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VolunTeen Orientation -- Every 2nd and 4th Friday 5-5:30 PM

VolunTeen Orientation

Friday, August 8, 2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
YA Meeting Room 212 at Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Program Type:
Career & Lifelong Learning
Age Group:
Teens & YA (13-18)

Come to a short orientation to familiarize yourself with the expectations, potential jobs, and benefits of our VolunTeen program.  Then you will be all set to earn SSL hours!

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Room: YA Meeting Room 212
Age Group: Teens & YA (13-18)
Program Type: Career & Lifelong Learning
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come to a short orientation to familiarize yourself with the expectations, potential jobs, and benefits of our VolunTeen program.  Then you will be all set to earn SSL hours!

Pokémon Trading Club (SMI)

Saturday, August 9, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Community Room - SMI at Smithsburg Library
Program Type:
Fun & Games
Age Group:
Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18)

Bring your Pokémon cards to trade with others in our community room and socialize while you build your deck.  This is for ages 6-17.  Intermediary provided to ensure fair trades.  Parental supervision required for 10 and under.

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Library Branch: Smithsburg Library
Room: Community Room - SMI
Age Group: Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18)
Program Type: Fun & Games
Event Details:

Bring your Pokémon cards to trade with others in our community room and socialize while you build your deck.  This is for ages 6-17.  Intermediary provided to ensure fair trades.  Parental supervision required for 10 and under.

Paints, colored pencils, and other arts and crafts supplies

Teen Water Color Painting (SHA) (SRC)

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Sharpsburg Library
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens & YA (13-18)

Drop in and give water coloring a try! 

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Library Branch: Sharpsburg Library
Age Group: Teens & YA (13-18)
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Drop in and give water coloring a try! 

Macramé Rainbow (SRC)

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Community Room - SMI at Smithsburg Library
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading Club
Age Group:
Teens & YA (13-18), Adults

Teens and Adults join us to make a hanging macramé rainbow at the Smithsburg branch.  All materials will be provided.  For ages 13 - adult.  Space is limited please sign up online.

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Smithsburg Library
Room: Community Room - SMI
Age Group: Teens & YA (13-18), Adults
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Teens and Adults join us to make a hanging macramé rainbow at the Smithsburg branch.  All materials will be provided.  For ages 13 - adult.  Space is limited please sign up online.

It's Game Night (SMI)

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Quiet Room - SMI at Smithsburg Library
Program Type:
Fun & Games
Age Group:
Teens & YA (13-18), Adults

The library is hosting game night.  Board games are available.  Ages 12 and up please. Registering will give us an idea of how many people to prep for.  Bring your favorite board game.

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Smithsburg Library
Room: Quiet Room - SMI
Age Group: Teens & YA (13-18), Adults
Program Type: Fun & Games
Registration Required
Event Details:

The library is hosting game night.  Board games are available.  Ages 12 and up please. Registering will give us an idea of how many people to prep for.  Bring your favorite board game.

Festive Fridays, celebrate something silly, Washington County Free Library

Festive Fridays

Friday, August 15, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
YA Meeting Room 212 at Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Program Type:
Books & Authors, DIY, Arts & Crafts, Holiday/Seasonal, Movies, Music & Culture, Fun & Games
Age Group:
Teens & YA (13-18)

Celebrate something silly with Swaneet! Each month we'll find two silly ways to celebrate, with snacks, poems, games, crafts, and more. 

June 6: National Donut Day & author birthday: Rick Riordan 

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Library Branch: Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Room: YA Meeting Room 212
Age Group: Teens & YA (13-18)
Program Type: Books & Authors, DIY, Arts & Crafts, Holiday/Seasonal, Movies, Music & Culture, Fun & Games
Event Details:

Celebrate something silly with Swaneet! Each month we'll find two silly ways to celebrate, with snacks, poems, games, crafts, and more. 

