At the Rowayton Library

On Tuesday, August 31st from 10 a.m. to 12 Noon, the Goodwives Quilters and the Rowayton Library will bring to the Rowayton community Peace by Piece: The Norwalk Community Quilt Project. Everyone in the community is invited to add quilting stitches to this fabulous community quilt. This quilt has been a work in progress for many months and Norwalk citizens have come together at public places to help create this quilt. When the quilt is completed (hopefully in September), it will be installed at Stepping Stones Museum for Children, along with the long list of collaborators which will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the museum. The theme for this quilt is “Growing Together.” This project was conceived in 2007 as a way to enhance the lives of young people and elders in the city of Norwalk by bringing them together in a common endeavor. Peace by Piece is generously supported by The Norwalk Children's Foundation. Quilt making offers unique social and emotional benefits in the form of team-work, artistic expression, cultural literacy, stress reduction, skill development, and friendship. Collaborative projects involving children and adults have incorporated design and craft input from throughout the greater Norwalk community. All works are designed and crafted by the members of Peace by Piece. They are machine pieced, or appliquéd by hand from many small patches of fabric, then hand quilted on a frame with thousands of tiny stitches. The Goodwives Quilters are happy to join in this collaboration and invite the Rowayton children and adults to share in this project. Take a moment on Tuesday, August 31st and put in your 6 stitches. The finished quilt is a metaphor for the community that produced it, showing that good things happen when many come together as one. For more information on Peace by Piece, you can contact Lizzy Rockwell at (203) 434-2469 email: lizzyrockwell@mac.com.

The Summer Reading Challenge prizes for the week of August 16th are Yellow/Red/Orange Crazy Bands for every 5 books read. And don’t forget about the Read to Achieve T-Shirt courtesy of the New York Knicks. All shirts are “size-large”. Just bring your “Starred Notebook” with 25 or more stars and collect your shirt (while supplies last).

And, if you can spare an extra jar of peanut butter and jelly, the Christian Community Action Food Center Food Pantry in Norwalk could really use them. So far, we have collection about 20% of our goal of 500 jars and only a few weeks left in our food drive. Let's help our neighbors.

The Rowayton Library has a complete collection of the Norwalk Public Schools reading list books available. Come in – do a little summer reading/browsing – kindergarten through high school. For more information on Rowayton Library programs, please call (2030) 838-5038. All programs are free and open to the public. Some may require a courtesy reservation. Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.