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The question is…will you have the winning raffle ticket?

Here is another fun fundraiser for the library…come and buy your raffle tickets in order to win different baskets of lovely items donated to the library. You can buy your tickets anytime between May 21st and BBB and Open House day, May 29th during the hours open to the public! Drawing will be done on Saturday, May 29th at 5 pm.

“Books and Tea” is a monthly meeting for bookworms and tea drinkers. Until further notice according to Covid protocol, this activity will be discussion only, sorry no tea! Bring a book you’ve really enjoyed, talk about it and pass it on! The group meets until further notice at the library. No need to sign up, just come and enjoy! 6 participants maximum, first come, first serve!

The library is an authorised test center for the TOEIC Listening and Reading Test (the Test of English for International Communication). For more information please visit our TOEIC page or to sign up go to the official ETS website.

The library is sorry to inform you that this event has been cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions.

The garden club invites you to discover the beautiful gardens in the area!

The visit will start at 1:30pm, upon request of the company. It will be to Bouilhol Les artisans du végétal, Route de Grez Neuville, 49330 Sceaux d’Anjou. The wearing of a mask is mandatory throughout the visit.

They produce a wide range of flowers, from annuals to perennials, trees, shrubs and vegetables. They use integrated pest management methods in their cold glasshouses. You will be able to buy some plants from them at the end of the visit.

The visit will be only one week after the end of the current restrictions. However if all restrictions are not lifted by then, we may have to postpone the visit till May 20th (May 13th being a bank holiday). If things change, we will inform you as soon as possible.

This activity is open to library members and offers visits once a month to a garden between April and October. For more information and/or to sign up for this visit, please send an email to Sylvie Leys  at elliagardenclub@gmail.com.

The Textile Art & Craft Group and Marie-Paule Muller, leader of the group, have the pleasure to showcase their creations at the library from May 5 to June 22, 2021. Here is a sample from one of their projects.  We invite you to come and  discover their delicate work! If you would like to join the group, who meet once a month, don’t hesitate to contact the Front Desk at info@ellia.org.

“Springtime in the States” is a 3-day English-learning workshop for collégiens. Participants learn English in a fun, interactive way with games, songs and activities with lots of talking and moving around! The workshop will be at the library for three consecutive afternoons: Tuesday, May 4th, Wednesday, May 5th and Thursday, May 6th from 2 to 5 p.m.

Please contact the front desk to sign up by phone: 02 41 24 97 07 or email: info@ellia.org. Limited to 15 participants so sign-up fast! Cost is 75 euros (includes snack, materials and a one-time library membership).

Feel like you need some air! Believe us, we hear you! Get on those hiking boots and take some time to revel in the great outdoors! The Walk and Talk committee organises an easy walk once a month – (approximately 10 km, 4 hours in the afternoon) in order to discover or re-discover the beautiful hiking paths of the Maine-et-Loire. Come along with good walking shoes, protection against rain, cold or heat according to the season… a bottle of water and a little “en-cas” to keep you going! Maximum group is 20 so be sure to sign up!

Open to library members only. Sign up by sending your name, email address and phone number (preferably cell phone) to the group leader by clicking here. You will be sent full details for the upcoming walk.

Join the library community for a special moment to talk about anything and everything…in English of course! For the time being, we are inviting everyone to come and socialize but will not be serving drinks in order to keep everyone safe! This is Coffee House with a “hold the coffee” protocol! Things will get better but meanwhile no coffee or tea!

Coffee House is free and open to all library members. Just drop by, no need to reserve!

Join the library’s community for a litter pick…everyone on their own to keep everyone safe! On Earth Day, starting at 3 pm from wherever you are, take a walk on the wild side (or in town!) and pick up any litter that you see. This is the largest global event in existence, why not be part of it and join the army of well-intended souls cleaning up the planet Earth all at the same time? Remember to wear gloves to protect yourself, sort the trash that you have found according to your local rules and take a picture of yourself with your mountain of trash to send to the library! We will print and post all pictures in the library on our screen so as not to print…after all, this is all about saving the planet.

For more information go to these links: Great Global Cleanup (earthday.org) and Great Global Cleanup.