Elkin Public Library
Branch Info
111 North Front Street
Elkin, NC 28621
Phone: 336-835-5586
Fax: 336-835-5008
elk@nwrl.org
Hours
Mon & Thurs: 8:30 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Tues, Wed, Fri: 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Sat: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Sun: Closed
Free WiFi available 24/7
What’s Happening at the Elkin Public Library
The Elkin Public Library will be CLOSED on Friday, August 21 for Staff Development Day.
We’ll be back to welcome you Saturday, August 22 at 10 am.
Community Events
Help us fill 24 backpacks for local students!
August 1-13
We have the backpacks, but we need help with supplies!
School Supplies Needed:
Glue sticks, scissors, pencils, highlighters, 24 ct crayons, 2-pocket folders, black or blue pens, pink erasers, composition notebooks, index cards, hand sanitizer, tissues, 3-ring binders, colored pencils…
Free Community Meal – Sunday, August 2 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. – Free Meal for anyone in need, no need to sign up, no requirements.
Location: Elkin Valley Baptist Church, 118 N Elkin Dr. Elkin
Health Education with the Aging Resource Team – Thursday, August 13 from 12 to 1 p.m. – Educational talk for caregivers and the public, in partnership with Partners Behavioral Health
Medicare 101 Educational Session – Thursday, August 20 at 10 a.m. – Feeling confused about Medicare? Join us for a public information session with Blair Lambert from Next Horizon Insurance Services.
This is for any senior interested in learning how to navigate the Medicare maze.
Yadkin Valley Mutual Aid Clothing Drive – Donate clothes in August!
Elkin Public Library is a drop off location for the clothing swap happening here on September 26, during the Pumpkin Festival.
Please bring clean, gently used clothes in a bag.
Adult Events
Knitting & Crochet Group – Monday, August 3 and Monday, August 10 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. –
Join us on the first two Mondays of each month to knit, crochet & have a good conversation. All skill levels welcome!
Granny Square Project – This project is scheduled to run through September 2026.
August Wrap-Up!
Our Yarning Around Group is putting the finishing touches on the blankets that will be donated to our community in September.
We are creating lap blankets for our hospice community. Everyone is invited to make one granny square each week, and our Yarning Around group will assemble the blankets to donate to those in hospice care. We’d love your help—call us for more details!
Book Brunch – Thursday, August 27 at 11 a.m. – This month’s genre: Historical Fiction. “The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek” by Kim Michele Richardson.
Grab your book and a snack to share!
Adult Scarecrow Craft – Monday, August 31, from 5 to 7 p.m. – Fall is just around the corner, and we’re celebrating with a fun Scarecrow Craft!
*Registration required!* Call (336) 835-5586
Preschool Storytimes
Tiny Tot Storytime – Fridays at 10 a.m. – Ages birth to 2 years – Friday, August 28th. No Storytime on August 7, 14 & 21 due to Staff Development Days.
For children ages 6 months to 2 years. No registration required!
Preschool Storytime – Fridays at 11 a.m. – Ages 3 to 5 years – Friday, August 28th. No Storytime on August 7, 14 & 21 due to Staff Development Days.
For children ages 6 months to 2 years. No registration required!
Back to School Bash! – Thursday, August 13 at 3:30 pm – We will have crafts, games, snacks, music, and more!
Steam Storytime – Wednesday, August 19 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. – For children ages 5 to 10 years.
Join us for this month’s STEAM Storytime: Whatever Floats Your Boat! We’ll be learning about the physics of buoyancy and competing to make the strongest aluminum foil boat!
Teen and Tween Events
DIY Fidget Art – Tuesday, August 18 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. – Ages 11 and up! Come use paper and tape to make your own paper squishies.
Please register at 336-835-5586 or ctransou@nwrl.org.
Young Adult Book Club – Tuesday, August 25 at 11:00 a.m. – Homeschool teen book club is back! Any homeschoolers ages 11-18 are invited. Let’s hangout, have snacks, and choose books for the upcoming months!
