Dear CEL members and volunteers,
The Easter school holidays are from Saturday April 12- Sunday April 27. The CEL will only be open during this time on Friday afternoon April 25th.
A reminder, please take note of the date your books are due. The loan period for books is 4 weeks. We do send out a renewal reminder email but this is only a courtesy. It is everyone’s responsibility to renew or return their books on time. If you can’t make it back to the library before the renewal date then send a renewal request to renewals@celstuttgart.de. If you do have overdue fines then please pay them. These fines help support the library buy new books and keep the lights on.
Thank you to everyone that joined us at the CEL Annual General Meeting. It was nice to review the work of 2024 and makes plans for the rest of 2025!
Here is a note from Liz Weiser, Chairman of the Board of Directors:
2024 was a very active and successful year at the library. We did more fundraising than ever before. There were so many activities and community events to engage our members and increase community awareness of the CEL. This was all made possible by an extraordinary board of directors and a dedicated group of volunteers. Thank you so much to all of our volunteers and all of our board members for giving your time and energy to ensure that the CEL continues to run and operate smoothly and provide a wonderful place for books, reading, crafts, and getting together with other English speakers. A special thank you to Frances for all of the computer and library management support and for generously giving so much of your time to the library and specifically helping me so much.
The library is a special place and we are lucky to have it. Thank you to all of you for working so hard to ensure the CEL continues to exist for years to come. We have a lot to look forward to in the coming year at the CEL!
We wish you all a nice Easter break.
The CEL Board