Welcome to Dorcas Library & Dorcas Plus

Come play and learn with us!

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Dorcas Library brings people, information & ideas together to enrich lives, build community, and inspire the joy of lifelong learning.

Our building across the street is now called Dorcas+ (Plus)

 

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Dorcas will close at 12:30 PM on April 8 for the solar eclipse.

Save the date for this upcoming special community event:

April 9, 3-5 PM (Tuesday)

Show and Tell – Meet Gouldsboro!

Dorcas+ and Dorcas Library present:

Artwork by Peninsula School Students
Displays/Info tables by:
Gouldsboro Historical Society
Gouldsboro Shores
Hardy’s Friends
Healthy Acadia
Schoodic Food Pantry
Seabreeze Society

Come and bring a friend! Refreshments and information for all new neighbors and longtime residents. Let’s meet and get to know each other!

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Mark your calendars! Our Dorcas Attic Treasures event starts with Trade Day, Saturday, May 17th and continues on Memorial Day Weekend. It reconvenes Thu/Fri/Sat for the last 2 weeks of June and again for the first time will include July 4th!

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In addition to the Dorcas Food Pantry Gifting in December, we are also planning to spread the fun to the 3 other seasons:
This March 18th will be Spring Fresh with towels, lotions, brushes/combs. July will be Summer Fun with books and games. October will be Happy Feet with socks and slippers. December will be the usual warm items and gift selections. Donations of items are appreciated any time. Thank you!

Please do not leave boxes with books by the front door – we have not space for them! Thank you.

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We are collecting food donations for the Food Pantry year-round. Drop them off anytime – Thank you!

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Please understand that we cannot check out items if you have overdue items that are not returned. Other patrons are waiting – thank you!
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Dorcas Hoodies are here, sizes S-XL. Get yours for $30! XL and 2XL are $35
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We offer used books for sale inside the library (hardcovers $1, paperbacks $0.50).

Please use Dorcas_guest to connect to our wifi, no password needed.

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Upcoming events at Dorcas. For more info please check our Facebook site:

Qigong at Dorcas  every Monday from 9-10 AM (on days that the library is open)
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Thursday Story Hour with Liz on Thursday:
04/04 and 04/18

at 10:15 AM
Bring your little one for an interactive hour that includes a craft. No drop-off, an adult needs to be present with the child.

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Knitting/crocheting and other needlework with Cyndi:
04/04 and 04/18 at 2 PM Thursday
Bring your project and sit with us for an inspiring afternoon. Our expert Cyndi will be back if you need help with a project. Some of us are currently working on mittens and hats for the annual mitten tree at Peninsula School.

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April 4, 1:00 PM
Writers Group meet-up with Merry Post

Bring your writing and share with other fellow writers.

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-This class is full-
April 13,  Saturday at 10:30 AM

Needle Felting class with Maureen Andrew at Dorcas+. We will be needle felting an owl, cost $20 (includes material).

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Reading makes hungry, so we now offer snacks at Dorcas:

 

Thank you for your donations – we couldn’t do it without you! Would you like to donate to Dorcas Library and join the list? https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/home/we-need-your-help/annual-campaigns-friends-community-business-partners/

New books coming in March 2024:

AuthorTitle
Tana FrenchThe Hunter
Richard RoperThis Disaster Loves you
Kelly LinkThe Book of Love
Roxana RobinsonLeaving
Paul TherouxBurma Sahib
Anna QuindlenAfter Annie
Jennifer CroftThe Extinction of Irena Rey
Amy TinteraListen for the Lie
James PattersonThe #1 Lawyer
Chris BohjalianThe Princess of Las Vegas
Steve CavanaghKill for me, kill for you
America’s Test KitchenThe Complete Beans and Grains Cookbook
Leif EngerI cheerfully refuse
Abraham VergheseCutting for Stone
Sulari GentillThe Mystery Writer
Freida McFaddenThe Ex
Freida McFaddenDo not Disturb
Freida McFaddenDo You Remember
Freida McFaddenThe Perfect Son

