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It’s about that time of year and the Readers are Leaders club are celebrating this Christmas in style. A Readers are Leaders Christmas Special will be held in the Philipsburg Jubilee Library on December 22nd. The fun takes off at 5:00 pm with lots of Christmas caroling and Story Telling for teens.

The Philipsburg Jubilee Library is extending its Babies and Toddlers Campaign for a longer period to incorporate a grand coloring contest for small children in the coming weeks.

This Friday at 7 pm a mini symposium will be held in the Philipsburg Jubilee Library in honor of the anniversary of the independence of Suriname. Suriname became an independent country on November 25th, 1975 and this year will mark the fortieth anniversary of its independence.

Starting Tuesday, the 17th of November 2015, through Saturday, the 21st of November, the library will be hosting various events around its Baby and Toddler program. Entry to the events will be free of charge. All parents of toddlers and babies are invited to come with their children to the fun-packed activities, especially for the little ones and their parents

This week the Philipsburg Jubilee Library will receive a visit by influential and respected retired former Director of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS), mrs. Satia Marshall Orange

THREE PART LECTURE SERIES
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
At the Philipsburg Jubilee Library

The last session in the Power of Knowledge series will be taking place on Tuesday, October 20th at 6:30 pm. This will be an informative and in-depth lecture on Sint Maarten labor law by Nikima Groeneveldt-Hickinson, Policy Advisor at the Department of Labor.

Tuesday evening, October 13th, the library will be hosting another interesting and informative Power of Knowledge information session. The topic of the evening will be the services provided by the Ombudsman. Gwendolien Mossel, Legal Advisor at the Ombudsman, will be presenting this latest session which will start at 6:30 pm.

The popular and well-received Power of Knowledge sessions are back at the library. Starting Tuesday, September 29th, the library will be hosting information sessions on labour law, immigration, financial planning and insurance.

After the successful opening events of September 11th & 12th, The next activity of the SXM READS campaign will be held on Saturday September 19th at the Philipsburg Jubilee Library.