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Camden Public Library is proud to announce that it will be a Local Program Partner for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, the world’s preeminent early childhood book-gifting program. Children aged 0 to 5 in Knox County can now sign up to receive an age-appropriate book every month, delivered to their home for free.
Families can register their child through the Imagination Library website or by clicking here.
Local donors are generously underwriting half the cost of Camden Public Library’s affiliate program, and Maine State Library is funding the rest. Participating in the Imagination Library is always completely free for families.
“We are thrilled to offer this program to the children of Knox County,” says Nikki Maounis, former Executive Director of Camden Public Library. “One of our most important missions is to create and nurture young readers and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library helps us to accomplish just that.”
About Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Since launching in 1995, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has become the preeminent early childhood book-gifting program in the world. The flagship program of The Dollywood Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, has gifted well over 182 million free books in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and The Republic of Ireland. The Imagination Library mails more than 2 million high-quality, age-appropriate books each month to enrolled children from birth to age five. Dolly envisioned creating a lifelong love of reading, inspiring children to dream more, learn more, care more and be more. The impact of the program has been widely researched and results suggest positive increases in key early childhood literacy metrics. Penguin Random House is the exclusive publisher for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. For more information, please visit imaginationlibrary.com.
Locals and visitors gathered in the sunny Camden Amphitheatre on Sunday, July 21, for an exciting live auction of paintings that had been freshly created that weekend during the fourth annual “Camden on Canvas.” The proceeds of the auction were split between the artists and the Camden Public Library. The library is pleased to announce that Camden on Canvas raised more than $35,000 for the library’s Campaign for the Future, which will go toward strengthening the library’s long-term ability to create young readers, foster lifelong learning, and sustain the historic building and parks.
“We were delighted to bring the community together through art and creativity again this year,” said Kristy Kilfoyle, the library’s Executive Director. “I am so impressed by the generous spirit of Camden and its support for this special place.”
The auction capped a full plein-air weekend, featuring 21 talented landscape artists from around New England. On Friday and Saturday, along with Sunday morning, anyone could meet the artists and watch them paint on-location outdoors. Each painter, with their own unique style and perspective, brought both beloved and surprising views of the Camden and Rockport area to the canvas. Before the auction on Sunday, the public browsed the freshly created paintings in the historic Amphitheatre during an outdoor wet-paint exhibit.
Participating painters included Daniel Corey, Ken DeWaard, Carol L. Douglas, Stephan Giannini, Mary Ann Heinzen, Alison Hill, Jill Hoy, Eric Jacobsen, Amy Lowry, Nathaniel Meyer, Scott Redfern, Björn Runquist, Tollef Runquist, Douglas Smith, Janet Sutherland, Greta Van Campen, Susan Van Campen, George Van Hook, Russel Whitten, Peter Yesis, and Camden on Canvas collaborator Colin Page of Page Gallery in Camden. Click here to learn more about the participating artists.
The Camden Public Library extends thanks and gratitude to the members of library’s Board of Trustees who pioneered the success of Camden on Canvas: Colin Page, Betsy Perry, Liz Senders, Kristen Smith, Natalie Travia, Kendra Watkins, and Marti Wolfe.
The library would also like to acknowledge to the community members, volunteers, staff, and sponsors who made this event a success. In particular, the library thanks “Magnum Opus Sponsor” Ken Gardiner of Edward Jones Investments in Camden; “Premiere Sponsors” Viking Lumber – Rankin’s, Once A Tree, and Lyman-Morse; “Visionary Sponsors” Carver Hill Gallery, Rockport Blueprint, Page Gallery, Small Wonder Gallery, Margo Moore Interiors, Antiques @ 10 Mechanic, P.G. Willey & Co., Jessie Tobias Design, Dwelling in Maine, and Harbor Square Gallery.
The library also thanks the following In-Kind Supporters: Abigail’s Inn, Bay View Collection, Blackberry Inn, Cedar Crest Inn, Drift Oceanside Inn, French & Brawn Market Place, Jacob Gerrtisen, Dorothea Guthrie Graham, Hartstone Inn, The Inn at Ocean’s Edge, Megunticook Market, The Mount Battie Inn, Timbercliffe Cottage, Judy Wolf, and Kaja Veilleux of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries.
Those who wish to contribute to the library’s Campaign for the Future may donate online here or in person at 55 Main Street in Camden.
More photos from 2024 Camden on Canvas can be found on our Facebook page.
Photography courtesy of Julia Sagaser of Camden Public Library unless otherwise stated.