New DVDs available now:

 
Wonka
Joe Picket , S1 + S2 Succession S4
The Flight Attendant, S1&2
The Creator
The Holdovers
John Wick 4
Oppenheimer
Indiana Jones
The Equalizer
The White Lotus S2
Barbie
 
 
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October 2023

Dear Friend,

Writing this letter is preaching to the choir. You are all so kind and generous to the Dorcas Library. We appreciate every hour and every dollar you spend on our behalf and want to let you know what we have been doing with the wherewithal you have entrusted to us this past year.

Climate change is affecting everyone, including the Dorcas Library. As the temperatures rise here in Maine, so does the humidity. We cannot understate the effects of humidity on a building full of paper. Accordingly, Dorcas Library, with the help of generous grants from the Maine Community Foundation and the Schoodic Community Fund, has installed heat pumps in both the Dorcas Library and the + building. The resulting environmental control will reduce the energy cost for operations and, most importantly, ensure the preservation of the materials maintained in the library’s facilities.

Volunteers have refurbished the kitchen area of the first floor of the + building, which will allow us to offer cooking and nutrition-based classes and fun events like game and movie nights. Volunteers have repainted the apartment on the second floor of the + building, and it has been rented to a local teacher. Dorcas Library is proud to contribute to the Town’s efforts to improve the availability of affordable housing for local employees.

Speaking of volunteers, the Attic Treasurers Sale, Plant & Tomato Sale, Book Sales, and Holiday Craft Fairs were wonderfully successful. Our volunteers held a Trick-or-Treat-and-read event with over 75 little goblins attending. Our wonderful elves installed beautiful lights on the holiday tree for the entire town to enjoy, and the silent auction was a big success.

We held numerous author/speaker events, including author Robin Clifford Wood and her book “The Field House.”  We plan an upcoming talk by Maine author Shannon Bowring. The Schoodic Institute and Healthy Acadia provided demonstrations and lectures for adults and children. One of our volunteers has spruced up the front of the property and planted herbs in the barrels for us. One of our other volunteers built a Little Free Library for us, which has garnered lots of appreciation.

We have continued to host Qigong and Yoga, a well-attended writers’ group, a popular knitters’ group, and a winter book club. There is a children’s story hour every other week. We have held a quilting class, a felting class, healing support gatherings, a special presentation on plants and herbs with Siri Temple, and a talk by Ada Fisher about her experience as an exchange student in Argentina.

And somewhere in there, we managed to loan books, magazines, DVDs, games, and puzzles and to provide computer time, lots of expertise, and good company.

Please join us by contributing generously to the 2023 Friends Campaign so that the Dorcas Library will continue to “do good by helping others.”

Thank you,

Diane Higgins

Diane Higgins, President

and The Members of the Board of The Dorcas Library Association

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HOURS

Dorcas Library is open:

Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 10-4 PM.

Saturdays: 10-1 PM.

You can return items in our dropbox and access our free WiFi 24/7.

Please return your items in a timely manner, there are fellow patrons waiting – thank you.

Books and Audio books can be checked out for 3 weeks. DVDs and magazines are checked out for 1 week.

We have a lot of puzzles that can be checked out and we are always looking for fun new puzzles for our collection.

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Thank you voters of Gouldsboro for approving funding of the library in 2022! We are thankful for a wonderful community!

Please note that we no longer accept (big) book donations as we will no longer have annual book sales. We still happily take new(er) fiction for our ongoing book sale throughout the year at the library.

We cannot issue library cards to one-time visitors. There is a limit of 4 DVDs per check-out for new patrons. We do however have a big selection of DVDs for sale, $1 only!

Dorcas Library & Dorcas + (Plus)

28 Main Street

PO BOX 167

Prospect Harbor, ME 04669

(207) 963-4027

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