Mendon Golf Club Taking Dinner Reservations for Feb. 11
Mendon Golf Club is taking reservations for dinner on Feb. 11, the night of the “Heart Beats for Mendon” concert featuring Gary Lewis and the Playboys.
Plan on having dinner out before the big show–and be right on location for when the excitement begins! Call 624.3770 for more information or to make a reservation.
Final Heart Beats Tickets Available Only at the Library
The Friends of the Mendon Public Library’s “Heart Beats for Mendon” benefit at 8 p.m., Sat., Feb. 11, 2012 at the Mendon Golf Club is almost sold out. Featuring a performance with Gary Lewis & the Playboys, the benefit will raise funds for the completion of the new Mendon Public Library building project.
Tickets are $30 per person. Guests will enjoy light fare, desserts and a cash bar along with a silent and live auction–all in an intimate lounge-style setting. Steve Grills and the Roadmasters, a local blues group, will open for Gary Lewis & the Playboys. Remaining tickets can only be purchased in person at the Mendon Public Library. The pre-event dinner at the Rabbit Room in Honeoye Falls is sold out although a waiting list is available. Please call the library at 585.624.6067 or visit the Heart Beats for Mendon website for event information and ticket status.
“Those interested should act now and purchase their tickets while we still have some available,” said Deric West, owner of the Honeoye Falls Market Place and Mendon Meadows Market Place grocery stores and chair of the community phase of the library’s “Heart of our Town” capital campaign. “We are thrilled with the community’s response and its overwhelming support of the library.”
“When tickets run out, people can still support Heart Beats for Mendon by donating an item to the silent auction or sponsoring the event,” West continued. “And they can always support the library by buying an engraved brick, donating to the capital campaign or volunteering their time.”
Dollars raised through this event and the Friends of the Mendon Public Library’s overall “Heart of our Town” capital campaign will help finish funding the library’s new building that opened in June, plus support the planned renovation of the library’s historic 1936 library and 1974 addition that are adjacent to the new building. In addition, funds raised will support the construction of a connection hall between both buildings and the creation of a children’s room, a teen area and a community meeting room in the renovated space. To date, the library has raised about $350,000 toward its private goal of $1 million to complete the entire project.
Thanks to Kristine Thompson, Storyline Public Relations, for writing this and the other Heart Beats press releases!
Reading is a Family Affair
Photo and story by Paula McIntyre
Enjoying the newest addition to the Jacobs Family Reading Room at Mendon Public Library is Marcy Odell with Oakley (4 years) and Evelyn (2 years).
This beautiful, upholstered, oversized chair encourages moms and dads to snuggle with their little ones while reading a good book and relaxing by the cozy fire.
The chair was purchased by The Friends of the Mendon Public Library to honor outgoing President Lisa Hochgraf for her years of dedicated and innovative service to this important volunteer organization.
Wait List Available for Pre-Concert Rabbit Room Dinner
The Heart Beats for Mendon pre-concert dinner at The Rabbit Room with Gary Lewis is sold out. If you would like to be placed on the wait list, please call the library at 624.6067. (Note: The library is closed tomorrow for a technology upgrade, and will reopen Monday at 9:30 a.m.)
A few tickets remain for the Feb. 11 concert at Mendon Golf Club featuring a performance by Gary Lewis and the Playboys. Tickets can be purchased at the library, Honeoye Falls Market Place or Mendon Meadows Market Place. Please call ahead to make sure your location still has tickets! Library (624.6067), Honeoye Falls Market Place (624.1560), or Mendon Meadows Market Place (624.3920).
Special thanks to Alison DeMarco of the Rabbit Room and Deric West of the Honeoye Falls and Mendon Market Places for their steadfast support of the library and this event!
Gary Lewis and the Playboys Benefit on Track to Sell Out
Gary Lewis (with drum sticks) and the Playboys in 1964.
If you’re thinking of attending the Gary Lewis and the Playboys benefit, Heart Beats for Mendon, in support of Mendon Public Library, you may want to buy your tickets now! More than three quarters of the available tickets had sold as of yesterday, just before some media interviews go on the air.
Gary Lewis, son of comedian Jerry Lewis and a resident of Honeoye Falls, and Deric West, owner of the Honeoye Falls and Mendon Meadows Market Place grocery stores, will be giving several interviews to the news media in the next 10 days. These media spots (we’ll bring you links when they come out) are expected to drive ticket sales to the sell-out point. Be sure to get yours today!
City Living, whec.com, just covered the event as well. Read it here.
Gary and Donna Lewis in Your Library
Gary and Donna Lewis live near the village of Honeoye Falls.
Gary Lewis says he spent a lot of time in the library when he was a kid. There were five boys in his family, so finding a quiet place to study at home was out of the question.
Lewis and his wife, Donna, are enthusiastic about the Feb. 11 “Heart Beats for Mendon” concert benefitting the capital campaign for Mendon Public Library. Gary Lewis and the Playboys will headline the event, which will also feature silent and live auctions.
The Friends of Mendon Public Library are deeply grateful to Gary and Donna for their support!
Reward for Reading: Tix to Disney on Ice
Mendon Public Library is offering children ages two to 12 a chance to win four tickets to see Disney on Ice: Treasure Trove at 7 p.m. on Jan. 26.
To enter the drawing, kids must read three books between now and Jan. 22, stop by the library and complete an entry form, then drop it in the box in the Children’s Area. The winner will be notified on Jan. 23. One entry per child.
Closed Next Friday and Saturday for Technology Upgrade
Mendon Public Library will be closed Friday, Jan. 20 and Sat. Jan 21 for a technology upgrade. The book drops at the library and in the Mendon Meadows Market Place Mall will be available both days. In addition, you can use your Mendon Public Library card at any other library in the Monroe County Library System.
Kids’ Building Blocks Club Based on Books and Teamwork
Terra proudly displays her “A Movie & Activity Night” creation.
What do you get when you cross books, Legos and creative kids who work together?
Masterpieces.
Mendon Public Library’s Building Blocks club is proof. Meeting every first and third Thursday from 3:30-4:30 p.m., Building Blocks Club introduces a theme (such as “space” or “aircraft”), provides books for ideas, and then encourages kids ages six to 12 to work together in small groups and get creative!
Perry (left), Isaac, Holden and Victoria worked together to create this complex structure. Click on the image to make it larger.
Finished products are placed on display in the library’s Children’s Area for a limited time.
Register your child for an upcoming club meeting by calling 624-6067. Space is limited to 10 so there are enough blocks for everyone.
Tax Forms Now Available
As a participant in the U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s Tax Forms Outlet Program, Mendon Public Library is a place where you can pick up paper tax forms for 2011. The library also offers New York state tax forms.
The IRS’ Tax Forms Outlet Program was developed to increase availability of major tax forms in local communities by offering them through select libraries and post offices. Mendon Public Library has participated in this program for more than a decade.
The tax forms are located to the right of the circulation desk, through the Friends of the Library store. As other 2011 forms are released by the IRS and state revenue agencies, they will also be available at the library.
You also can download federal and state tax forms off the web.
