by Anne McKay | Aug 12, 2025 | Children's Programming, Events, FOLSOI Organization
FOLSOI and the staff from the Brunswick County Library team participated in the Day4Hope event held on Saturday, August 9th at the Brunswick Community college. The homeless and children in need in Brunswick County were invited to participate in this Back to School...
by Cindy Phillips, FOLSOI President | May 6, 2025 | Children's Programming, FOLSOI Organization
On May 6, 2925, BEMC Foundation gave out over $60k to 58 organizations in Brunswick and Columbus Counties. FOLSOI received a $500.00 grant to enhance/expand our Wonderbook collection at both Barbee and Harper branches. Wonderbooks are read along print books with a...
by Barbara Lemos | Jul 29, 2022 | Children's Programming
Thanks to a generous Civic and Community Programs grant from BEMC, Barbee Library on Oak Island and Harper Library in Southport offered an array of entertaining and educational summer reading programs throughout June and July. Beyond providing books and tracking...
by Cindy Phillips, FOLSOI President | Jul 23, 2022 | Children's Programming
The room buzzed with enthusiasm before the program even started as participants of all ages came to Harper Library for Jeff Mount’s beginner chess class. I was one of them, representing the oldest student who had never before played chess. Truthfully, I was a bit...
by Cindy Phillips, FOLSOI President | Jun 17, 2022 | Children's Programming, Events
Next class is July 14 at Harper Library; Register by calling (910) 457-6237 Elementary school students recently filled Harper library for the return of the very popular Lego WeDo Robotics program, thanks to a great collaboration from wonderful community partners who...
by Patricia Langer | Jan 22, 2022 | Children's Programming, Events
This Friday, January 28, marks the 10th annual celebration of “Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCBD)” an event designed to raise awareness of children’s books that celebrate diversity, and to make these books more available in classrooms and libraries. MCBD was...
