The flier, at bottom, was forward to the PCJ, courtesy of our Library Commissioner, Greg Enholm. For your convenience, here is an excerpt from the County Library site, concerning this FREE TRANSIT OPPORTUNITY:
July 31, 2012 – Contra Costa County Library and 511 Contra Costa have partnered
to provide free BART tickets to Contra Costa County Library cardholders with Discover & Go reservations
during the month of August 2012. BART tickets will be mailed to cardholders' homes via standard 1st Class U.S. Postal Service within four business days of their request. The BART ticket offer is limited to one request per household and the offer is available while supplies last.
The free Discover & Go promotional BART tickets are available to
library cardholders who have or make Discover & Go reservations for use in August to go to the following venues:
Aquarium of the Bay
Asian Art Museum
Bedford Gallery
California Academy of Sciences
California Historical Society
California Shakespeare Theater
Cartoon Art Museum
Children's Creativity Museum
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Habitot Children's Museum
Museum of the African Diaspora
Museum of Children's Art
Museum of Craft and Folks Art
Oakland Museum of California
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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Discover & Go: Free Transit Passes in August |
Contra Costa County Library cardholders with Discover & Go reservations during the month of August can get free BART tickets to many venues thanks to a partnership with the Library and 511 Contra Costa. |
Keep Dreaming, Keep Reading |
After you’ve completed your Summer Reading log and collected your prizes, join us online for more reading fun. Create an account, track the extra hours you read, and print your certificate at the end of the summer. There are no prizes for Keep Dreaming, Keep Reading, but you’ll be part of Contra Costa County Library’s effort to read a record number of hours in 2012! |
Used library books no longer needed in the collection available to you while supplies last! - Books will be sorted into Children's and Adult Fiction & NonFiction.
- Large Selection of paperbacks and hard cover books in all subjects.
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Peanuts: On-The-Go! Crafts for Kids K-2 |
The Charles M. Schulz Museum is coming to the Library! Children in grades K-2 will draw Snoopy cartoons and make crafts while learning about the beloved artist and his characters. Space is limited, so please register for these free one hour events taking place at the El Sobrante and the Pinole community libraries. This program is part of Contra Costa County Library’s Summer Reading Festival! Click here for more events. |
Returning Veterans of America (RVA), a freshly founded Bay Area veterans group organized by recently returning combat veterans, is honored to announce a two-part series of Welcome Home events held on Saturday, August 11 and 25 at the Orinda Community Library from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. The day's activities are made possible through a unique partnership between RVA and Contra Costa County Library. Whole Foods Market Lafayette will sponsor the event with snacks, lunches, and health and wellness resource bags for the first 35 veterans. More details. |
Night of 1,000 Inventions |
Pleasant Hill Library will become an inventor's lab with robots, rockets, and remote-controlled sharks. We'll have smart cars, solar-powered insects, marble machines, a keyboard to dance on, and more. Explore a universe of cool inventions, then make your own and take it home with a certified Night of 1,000 Inventions patent card. Learn more. |
New Tutor Training for Project Second Chance |
Looking for a meaningful volunteer project to begin this fall? Project Second Chance, the Library's Adult Literacy Program, is seeking volunteers to tutor adults with limited reading and writing skills. Registration for new tutor training is now underway. Training starts on Wednesday, September 12. Please click here for more information. |
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