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1 pm in the Kunkel Creation Station
Drop by the KCS with your whole family to do fun S.T.E.A.M. activities including LEGO challenges, Snap Circuits and more. This program is for children ages 4-18 accompanied by an adult family member. Registration is required.
1 pm in the Kunkel Creation Station
Drop by the KCS with your whole family to do fun S.T.E.A.M. activities including LEGO challenges, Snap Circuits and more. This program is for children ages 4-18 accompanied by an adult family member. Registration is required.
1 pm in the Kunkel Creation Station
Drop by the KCS with your whole family to do fun S.T.E.A.M. activities including LEGO challenges, Snap Circuits and more. This program is for children ages 4-18 accompanied by an adult family member. Registration is required.
1:30 pm OR 3 pm, Community Room
Join us to play Bingo! Each person will win at least two books to take home and keep! All ages are welcome; ages 12 & under must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.
1:30 pm, Community Room
Join us to make a Kindness Jar! Each person will make a jar filled with kindness to keep for yourself or to give as a gift. All ages are welcome; ages 12 & under must be accompanied by an adult. Registration required.
5 pm to 8:30 pm – INDOORS!
Kick off Summer with us at our Summer Reading Kickoff Party! The whole family is welcome!
We'll feature local food trucks, crafts for children’s and teens, and lots of bubbles and smiles. At 7 pm Trinidad & Tobago Baltimore Steel Orchestra will return to kick-off our Summer Concert Series on the Lawn. Bring your blankets and lawn chairs for a fun evening with Fredricksen!
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Ages 6 and up
Registration Required
Join an experienced art instructor to create a Mother’s Day themed collaborative painting. Moms or other caregivers should be prepared to participate in the project alongside their child.
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Ages 7-12
Registration Required
Did you know that fruit has DNA just like people do? Come be a scientist for the evening and discover how to extract DNA from strawberries and what it looks like. This program is in conjunction with the 2023 Longwood Gardens Community Read selection, Bring Me Some Apples and I’ll Make You a Pie: A Story about Edna Lewis by Robbin Gourley.
All Together Now!All Ages Reading Challenges
Read each day to earn fun prizes and enter yourself into raffle drawings! The more you read, the more raffle tickets you earn. You could win: Prize Buckets, FREE BOOKS, Ice Cream Coupons, Family Pool Passes, Gift Cards to your favorite places!
Summer Events for the Entire Family
Summer Kickoff & Trinidad & Tobago Steel Orchestra - June 8 at 5 pm
Andrew’s Big Show - June 20 at 10:30 am
Music, Play, Patrol - June 27 at 10:30 am
Ryan the Bug Man - July 11 at 6:30 pm
Magic Pots & Recycled Bottles - July 18 at 10:30 am
Jesse the Reptile Guy - July 25 at 10:30 am
Trinidad & Tobago Steel Drum Band - June 8 at 7 pm
West Shore Symphony Orchestra - June 19 at 7 pm
Shea Quinn - July 27 at 7 pm
The Fredricksen Library Summer Reading Program is made possible by the Friends of Fredricksen, our municipalities and these generous sponsors: Burpee Seeds, Camp Hill Municipal Pool, Cocoa Creek Chocolates, Hampden Township Pool, Hands-On House Children’s Museum of Lancaster, Kathleen Jacobs & Puppets, Lancaster Barnstormers, Oakes Museum of Natural History , Orrstown Bank, PeoplesBank, Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, Polly Dietrich, Refreshing Mountain Adventures, Rita’s Italian Ice, Sheetz, WaWa and many more!
Join us for our second annual Get Outdoors Challenge for all ages! Beginning June 1, register at fredricksen.beanstack.org, and then pick up a GO Cumberland booklet (one per family) at the library. Throughout the summer, hike the chosen parks and trails in Cumberland County to find the secret codes to enter in Beanstack! Program runs thought August 15. See booklet for more details. Sponsored by WellSpan.