the library will only be open on Friday afternoons from 14:30-17:30.

School holidays and Summer Picnic

Event, News, Supporters

Hello Members, Volunteers, and Supporters,

The Passover/Whitsun (Pfingsten) school holidays are from Friday May 22nd to Sunday June 7th.
During this time the library will only be open on Friday afternoons from 2:30-5:30 (May 22nd, 29th, and June 5th).
Normal opening hours will resume on Friday June 12th.

We would like to invite you all to our CEL’s Summer Picnic at the Katzenbacherhof  on June 20th from 11-2!  There is a snack bar for food and drinks and a playground for the kids.  It’s a great opportunity to meet and socialize with other library members!  We are looking forward to seeing you there!

Beer garden and event location for the whole family in Stuttgart katzenbacherhof.de

Wishing you all safe holidays,

The CEL Board

Spring Clean, May 1st closure, AGM info

News

Hello Members, Volunteers, and Supporters,

We will be closed on Friday May 1st for the national holiday.
We will be open on Saturday May 2 from 2-5 pm for normal opening hours.

This coming Saturday May 2nd from 9:30-12:00, we will have our annual Spring Clean. We would appreciate all the help we can get so if you can spare some time, come on over to the library and help us clean it up. There will be coffee and pastries to sweeten the deal. Bring your own bucket!

Thanks you to everyone that showed up for our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday. We reviewed the activities and work of the board for 2025 as well as our financial status. It was a good year at CEL with a lot of engagement and fun activities and quite a bit of fundraising. Thank you to all of our board members and to everyone that volunteered in 2025. We are a volunteer run organization and without volunteers, we can’t exist.
We had two board members that stepped down from the board this year. Jane Eggert stepped down after an amazing 12 years on the board as treasurer. Thank you, Jane, for all of the time and energy you have given to the library. You have done so much for the CEL including during the Pandemic when you handled the majority of the contactless lending and kept the library running in those very challenging times.
Divya Rao stepped down after a 3 year term as secretary. Thank you, Divya, for all of your time and energy that you gave to the library. We will miss you both!
Welcome to our two newest board members, Shelly Nicholson and Anna Gentle!

Wishing you all a nice first of May,

The CEL board

News from CEL – AGM, Lego Club, Readathon

News, Supporters

Hello Members,

Our Annual General Meeting is Wednesday April 22nd at 7 pm at the library. All members are invited to attend. The agenda is attached below. If you will be joining us, please let us know at info@celstuttgart.de.

Join us Saturday 18th April 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).

Attention all READ-A-THON participants! YOU DID IT! Great job reading all those pages over the Easter break! Come to the library during opening hours and hand in your pledge packets and funds that you raised so that you can pick a special prize from our prize bin. WAY TO GO!

Best wishes and happy reading,
The CEl Board