The Mineola Library will be holding a food drive to benefit Long Island Cares INC, the Harry Chapin Food Bank. If you would like to make a food donation, a receptacle will be located in the lobby. Food donations should not be expired, should be nonperishable and should be unopened. To learn more about Long Island Cares, please visit their website: http://www.licares.org/

Newsletter correction: the Shimmy Shimmy Shake Bottles program is on Friday, August 26, 2011, instead of Friday, August 5, 2011.

The Library is conscientious about these challenging economic times. After a detailed review of library expenditures, and the rising cost of printing and postage for the newsletter, it was decided to decrease the quantity of printed newsletters. To further reduce expenses, the newsletter will no longer be mailed to your home. Beginning September 2011, a limited number of printed newsletters will be available in the library. Mineola residents who want future newsletters mailed to them can sign up on a mailing list which will be available at the Circulation desk. The newsletter can also be accessed and printed on-line on the library's website: www.nassaulibrary.org/mineola

Free Sesame Street e-books are now available on our website (http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineola)! To access this service, just click on the Sesame Street logo on our front page and enter your library card's barcode number. "When you read a Sesame Street eBook with your child, you can make story time extra engaging with bright pages, audio narration, interactivity, animation, and more."

Help us fight hunger on Long Island! Please donate your canned goods this holiday season to Island Harvest in a bin by the Circulation Desk at the Mineola Memorial Library. Island Harvest is the largest hunger relief organization on Long Island. The last day for donating at the library is December 20th.

For more information about Island Harvest, visit http://www.islandharvest.org/index.aspx