Reminder to Teens (and Parents of Teens)–applications for 2015 Bridgewater Library Summer Teen Volunteers must be turned in by 9 p.m. on Thursday April 30th. Details below.

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Bridgewater Library is looking for volunteers this summer! Volunteers will help shelve books, assist during programs, and sign up children and teens for our summer reading club. Summer volunteer opportunities are for teens entering 7th to 12th grade for the 2015-2016 school year.

Applications for Bridgewater Library's Summer 2015 Teen Volunteer Program must be submitted in person at the Youth Services Reference Desk  by 9 PM on Thursday, April 30. No Exceptions. You can download our application by clicking here.

If you have any questions, please contact Bridgewater Library's Youth Services Department at: bwljuv@sclibnj.org or 908-526-4016 x126.

Somerset County Library System volunteer opportunities vary by branch. Click here to contact individual branches for details.

 

Around the Community – Looking Ahead:

“Hooray for May!”, a free family art day at The Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster, will take place on Saturday, May 9th from 1-4 p.m. Details here.

 

 

PIRIT of the JERSEYS State History Fair
Saturday May 9, 2015
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Monmouth Battlefield State Park
Manalapan, NJ 07726
(732) 462-9616
www.njhistoryfair.org
Email: historyfair@dep.nj.gov
Free Admission
Parking/$10 per vehicle
Rain or Shine

The SPIRIT of the JERSEYS Marks New Location!

Experience five centuries of New Jersey’s history all in one place at the annual SPIRIT of the JERSEYS State History Fair - a historical festival for all ages on Saturday, May 9th at its new location at Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Manalapan, NJ.

This free, award-winning event, which runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine, annually draws more than 5,000 visitors.  The Fair is a fun-filled adventure into New Jersey’s past with living history demonstrations, military re-enactors, tours, exhibits, period music and dance, and historical organizations and museums from around the state.

There are plenty of hands-on activities for kids and adults, from participating in historical games to plowing a furrow or participating in a military drill.  Don’t miss the opportunity to meet such historical figures as Ulysses S. Grant, Ben Franklin, his son William Franklin, Clara Barton, Walt Whitman, Molly Pitcher and American General George Washington.    

One of the largest battles of the American Revolution took place in the fields and forests that now make up Monmouth Battlefield State Park.  The park preserves a splendid rural 18th-century landscape of hilly farmland and hedgerows that encompasses miles of hiking and horseback riding trails, picnic areas, a restored Revolutionary War farmhouse and a new Visitor Center that opened to the public on Flag Day 2013.  The park is easily accessible from Routes 9 and 33.

For more information and a complete list of activities about the Fair, visit www.njhistoryfair.org or call (732) 462-9616.

The Fair is sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Historic Sites, Division of Parks and Forestry, and its partners.