June 6: National Donut Day & author birthday: Rick Riordan 

Cricut/Maker Club (HAN)

Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Community Room - HAN at Hancock Veterans Memorial Library
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18), Adults

So you have a Cricut (Joy, Joy Xtra, Explore, Maker, Venture.) Now you want to know what you can do with it. Join other crafters in the adventure that is creating with all things Cricut!

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Hancock Veterans Memorial Library
Room: Community Room - HAN
Age Group: Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18), Adults
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

So you have a Cricut (Joy, Joy Xtra, Explore, Maker, Venture.) Now you want to know what you can do with it. Join other crafters in the adventure that is creating with all things Cricut!

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library. Please inform us of special needs two weeks prior to the program.

Photographs/Videography

Programs, events and classes may be photographed or videotaped for library promotional purposes. Your participation in programs signifies your permission for us to use any photos that we take of you. Please speak to a librarian at the event if you would prefer your photo not be taken.

Card Printing (SMI)

Monday, August 18, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Community Room - SMI at Smithsburg Library
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading Club
Age Group:
Teens & YA (13-18)

Teens, draw a design in a Styrofoam tray and then print several cards from your design.  All materials provided.  Sign up online.

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Smithsburg Library
Room: Community Room - SMI
Age Group: Teens & YA (13-18)
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Teens, draw a design in a Styrofoam tray and then print several cards from your design.  All materials provided.  Sign up online.

art flyer

Part 3 Journaling Through Art (WIL)

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Community Room - WIL at Williamsport Memorial Library
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Teens & YA (13-18), Adults

Join us for Journaling through Art.  This 3 Part series, begins in June. We will discuss journaling

Part 1- June 17th - Immerse yourself in the world of journaling. Learn ways to make journaling  a daily habit

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Library Branch: Williamsport Memorial Library
Room: Community Room - WIL
Age Group: Teens & YA (13-18), Adults
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts, Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Join us for Journaling through Art.  This 3 Part series, begins in June. We will discuss journaling

Part 1- June 17th - Immerse yourself in the world of journaling. Learn ways to make journaling  a daily habit

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library. Please inform us of special needs two weeks prior to the program.

Photographs/Videography

Programs, events and classes may be photographed or videotaped for library promotional purposes. Your participation in programs signifies your permission for us to use any photos that we take of you. Please speak to a librarian at the event if you would prefer your photo not be taken.

Intro to Music Production with Stephen Coghill

Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Conference Room - 334 at Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Program Type:
Career & Lifelong Learning, Movies, Music & Culture, Summer Reading Club
Age Group:
Teens & YA (13-18), Adults

 

Proud owner of COG Digital Studio located in Hagerstown, MD.

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Room: Conference Room - 334
Age Group: Teens & YA (13-18), Adults
Program Type: Career & Lifelong Learning, Movies, Music & Culture, Summer Reading Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

 

Proud owner of COG Digital Studio located in Hagerstown, MD.

Green typewriter, image says Writers workshop for teens ages 13-18

Writers Workshop

Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 5:00pm - 8:30pm
YA Meeting Room 212 at Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Program Type:
Books & Authors, DIY, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens & YA (13-18)

Join us on the first and third Thursday for WRITERS WORKSHOP! You can bring your poetry, prose, songs, anything! 

TEEN program: For ages 13-18 

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Library Branch: Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Room: YA Meeting Room 212
Age Group: Teens & YA (13-18)
Program Type: Books & Authors, DIY, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join us on the first and third Thursday for WRITERS WORKSHOP! You can bring your poetry, prose, songs, anything! 

TEEN program: For ages 13-18 

VolunTeen Orientation -- Every 2nd and 4th Friday 5-5:30 PM

VolunTeen Orientation

Friday, August 22, 2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
YA Meeting Room 212 at Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Program Type:
Career & Lifelong Learning
Age Group:
Teens & YA (13-18)

Come to a short orientation to familiarize yourself with the expectations, potential jobs, and benefits of our VolunTeen program.  Then you will be all set to earn SSL hours!

