Adult
Book People Pumpkin Contest
Decorate a pumpkin or gourd to look like your favorite storybook character. Prizes for preschool, K-2nd grade, 3rd-6th grade, teen and adult categories. Entries must be real pumpkin or gourd decorated and/or painted but NOT carved. All submissions must brought between November 4th and 7th and be picked up by November 14th.
Book People Pumpkin Decorating
Come to the Community Room to use our materials to get your pumpkin ready for our Book People Pumpkin contest. Bring your own pumpkin or use one we provide (supply is limited). Create your favorite storybook character.
Books Come Alive
Costumed characters will roam the library. Meet Dorothy and Glinda from the Wizard of Oz and perhaps some other famous book characters.
Appreciation Day
Enjoy morning coffee and newspapers in the Community Room.
Ornament Craft Table
Make ornaments from old book pages and decorative paper. Keep your ornament or leave it to help decorate the library's trees at the Court House and the Jay County Historical Museum.
Senior Tech Lab at John Jay Center
John Jay Center 101 S Meridian St, Portland, IN, United StatesAn open lab session where you can get tips and ask your tech questions of Cheryl Lucas from the library.
Board Games Afternoon
Play board games all afternoon at the library. Use the games in our collection or bring your own. Between 2:00 and 4:00 pm you can even play Life Size Candy Land.
Life-Size Candy Land
Play the life-size Candy Land set up in the Children's area. (Imagine yourself the size of the game pieces.) Enjoy regular sized board games too.
JayCPL Book Group
The group will discuss Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World by Scott Russell Sanders, author of 20 books of fiction and non-fiction living in Bloomington, Indiana.
Hook & Needles Club
Bring your own supplies and projects, or help make ornaments for the library's Christmas trees, work on finishing up your gift projects, share ideas.
Multicultural Traditions & Celebrations Expo
From Noche Buena and Our Lady of Guadalupe to traditions from India and Japan, different cultures celebrate holidays, well, differently. Come see some of the traditions and holidays celebrated by families in our community. Visit displays and talk to volunteers who have come to share their traditions with you. Maybe you will even get a... Read more »
JayCPL Coupon Club
Looking to save money on your grocery bill, food for your pet or maybe bargains for your Christmas list? Join us to learn about ways to save with coupons both paper and electronic. Bring any coupons with you that you would be willing to share. Meet in the Friends Room, just past the electronic gallery.... Read more »