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March Events at West Florida Public Libraries
Beanstack: 1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Monday, Feb 1 - Continuous - Virtual, mywfpl.beanstack.org
Enjoy reading 1,000 books with your little ones! Log reading and earn badges all along the way. Bond with your child and inspire literacy along the way. A book a day is 365 books in a year, 730 in two years and 1,095 in three years! There's more time than you think, so get started today! Every 100 books, come into the library to claim a prize. Be rewarded at 1,000 books with a book and a certificate of achievement.
How to participate:
Register for the challenge on the West Florida Public Libraries' Beanstack, either on the mobile app or at mywfpl.beanstack.org
Note: If you registered for our Summer Reading Challenge or another WFPL challenge, you do not need to create a new account! Simply sign in and register for the challenge.
Mystery Book Bundles at Pensacola Library and Tryon Branch Library
Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Pensacola Library
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Pensacola Library
Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Tryon Branch Library
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Tryon Branch Library
Mystery Book Bundles are available for preschool, middle grade, and young adult readers. Preschool bags contain three new picture books. Middle grade and young adult bags contain two themed chapter books. All books can be checked out for three weeks. Be surprised by a new read today! Available during open hours.
Mystery Book Bundles at Southwest Branch Library
Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Southwest Branch Library
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4p.m. - Southwest Library
Mystery Book Bundles are for children, teens and adults to check out at the Southwest Library. Your mystery bag will have three or four books that have something in common, indicated by the label on the bag. The bag is yours to keep for your next trip to the library (we’ll keep the label to re-use it), but no peeking inside the bag until you’re ready to read!
Mindful Journal
Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Pensacola Library
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Pensacola Library
Patrons will incorporate mindfulness practices and daily journal prompts to list, describe and explore all of the many things in life that they are thankful for. Using a gratitude journal, along with mindfulness techniques, has been linked to an overall improvement in the quality of a person’s life.
Creative Writing Journal
Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Pensacola Library
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Pensacola Library
Writing can be an uphill battle, and sometimes getting started is the hardest part. Jumpstart your creative process with monthly themed prompts and writing tips. Use these ideas to start a novel, explore a scene or write a poem.
Take-home Craft Kits: Peas Please!
Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Century Branch Library
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Century Branch Library
Planting season is right around the corner. Come to Century Branch Library throughout the month of March and pick up your pea seedling kit and biodegradable newspaper pot. Plant the seeds and watch them grow! By spring, you can plant the entire plant, pot and all! This family activity is a great way to learn about beginning gardening for spring. Available during open hours.
Take-home Craft Kits: Picasso Me!
Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Century Branch Library
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Century Branch Library
Let’s put the “A” in STEAM and make art! Come by Century Branch Library and pick up your ‘Picasso Me’ Kit, which includes a pre-drawn canvas and watercolors. Use your imagination for your Picasso Masterpiece. Try using different tools to paint with like cotton swabs, popsicle sticks or even crumpled foil. You can add other materials to your art piece, too, like magazine pieces or something else you find. Maybe a twig would look nice or piece of playdough! Add to, explore, imagine and create! We would love to see your work! Available during open hours.
Take-home Craft Kits
Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Pensacola Library
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Pensacola Library
Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Southwest Branch Library
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Southwest Branch Library
Take-away craft kits and other activity bags are available at the circulation desk. Availability is on a first-come-first-serve basis during open hours. Kits rotate regularly.
Bookface Photo Contest
You can check out a book from any WFPL location and submit a photo of yourself aligning with one of WFPL’s books, using the cover to create the illusion that they are a part of the cover photo. Please submit your photos to via email using this link during the month of March. Please also submit a photo release form with your photos using this link.
Photos will be posted on our Facebook page linked here on Thursday, April 1. Vote by "liking" your favorites. Photo with the most "likes" by Thursday, April 8 at noon will win a prize!
Stay-In Family Movie Night!
Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Southwest Branch Library
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Southwest Branch Library
Friday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Pensacola Library
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Pensacola Library
Friday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Molino Branch Library
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Molino Branch Library
Friday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Tryon Branch Library
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Tryon Branch Library
Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Century Branch Library
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Century Branch Library
West Florida Public Libraries presents Family Movie Night. Come in and check out one of our Family Movie Night Bundles. Bundles include a family friendly movie, a bag of microwave popcorn and a family friendly activity. Movies can be checked out for 7 days and the rest is yours to keep!
Virtual Escape Room: Escape the Great Pyramid!
Monday, March 1 - Wednesday, March 31 - Virtual: Access the link here to attend.
Love puzzles and riddles and all things Egyptian? Complete our virtual escape room to test your knowledge and skills. You’ve been trapped inside the Great Pyramid! Follow the clues and solve the puzzles to find your way home! Click the link here to register to attend.