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Room: YA Meeting Room 212
Age Group: Teens & YA (13-18)
Program Type: Career & Lifelong Learning
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come to a short orientation to familiarize yourself with the expectations, potential jobs, and benefits of our VolunTeen program.  Then you will be all set to earn SSL hours!

Pendant craft

Photo pendant necklace

Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 11:00am - 1:00pm
Community Room - CLE at Clear Spring Branch
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens & YA (13-18), Adults

We will be making pendants using cabochons. 

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Clear Spring Branch
Room: Community Room - CLE
Age Group: Teens & YA (13-18), Adults
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

We will be making pendants using cabochons. 

yarn art

Hanging Yarn Art (SHA) (SRC)

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 1:30pm - 6:00pm
Sharpsburg Library
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading Club
Age Group:
Teens & YA (13-18), Adults

Drop in while we are open and make a unique wall hanging using a simple macrame knot. Use our yarn and/or bring some of your own to incorporate into the project. While supplies last. 

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Library Branch: Sharpsburg Library
Age Group: Teens & YA (13-18), Adults
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading Club
Event Details:

Drop in while we are open and make a unique wall hanging using a simple macrame knot. Use our yarn and/or bring some of your own to incorporate into the project. While supplies last. 

It's Game Night (SMI)

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Quiet Room - SMI at Smithsburg Library
Program Type:
Fun & Games
Age Group:
Teens & YA (13-18), Adults

The library is hosting game night.  Board games are available.  Ages 12 and up please. Registering will give us an idea of how many people to prep for.  Bring your favorite board game.

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Smithsburg Library
Room: Quiet Room - SMI
Age Group: Teens & YA (13-18), Adults
Program Type: Fun & Games
Registration Required
Event Details:

The library is hosting game night.  Board games are available.  Ages 12 and up please. Registering will give us an idea of how many people to prep for.  Bring your favorite board game.

Boonsboro Historical Society Speaker (BNS)

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room - BNS at Boonsboro Free Library
Program Type:
Cultural Heritage & Genealogy
Age Group:
Teens & YA (13-18), Adults

Join us for a Boonsboro Historical Society Speaker

 

 

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Library Branch: Boonsboro Free Library
Room: Community Room - BNS
Age Group: Teens & YA (13-18), Adults
Program Type: Cultural Heritage & Genealogy
Event Details:

Join us for a Boonsboro Historical Society Speaker

 

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library. Please inform us of special needs two weeks prior to the program.

LEGO Club (HAN)

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Community Room - HAN at Hancock Veterans Memorial Library
Program Type:
Science, Technology & Maker, Fun & Games
Age Group:
Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18)

Attention Legomaniacs! Join other LEGO lovers in some bricktastic building fun! A different challenge each month! 

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Hancock Veterans Memorial Library
Room: Community Room - HAN
Age Group: Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18)
Program Type: Science, Technology & Maker, Fun & Games
Registration Required
Event Details:

Attention Legomaniacs! Join other LEGO lovers in some bricktastic building fun! A different challenge each month! 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library. Please inform us of special needs two weeks prior to the program.

Photographs/Videography

Programs, events and classes may be photographed or videotaped for library promotional purposes. Your participation in programs signifies your permission for us to use any photos that we take of you. Please speak to a librarian at the event if you would prefer your photo not be taken.

Escape Room - Escape the Artist's Studio!

Saturday, August 30, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Combined Community Room 308/309 at Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Program Type:
Fun & Games, Summer Reading Club
Age Group:
Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18), Adults

You're an artist with a VERY big day coming up - your own premiere at a major art gallery! But wouldn't you know it, just as you're working on your masterpiece for the big day, your rival locks you in your studio and you can't get out!

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Room: Combined Community Room 308/309
Age Group: Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18), Adults
Program Type: Fun & Games, Summer Reading Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

You're an artist with a VERY big day coming up - your own premiere at a major art gallery! But wouldn't you know it, just as you're working on your masterpiece for the big day, your rival locks you in your studio and you can't get out!

