Week Calendar

Thurs, June 22 from 4 to 8p - Preview and Purchase night. There is a $10 entry fee. Food stand will be available with homemade baked goods and meal items. Volume Buyers - please bring your own boxes.

Thurs, June 22 from 4 to 8p - Preview and Purchase night. There is a $10 entry fee. Food stand will be available with homemade baked goods and meal items. Volume Buyers - please bring your own boxes.

REAL Life Community Services invites you to Young at Heart, with free events for anyone age 60 and up. Join us at the library for coffee, chatting, games, crafts, and more on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month.

Join us on our discovery patio for an hour of creativity and fun!

For all ages up to 3rd grade

Drop-in program. No registration is required but  a responsible adult must be present with children at all times

Come for a fun make-and-take craft from 9AM- 12PM! For children ages 4 to 11. 

Collect recycled treasures from a library yard sale! Payment will be by donation, and all proceeds benefit ELANCO Library.

Our Maker Fest is an annual event that showcases local Makers and their passions. It is all about showing the community what makers do, why they do it, and how they do it. Makers will show their wares and, when possible, do demos for the public.

Knitting Club meets every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month,  from 10 a.m. until noon. Knitting Club is for people who knit and like to share the craft.

Decorate our sidewalks with chalk! We provide the chalk, you provide the art!

A special time for babies to share stories, songs, rhymes and games with their grown-ups. Come play with us  in the Children’s Library! (Newborn to 17 months, with adult.) 

Hear a story as a large group, read with your buddy, and make a craft together.

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This is a special story time dedicated to all the dads, grandfathers and father figures in our lives so make sure to bring them along!

Come and hear all about Pennsylvania native and exotic creatures from around the world. Meet Miss Jess at the Nature Center at Refreshing Mountain, 455 Camp Rd, Stevens, PA 17578.

Phredd’s performance includes interaction, singing, hand-motions, and creative play. Phredd’s songs inspire imagination, creativity and positive encouragement.

Toddlers and their caregivers are invited to this 30-minute story time that includes songs, short stories and learning-enriched art activities. Ages 2-4.

Join us in the Community Commons (next door to the Library) for a book sale featuring a variety of genres, just in time for vacation. By donation. Cash and credit cards are accepted.

ELANCO Library is celebrating community helpers this June, and in this special storytime, Master Gardener volunteers will read stories about some of the tiniest community helpers: pollinators!

Improv story time!! Miss Jan rolls the Story Cube dice and participants will help create a story!

Children ages 2-6 join us for a Touch a Truck event with Lancaster EMS! We will learn about the ambulance then we will get to explore it together!

Summer Reading Program at Locust Street Park.

Join us for a Family Story Time! We’ll read books, sing songs, make a craft, and have fun!

Infants, young toddlers and their caregivers sing songs, recite fun rhymes and read together. Ages 0-24 months.

In this action-packed story, two unlikely heroes work together to save their own town (and the planet) from a super-polluting mastermind!

Join us in the Community Commons (next door to the Library) for a book sale featuring a variety of genres, just in time for vacation. By donation. Cash and credit cards are accepted.

Children ages 2 to 7 - join us for another Touch a Truck event! Jack Gamby from Gamby's Disposal will join us to teach us about trash and recycling!

Summer Reading Program held at Locust Street Park. 

See KooKoo the Cartoon Magician’s interactive brand of comedy as he presents magic routines as a love letter to the Art of Animation…accented by visual gags and zany sound effects!

At Adamstown Grove. Phredd is the Ukulele Flailing, Harmonica Wailing, Suitcase Drumming, Kazoo Hum-Humming, Ukulele Bundle of Joy! 

For families. Phredd has been performing fun songs for kids and families for over 25 years!

¡Vamos a hablar! 

Storytime for Children Ages 3-5 with a Caregiver

Simple stories, rhymes, puppets, songs, and fingerplays. Every Thursday at 10 a.m. For babies with an adult.

Walk-ins welcome.

Special guest George Dillio will be joining us for a story time about pollinators! In partnership with the Penn State Extension Master Gardener Program. Ages 3-7.

Join us in the Community Commons (next door to the Library) for a book sale featuring a variety of genres, just in time for vacation. By donation. Cash and credit cards are accepted.