The Camden Public Library has been chosen to benefit from the Shaw’s Give Back Where It Counts Bag Program during February. Shaw’s Give Back Where It Counts, which launched in March 2019, is a reusable bag program that facilitates community support with the goal to make a difference in the communities where shoppers live and work.
The library will receive a $1 donation for every $3 reusable Give Back Where It Counts Bag sold during February at the Shaw’s store located at 235 Camden Street in Rockland, unless otherwise directed by the customer through the Giving Tag attached to the bag.
The library wishes to thank the entire staff of the Rockland Shaw’s for making this program possible and for all of the staff does for our community. For more information on the Shaw’s Give Back Where It Counts Reusable Bag Program, visit shaws.2givelocal.com.
Locals and visitors gathered in the sunny Camden Amphitheatre on Sunday, July 21, for an exciting live auction of paintings that had been freshly created that weekend during the fourth annual “Camden on Canvas.” The proceeds of the auction were split between the artists and the Camden Public Library. The library is pleased to announce that Camden on Canvas raised more than $35,000 for the library’s Campaign for the Future, which will go toward strengthening the library’s long-term ability to create young readers, foster lifelong learning, and sustain the historic building and parks.
“We were delighted to bring the community together through art and creativity again this year,” said Kristy Kilfoyle, the library’s Executive Director. “I am so impressed by the generous spirit of Camden and its support for this special place.”
The auction capped a full plein-air weekend, featuring 21 talented landscape artists from around New England. On Friday and Saturday, along with Sunday morning, anyone could meet the artists and watch them paint on-location outdoors. Each painter, with their own unique style and perspective, brought both beloved and surprising views of the Camden and Rockport area to the canvas. Before the auction on Sunday, the public browsed the freshly created paintings in the historic Amphitheatre during an outdoor wet-paint exhibit.
Participating painters included Daniel Corey, Ken DeWaard, Carol L. Douglas, Stephan Giannini, Mary Ann Heinzen, Alison Hill, Jill Hoy, Eric Jacobsen, Amy Lowry, Nathaniel Meyer, Scott Redfern, Björn Runquist, Tollef Runquist, Douglas Smith, Janet Sutherland, Greta Van Campen, Susan Van Campen, George Van Hook, Russel Whitten, Peter Yesis, and Camden on Canvas collaborator Colin Page of Page Gallery in Camden. Click here to learn more about the participating artists.
The Camden Public Library extends thanks and gratitude to the members of library’s Board of Trustees who pioneered the success of Camden on Canvas: Colin Page, Betsy Perry, Liz Senders, Kristen Smith, Natalie Travia, Kendra Watkins, and Marti Wolfe.
The library would also like to acknowledge to the community members, volunteers, staff, and sponsors who made this event a success. In particular, the library thanks “Magnum Opus Sponsor” Ken Gardiner of Edward Jones Investments in Camden; “Premiere Sponsors” Viking Lumber – Rankin’s, Once A Tree, and Lyman-Morse; “Visionary Sponsors” Carver Hill Gallery, Rockport Blueprint, Page Gallery, Small Wonder Gallery, Margo Moore Interiors, Antiques @ 10 Mechanic, P.G. Willey & Co., Jessie Tobias Design, Dwelling in Maine, and Harbor Square Gallery.
The library also thanks the following In-Kind Supporters: Abigail’s Inn, Bay View Collection, Blackberry Inn, Cedar Crest Inn, Drift Oceanside Inn, French & Brawn Market Place, Jacob Gerrtisen, Dorothea Guthrie Graham, Hartstone Inn, The Inn at Ocean’s Edge, Megunticook Market, The Mount Battie Inn, Timbercliffe Cottage, Judy Wolf, and Kaja Veilleux of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries.
Those who wish to contribute to the library’s Campaign for the Future may donate online here or in person at 55 Main Street in Camden.
More photos from 2024 Camden on Canvas can be found on our Facebook page.
Photography courtesy of Julia Sagaser of Camden Public Library unless otherwise stated.
The Camden Public Library has been chosen to benefit from the Shaw’s Give Back Where It Counts Bag Program during February. Shaw’s Give Back Where It Counts, which launched in March 2019, is a reusable bag program that facilitates community support with the goal to make a difference in the communities where shoppers live and work.
The library will receive a $1 donation for every $3 reusable Give Back Where It Counts Bag sold during February at the Shaw’s store located at 235 Camden Street in Rockland, unless otherwise directed by the customer through the Giving Tag attached to the bag.
The library wishes to thank the entire staff of the Rockland Shaw’s for making this program possible and for all of the staff does for our community. For more information on the Shaw’s Give Back Where It Counts Reusable Bag Program, visit shaws.2givelocal.com.