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New school year, t-shirts, and Lego club!

Hello CEL Members and Volunteers,

The new school year starts this week and our normal opening hours resume starting Friday September 13th.

Our CEL t-shirts are here! You can pick up your order at the library. We ordered 5 extra children’s t-shirts in white in various sizes. They can be purchased at the front desk for 15€ each.

Our Summer Reading Challenge has come to an end. All participants can show their reading logs to the volunteer on duty and pick out a prize!

We are looking for a volunteer to take over the bulletin board in the library. This is a fun opportunity for someone that is creative and crafty! Send an email to Liz.weiser@celstuttgart.de if interested.

Aged 6-12? Don’t forget to join us Saturday 14th for Lego Club from 1:30-2:30.
See you there!

We wish you all a good start in the new school year and happy reading,
The CEL Board

 

School Holidays coming up – don’t forget to check our opening hours and order your CEL t-shirt

Hello CEL members and volunteers,
This Friday is the last chance to order your CEL t-Shirts for delivery in September. There are 3 different designs and lots of sizes and colors to choose from. Get your order forms in by Friday at the library or by email. Here is the the link for the order form. https://celstuttgart.de/exclusive-cel-t-shirts/
Summer school holidays begin this week. We will only be open on Friday afternoons from 2:30-5:30 from now until September 8th. Normal opening hours will resume on Friday September 13th.
Don’t forget, our Summer Reading Challenge is going on until school starts back in September. The reading logs are located at the front desk.
Wishing you all a sunny and safe break!
Happy reading,
The CEL board

A big thanks to all the bakers and helpers …

A big thanks to all the bakers and helpers who made our Vaihinger Stadtfest stand possible last weekend. We were able to raise a much needed 256€ for our library from the cookie and book sales 👏 Furthermore, we were able to advertise our library and hopefully win some new members 🤞 Thanks also to all the members who stopped by to say hi 👋 😃 We hope to be back again next year.

Summer Reading Challenge

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.

We wish you all a sunny summer and happy reading!
The CEL Board

Exclusive – CEL T-shirts!

Dear CEL members and volunteers,

We are excited to present our CEL t-shirt designs! We will be 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 to info@celstuttgart.de or returned to the desk with payment.
Payments can be made with cash, bank transfer, or PayPal.

We are looking forward to seeing all of you in a CEL t-shirt!

A special thanks to CEL member Franzi Ventz for donating her time and talent to create the designs!

The order form can be found here.

Best wishes and happy reading,

The CEL board

Help needed for Vaihingen Stadtfest – 7th July

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

 

Helpers needed – Vaihinger Stadtfest on Sunday, July 7th.

We need you! We are looking for volunteers to help at the Vaihinger Stadtfest on Sunday, July 7th.
The library will have a pavilion with tables where we will offer a craft. It will be a great opportunity to advertise our library and tell people about us.
Would you be able to help Saturday from 9:00-12:00, 12:00-15:00 or 15:00-19:00 for set up, hosting the stand, and for break down?
If you are able to help in any other timeframe, that would also be greatly appreciated. Please email me at stadtfest@celstuttgart.de
Looking forward to a fun festival!
Thanks,
Laura Effern

CEL Family Day @ the Baseball – children under 6 free!

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

CEL Family Day @ the Baseball – School Holiday Opening

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

AGM and CEL finances report an

Dear CEL members,

Thank you to everyone that attended our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday evening. Two new board members were elected and one board member was re-elected.

We would like to welcome Candice Covington as Volunteer Coordinator and Adina Bienst-Ventz, who will transition to Treasurer over the next year. Liz Weiser was re-elected for her third term and will continue as Chairman.

Michele Löschner stepped down after serving four years on the board. Thank you, Michele, for all of your hard work, time, and dedication to the library. We will miss having you on the board.

At every AGM, there is a review of our finances. The CEL has not fully recovered from the financial impact of the pandemic and the expense of our move in January 2021 to our current location. We will need to increase our membership numbers as well as increase our fundraising efforts in order to secure the longevity of the library. The current board has several ideas such as applying for grants and starting a Friends of the Library program. We also have several fundraisers already on the calendar for this year.

We will need the support and help from our current members to be successful.

Ways you can already help:

  • Promote CEL and encourage you friends and acquaintances to join.
  • Maintain your membership even if your children are now too old to use CEL (and many thanks to those of you who are already doing this)
  • If you are still paying the reduced 50€ a year “old members” fee, request this be raised to the current 70€ fee. To do this email info@celstuttgart.de

The Children’s English Library is a special place as well as a community for English speaking families. The Board of Directors takes it’s role as caretakers of the library and it’s future very seriously and we hope that our members will support us in our efforts.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Best wishes,
The CEL board