A special time for babies to share stories, songs, rhymes and games with their grown-ups. Come play with us in the Children’s Library! (Newborn to 17 months, with adult.) 

 Celebrate our community helpers with Toddler Thursdays at ELANCO Library this summer!

Learn about the adaptations animals use for survival in the wild - including defense, foraging, eating, swimming, and escaping predators.

Summer Reading Program held at Locust Street Park Gazebo.

So you want to be an Alpaca farmer? Eastland Alpacas will be here to tell you all about what it takes to raise Alpacas. Everyone will be given the opportunity to pet an Alpaca and get a picture taken with them.

Registration will open at 9 am on Wednesday, two weeks before the story time for Manheim Township and East Lampeter residents and on Saturday for residents of other municipalities.

At Chapel Gate Park in West Cocalico Township (57 Park View Drive, Reinholds). Site is wheelchair accessible.

Join Miss Esther for a play time at the library!

Kid's Yoga

Ages 6-9

Online registration begins two weeks prior to event.

The Kindness Project is a national initiative to inspire kindness and smiles by randomly placing rocks with positive messages around your community!

Join us for a fun arts & craft project! 

Toddlers and their caregivers are invited to this 30-minute story time that includes songs, short stories and learning-enriched art activities. Ages 2-4.

Whatever your favorite genre, you'll find something to love at the Friends Book Sale! $2 hardbacks, $1 trade paperbacks, 50 c paperbacks, plus kids books, puzzles, DVDs and audiobooks.

Stories, songs and fingerplays, followed by an easy craft and free play. Every Thursday at 11 a.m. for toddlers with an adult. 

Walk-ins welcome.

June Food Truck Thursday events are sponsored by Keystone Lawn Company

Walk-O Taco

The Donut Guys

This all-inclusive story time will allow everyone to experience new sensory sensations! Texture, color, smell and sound explored in games and activities will help improve motor skills and problem-solving strategies.

Drop-in program. No registration required.

Build and play with the Library’s DUPLO bricks. Each family group must include a responsible adult.

Drop-in program. No registration is required.

A time for family play! Gain "shopping" experience in our weekly play market!

Each family group must include a responsible adult. (Ages 3 and up)

No registration is required but a responsible adult must be present with children at all times. Free building and imaginative play with kits of toys for children from 9 months to 7 years!

Meld, bid, marriage, trump? You’re speaking our language! Join us every 1st and 3rd Wednesday for an afternoon of pinochle. Seniors.

Drop-in program. No registration required.

Build and play with the Library’s DUPLO bricks. Each family group must include a responsible adult.

No registration is required but a responsible adult must be present with children at all times. Free building and imaginative play with kits of toys for children from 9 months to 7 years!

Pollinator Program

Master Gardener Pollinator Week

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Art in the Park will highlight a different artist each month. The works of that featured artist give inspiration to students to create their own masterpieces.

We are looking for secret agents! Are you ready to start your spy training? Join this three-day camp where you will learn to decode secret messages, dodge lasers and more! Ages 10-18. 

“In this action-packed story, toe unlikely heroes work together to save their own town (and the planet) from a super polluting mastermind!

Take a break from swimming and join Miss Jess at the Pool Pavilion on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. Pool entrance fee at discount rate or membership required. Members are free, non-members are $5.

We start with a story based on that month's theme and then you are free to visit a variety of stations to do crafts, games, STEM activities, etc. Geared for all ages.

We are looking for secret agents! Are you ready to start your spy training? Join this three-day camp where you will learn to decode secret messages, dodge lasers and more! Ages 10-18. 

In this action-packed story, two unlikely heroes work together to save their own town (and the planet) from a super-polluting mastermind!

We will be creating our own garden at the library! We’ll plan, plant and take care of our garden and watch it grow. We will also experiment and have fun trying out our own gardening methods! Ages 5-9.

We are looking for secret agents! Are you ready to start your spy training? Join this three-day camp where you will learn to decode secret messages, dodge lasers and more! Ages 10-18. 

For the last 8 years, Keville Bowen has been sharing what he’s learned in and out of college at art studios and libraries throughout the Delaware County and Montgomery County area. Come join Keville’s fun and easy approach to art and animation.

This club is open to all interested knitters, crocheters, and other needle or fabric crafters.

Get ready for summer reading with this beginner embroidered corner bookmark craft! All embroidery supplies and instructions are provided. Come chat, sip tea, and add a new skill to your crafty repertoire.