WFPL Molino Track Challenge
Friday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Molino Branch Library
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Molino Branch Library
Put on your walking shoes! It’s time to join the walking challenge at the Molino library. Just come over to Molino’s track, turn on your favorite fitness tracker app to log your progress, dial up your tunes or an audiobook and start walking. When you finish come in to the library and log your progress with staff on our track challenge board. The top walker in this program will win The Coldest Water Bottle®.
Color your Pi (Pi symbol)
Monday - Friday, March 8 - March 12, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Molino Branch Library
Saturday, March 13, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Molino Branch Library
Come grab one of our Pi day coloring sheet activities to decorate!
Silly Shamrocks!
Monday - Friday, March 1 - March 5, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Molino Branch Library
Saturday, March 6, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Molino Branch Library
Monday - Friday, March 8 - March 12, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Molino Branch Library
Saturday, March 13, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Molino Branch Library
Monday - Wednesday, March 15 - March 17, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Molino Branch Library
Get your shamrock on. Come to Molino Branch Library and pick up a shamrock craft for the kiddo in your life.
Jelly Bean Bonanza!
Monday - Friday, March 22 - March 26, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Molino Branch Library
Saturday, March 27, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Molino Branch Library
Monday - Friday, March 29 - April 2, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Molino Branch Library
Guess how many jelly beans are in the container at Molino’s circulation desk. The closest guess wins a surprise!
AARP Tax Help at Molino Branch Library
Wednesdays from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Molino Branch Library, Room 124
The AARP Tax Aide program offers free federal income tax filing assistance to low to moderate income taxpayers with a special emphasis on those over sixty. All taxpayers are required to have appointments this year. There will be no walk ins and no waiting in line. To make an appointment, please contact the library at (850) 435-1760. Appointments will be for Wednesdays from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. For details please contact Molino Branch Library at (850) 435-1760.
AARP Tax Help at Southwest Branch Library
Mondays from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. - Southwest Branch Library
Wednesdays from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. - Southwest Branch Library
AARP Tax Aide program offers free federal income tax filing assistance to low to moderate income taxpayers with a special emphasis on those over sixty. All taxpayers are required to have appointments this year. There will be no walk ins and no waiting in line. For details or to make an appointment, please call 850-266-5088. Appointments will be for Mondays or Wednesdays from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Friends of Southwest Branch Library Book Sale
Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Southwest Branch Library
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4p.m. - Southwest Library
The Friends of the Southwest Branch Library Book Sale is always on during open hours! The book sale is located at the Boutique on your left as you enter the lobby. Cash or check is accepted for payment. Sponsored by the Friends of Southwest Branch Library. Not open on Monday, Feb. 15.
GED Instruction at Molino Branch Library
Mondays at 6 p.m. - Molino Branch Library
Thursdays at 6 p.m. - Molino Branch Library
Earn your GED at the Molino Community Center. This is an open enrollment program so that students may enroll anytime during the semester. A current TABE test is required to enroll for the classes. Contact Patricia Harrison at George Stone 850-941-6200 ex. 2361 for more information. Visit www.georgestonecenter.com to register. Classes will be on Monday and Thursday nights each week from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. No classes on March 15 and March 18.
Snap into History- International Women’s Day Photo Booth
Monday, March 8 from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Pensacola Library
Patrons can take their picture in the International Women’s Day photo booth and send it in to be displayed on the WFPL Twitter and Facebook.
Cherry Blossom Pom Pom Trees
Friday, March 5 from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Pensacola Library
Let’s welcome the spring season by making cherry blossom pom-poms trees! The National Cherry Blossom Festival will be celebrated in Washington D.C. from March 20 thru April 11 with both virtual and personal experiences this year.
Lucky Levers Virtual Escape Room
Friday, March 5 from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Pensacola Library
Help Whooo find his Lucky Clover and Gold! Scan QR Code or go onto the website and follow the directions.
Click the link here to register to attend.
STEAM Take-home Craft: Spring Embossing
Friday, March 5 from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Pensacola Library
Crafters will learn the craft of embossing. Embossing is creating raised images and designs onto paper, foil, leather, and other materials. Embossing is one of the oldest art forms and also be used to create stamps and seals.
STEAM Take-home Craft: Paper Helicopters
Friday, March 12 from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Pensacola Library
Build a paper helicopter and watch it fly. Crafters will explore and see how different forces affect their machines. Gravity which, is pulling the helicopter down and air resistance that is pushing up on the helicopter as it falls.
STEAM Take-home Craft: STEAM Straw Rocket
Friday, March 19 from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Pensacola Library
Blast off with your own straw rockets! With this craft, we will explore some simple engineering and aerodynamics of how force makes things move.
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