After School Relax & Recharge! – Wednesday, August 26 from 3 to 5 p.m. – Middle school and high school students are welcome to drop in after school for snacks, PG movies, and a cool, quiet place to rest after school.
Library Staff
Abby Walker – Branch Manager
Carolina Del Moral – Assistant Branch Manager
Cassidy Transou – Library Programs Assistant
Polly Kreh – Children’s Programs Assistant
Sarah Dulin – Programs Assistant
Friends of the Library
The Friends of the Elkin Public Library have been supporting the Library since 1964. The funds they raise enable the Library to purchase books, e-books, audios, videos, computer equipment, educational programs, and furniture. The Friends sponsor literacy outreach to area pre-schools in the spring and summer reading programs for all ages. Fall events are a two-week Used Book Sale in September and winter holidays Downtown Elkin Light-Up Night puppet shows. Members also facilitate the gift of a book to all newborn babies at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Please join the fun and jump start new library-centered activities!
Elkin Friends of the Library
Lee Villiers, President
Sarah Joyner, Vice President
Dee Ripley, Treasurer
Karen Alley, Secretary
Nancy Ball
Jessica Gilley
Stephanie Graff
Maureen McCartan
Claire Sellars
Local Advisory Board
The Elkin Public Library Board is an advisory board appointed by the Town of Elkin. Members serve for three years. Applications to serve on the Board may be submitted at any time to the Town offices at 226 North Bridge St., Elkin, NC.
Eris Ball, Chair
Shawna Poindexter, Secretary
Mary Blackburn
Anne Gulley
Leath Henderson*
Emily Rycroft
Lyle Sacco
April Swarey
Lee Villiers, Friends of the Library
*Regional Board Representatives
Meeting Dates
4th Thursday of January, March, May, and September; 1st Thursday of November.
Services & Information
Volunteer
Interested in volunteering at the Library? Complete this Volunteer Application form. The Branch Librarian will tell you in what area extra assistance is needed and how your skills and talents may be used. You may also volunteer through the Friends of the Library.
Elkin Endowment
The Elkin Public Library Endowment was established by the Elkin Public Library Board of Trustees in 2012 with a bequest from Ola Williams Hendren.
Elkin Public Library Endowment
The Elkin Public Library Endowment was established by the Elkin Public Library Board of Trustees in 2012 with a bequest from Ola Williams Hendren. It honors the spirit Mrs. Hendren and her husband Lin, their passion, curiosity, and wonder for the natural world and their love for the library and local community in which they lived. Mrs. Hendren specified that the gift be used for library improvements deemed to be “in the best interest of the Elkin Public Library.” The governing body of the Endowment is the Elkin Public Library Board of Trustees. The endowed fund’s principal amount is administered by the Winston-Salem Foundation (WSF).
We invite you to contribute to the Elkin Public Library Endowment. The Trustees seek to grow the fund through an annual solicitation of gifts of $1,000 or more and through a planned giving program. Gifts may be made payable to The Winston-Salem Foundation, earmarked for Elkin Public Library Endowment C0612. Online giving is available by clicking here (click on Named Funds, enter Elkin Public Library Endowment, then follow the prompts). If you are interested in including the Elkin Public Library Endowment in your estate plans, please contact the Elkin Branch Manager at 336-835-5586 or Philanthropic Services at the Winston-Salem Foundation 336-725-2382.
Ways to Use the Endowment
The EPL Board of Trustees governs expenditures of Endowment funds. These funds supplement the Library’s annual operating budget based on public funds appropriated by the Town of Elkin and by Surry County, North Carolina. Monies from the Endowment have been used to enrich library services for the public, including the purchase of books for all ages, electronic resources, audios and videos, and computer hardware and software, and educational programs. If you have a suggestion or project that might use the funds, you may apply to the Board. The project must be related to or benefit the Elkin Public Library. Please discuss your idea with the Branch Manager.
Memorial & Gift Books
The Library is pleased to accept donations to purchase collection items in honor or memory of friends and family. Please fill out the form below and mail it with payment to the attention of Branch Manager Elkin Public Library, 111 North Front St., Elkin NC 28621