This group is currently full, but let Miss Jan know if you'd like to join an additional group.

The Blanketeers meet the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. They get together to socialize and create blankets of various kinds for Project Linus.

Play a few relaxing rounds of bingo and win vouchers to use on Used Books at the Library!

Join us for some relaxation and video games on our Nintendo Switch! Feel free to bring any multiplayer (4 or more players) games you wish to share with the group. Ages 13-18.

Join us for another summer of writing and sharing your creative projects with Lancaster County teens and PA authors!

Join Miss Jen this summer as we combine stories with STEM experiments for hands-on learning fun!

Each week, we’ll have a different craft project for kids ages 5 and older. Younger siblings are welcome to come along and color!

Are you ready to take your writing to the next level? Would you like to see your work published alongside award-winning authors?

Attention writers, are you ready to take your writing to the next level? Would you like to see your work published alongside award-winning authors?

Meets the first and third Wednesday of the month.

You find yourself trapped alone in a room with a ticking time bomb. Your family members or friends have the manual to defuse it, but they can’t see the bomb, so you’re going to have to talk it out – fast!

Thurs, June 22 from 4 to 8p - Preview and Purchase night. There is a $10 entry fee. Food stand will be available with homemade baked goods and meal items. Volume Buyers - please bring your own boxes.

Have fun making cool artwork on the library sidewalk while eating popsicles! All ages.

JUNE 22 EVENING TRUCKS CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER

June Food Truck Thursday events are sponsored by Keystone Lawn Company

BBQ Trough

Everyone has heard the name Ulysses S. Grant, but do you know the real story of who Ulysses S. Grant truly was? He has been called numerous things throughout

The consequences of war include the often overlooked long-term, life-altering damage to children and teens, dooms another generation to living with trauma, unresolved grief and major loss.

$5 a person, per session. In crease energy, improve cardiovascular health and have FUN in just 40 minutes a week with this AMAZING fitness class!! CHECK IT OUT! Great for all ages & fitness levels. 

Luisa Tapia from Luisa’s Sewing Corner will be instructing us how to take our old, graphic t-shirts and upcycling them into a “new” piece of clothing!

Miss Jan's BINGO is an interactive program with themed rounds. So much fun!! Guess what we have for prizes - BOOKS of course!!

The Manheim Township High School Chess Team is hosting a summer chess group at the Manheim Township Public Library! All skill levels are welcome to come to learn chess and improve their game.

Enjoy this month’s free movie for the entire family on the big screen in the Library’s Morgan Center!

Tonight’s Feature:  Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Rating:  PG   Running time: 2h 2min.

This friendly writers’ group, which meets the first, third, and fifth Tuesdays of the month, is for writers who are serious about their craft and in getting their work published.

Join Miss Jess as we discover together “Whodunit!” Upon registration, you will receive the Zoom link. The Mini Murder Mystery Story for each month is attached to this event page.

Summer is Makers’ Choice! Will you make a “Granny Square Cardigan” or “Patriotic Blanket” for Hospice Veterans.

Materials Needed:

Afraid of public speaking?  Looking to improve your communication skills at work?  Come join us as we improve our speaking and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive environment.  The Conestoga Toastmasters Club meets the first

Learn about the jobs of the Conductor, Station Agent, and Engineer through unique objects. Program features a combination of demonstration, interactive activity, historic photographs, and audio. 

Butterflies! Bees! Hummingbirds! We can't wait to see them visit our gardens every summer, right? But have you noticed? Have you heard the news? Our pollinator friends that we not only LOVE but NEED are in trouble.

Join Isabel Castillo from YWCA Lancaster for an overview of a recently published demographic study of Lancaster County entitled

Bravura Brass will trumpet Summer Reading with an outdoor concert and fundraising ice cream social!

Join us and enjoy the magic of the library at night. Get lost in bedtime stories, play games and enjoy some arts and crafts all while wearing your pajamas! Don’t forget to bring a favorite stuffed animal! Ages 3-7.

Friends of the Lititz Library Trivia Event

Saturday, June 24th, 6-8:30 p.m.

FREE Family movie night!! It will be held in the parking lot behind the library. The film will start at sundown! FREE popcorn will be provided. Please provide your own chairs, blankets & drinks.