Escape Room - Escape the Artist's Studio!

Saturday, August 30, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Combined Community Room 308/309 at Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Program Type:
Fun & Games, Summer Reading Club
Age Group:
Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18), Adults

You're an artist with a VERY big day coming up - your own premiere at a major art gallery! But wouldn't you know it, just as you're working on your masterpiece for the big day, your rival locks you in your studio and you can't get out!

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Room: Combined Community Room 308/309
Age Group: Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18), Adults
Program Type: Fun & Games, Summer Reading Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

You're an artist with a VERY big day coming up - your own premiere at a major art gallery! But wouldn't you know it, just as you're working on your masterpiece for the big day, your rival locks you in your studio and you can't get out!

Escape Room - Escape the Artist's Studio!

Saturday, August 30, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Combined Community Room 308/309 at Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Program Type:
Fun & Games, Summer Reading Club
Age Group:
Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18), Adults

You're an artist with a VERY big day coming up - your own premiere at a major art gallery! But wouldn't you know it, just as you're working on your masterpiece for the big day, your rival locks you in your studio and you can't get out!

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Room: Combined Community Room 308/309
Age Group: Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18), Adults
Program Type: Fun & Games, Summer Reading Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

You're an artist with a VERY big day coming up - your own premiere at a major art gallery! But wouldn't you know it, just as you're working on your masterpiece for the big day, your rival locks you in your studio and you can't get out!

Escape Room - Escape the Artist's Studio!

Saturday, August 30, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Combined Community Room 308/309 at Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Program Type:
Fun & Games, Summer Reading Club
Age Group:
Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18), Adults

You're an artist with a VERY big day coming up - your own premiere at a major art gallery! But wouldn't you know it, just as you're working on your masterpiece for the big day, your rival locks you in your studio and you can't get out!

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Room: Combined Community Room 308/309
Age Group: Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18), Adults
Program Type: Fun & Games, Summer Reading Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

You're an artist with a VERY big day coming up - your own premiere at a major art gallery! But wouldn't you know it, just as you're working on your masterpiece for the big day, your rival locks you in your studio and you can't get out!

Escape Room - Escape the Artist's Studio!

Saturday, August 30, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Combined Community Room 308/309 at Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Program Type:
Fun & Games, Summer Reading Club
Age Group:
Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18), Adults

You're an artist with a VERY big day coming up - your own premiere at a major art gallery! But wouldn't you know it, just as you're working on your masterpiece for the big day, your rival locks you in your studio and you can't get out!

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Room: Combined Community Room 308/309
Age Group: Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18), Adults
Program Type: Fun & Games, Summer Reading Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

You're an artist with a VERY big day coming up - your own premiere at a major art gallery! But wouldn't you know it, just as you're working on your masterpiece for the big day, your rival locks you in your studio and you can't get out!

September Craft Kit - Decorate a Notebook (SMI)

All Day 9/2 - 9/25
Smithsburg Library
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18)

Pick up a notebook and some craft supplies to create a new notebook for school. While supplies last.

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Library Branch: Smithsburg Library
Age Group: Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18)
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Pick up a notebook and some craft supplies to create a new notebook for school. While supplies last.

Homeschool at the Library

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Community Room - CLE at Clear Spring Branch
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts, Science, Technology & Maker, Fun & Games
Age Group:
Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18)
STEM/STEAM Programming:

(Science, Technology, Engineering and Math/Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) themed programs during the school year.

Join us for a variety of STEM activities, crafts and more.  Please check with Clear Spring Branch manager for details of each month's event.

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Clear Spring Branch
Room: Community Room - CLE
Age Group: Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18)
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts, Science, Technology & Maker, Fun & Games
Registration Required
Event Details:
(Science, Technology, Engineering and Math/Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) themed programs during the school year.

Join us for a variety of STEM activities, crafts and more.  Please check with Clear Spring Branch manager for details of each month's event.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.