The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the 2024 Sara Laughlin Marketing Award by the Indiana Library Federation (ILF) in recognition of its communication strategy for the 2023 rollout of the Library’s System Upgrade. The Sara Laughlin Marketing Award honors and recognizes a library for its successful,…
The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) is proud to announce the 10-year anniversary of its Maker Labs, marking a decade of providing hands-on learning opportunities to the community. The Library is using the opportunity not only celebrate the success of the current Maker Labs, but to also announce the launch of three new mini Maker…
The Allen County Public Library and the ACPL Foundation announced a new fundraising campaign to bring Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to the children of Allen County. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books each month to children from birth to age five, free of charge through funding…
(FORT WAYNE, IN) – The Allen County Public Library welcomed media, donors, and families to celebrate the new Woodburn Branch StoryScape at a grand opening on Wednesday, March 20. StoryScape is the first of its kind at an ACPL branch location and builds on the success of the popular StoryScape in the Main Library’s Children’s…
Hung at the Waynedale Library with care, from November 28 to December 10th, holiday wreaths will await for your viewing in support of the Waynedale Trails & Sidewalks Initiative. This long-standing annual fundraiser returns once again to feature many festively decorated 24” artificial wreaths up for bid in a silent auction format. “As a popular…
Each Thursday evening, the Woodburn branch of the Allen County Public Library is the destination of choice for those who knit or crochet. Those who participate in the Yarn Lovers group not only work on personal projects. Throughout 2018, members made 68 scarves that will be donated in support of the 2019 Indiana Special Olympics.…
The Yarn Lovers group from the Woodburn Branch Library made 54 scarves for the 2017 Indiana Special Olympics during 2016. This is the most scarves the group has ever made for the Special Olympics since they starting doing this in 2011. The colors were selected in collaboration with the theme of the Special Olympics Indiana…
Santa Claus rode into Grabill on Saturday, December 17 on the back of the old Fire Department Truck. This year Santa and his helpers gave away Snickers and oranges from the Grabill Chamber of Commerce and books from the Allen County Public Library. All of this took place in front of the Grabill Hardware.
