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
Community Events
Combating Social Isolation and Loneliness – Thursday, July 9 from 12 to 1 p.m. – Educational talk for caregivers and the public, in partnership with Partners Behavioral Health.
Medicare 101 Educational Session – Thursday, July 23 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 who is interested in learning how to navigate the Medicare maze.
Navigating Senior Care with CARE Patrol – Thursday, July 29 – from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. – Community event open to the public hosted by CARE Patrol of Winston Salem.
Adult Summer Events
Adult Summer Program – There are 2 easy ways to earn raffle entries:
- *Read a Book: During the summer, complete a book review form for each book you read (One per week!)
- *Attend an Adult Program: Participants may earn up to 2 entries per week: 1 book review entry and 1 event entry. Winners will be notified by phone and must pick up prizes at the Elkin Public Library.
Adult Salsa and Guacamole Making – Monday, July 6 from 3 to 5 p.m. – Adults are invited to join us at the Elkin Public Library for a salsa and guacamole cooking class. Prepare and taste your creations!
*Registration Required*
Call 336-835-5586 or email elk@nwrl.org
Pop Art with Michael Albert – Monday, July 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Teens, families, and adults are invited to a hands-on, modern Pop Art experience and workshop. Use consumer packaging to create artistic pieces with traveling artist, Michael Albert.
Ages 11 & Up!
Registration required!*
(336) 835-5586 or email: ctransou@nwrl.org
Gourmet Gladiators Cooking Competition – Tuesday, July 21 at 11 a.m. – Compete in one (or both!) categories: Sweet Vegetable or Savory Fruit
*Registration Required*
Bingo Night (Adults Only) – July 27 at 5 p.m. – Bring your book bucks and bid on prizes!
Knitting & Crochet Group – Monday, July 6 and Monday, July 13 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.
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, July 23 at 11 a.m. – This month’s genre is: THRILLER…
“Then She Was Gone” by Lisa Jewell
Grab your book and a snack to share!
Preschool Storytimes
Tiny Tot Storytime – Fridays at 10 a.m. – Ages birth to 2 years – Stories, songs and playtime.
Preschool Storytime – Fridays at 11 a.m. – Ages 3 to 5 years – Stories, songs and crafts.
Rising K - 5 Summer Events
June 12 – July 29
Wednesday, July 8 at 11 a.m. – Sigmon Theatrical – Big Dino Show! Meet at the Band Shell Stage
Wednesday, July 15 at 2 p.m. – Tea-Rex Party – Wear a fancy outfit, enjoy snacks and a story!
*Registration Required*
Wednesday, July 22 at 11 a.m. (All Ages) – Hobey Ford – Master Puppeteer – World-renowned puppeteer, Hobey Ford, brings “Animalia” to life with his lifelike animal puppets.
*Registration Required*
Tuesday, July 28 at 2 p.m. – Make Your Own Fossils – Bring your hands and feet to make fossilized handprints and footprints!
*Registration Required*
Thursday, July 30 at 11 a.m. – Slip-n-Slide Park Picnic – Bring your own lunch and come for Slip-n-Slide fun!
Meet at Elkin Municipal Park
Teen and Tween Summer Events
June 12 – July 29
Please sign up for all events!
Tween & Teen Summer Reading –
There is still time to sign up for Teen Summer Reading. Earn book bucks all summer and bid on prizes at the Book Buck Auction on July 31. Sign up anytime at the library!
Teen Guacamole Making – Tuesday, July 7 from 3 to 5 p.m. – Those aged 11 and up can join us at the Elkin Public Library to make GUACAMOLE! We will cut, chop, and mix ingredients – then taste our guac!
Please come with a parent/guardian OR have them come before the event to sign a waiver.
*Registration required!*
(336) 835-5586 or email ctransou@nwrl.org
T/w/een Art – Summertime Firely Art – Tuesday, July 14 from 3 to 5 p.m. –
Firefly Art day for tweens and teens ages 11 and up. Create a 3D, glowing firefly art piece at the Elkin Public Library. (Hot glue will be used.)
*Registration required!*
(336) 835-5586 or email: ctransou@nwrl.org
Tween/Teen – Glow Party – Thursday, July 16 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. – Come watch the library turn into a GLOW PARTY! Those ages 11 and up are invited to come play glow in the dark games, make glow in the dark crafts, and dance. Wear neon if you have it!
*Registration required!*
(336) 835-5586 or email ctransou@nwrl.org
Pop Art with Michael Albert – Monday, July 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Teens, families, and adults are invited to a hands-on, modern Pop Art experience and workshop. Use consumer packaging to create artistic pieces with traveling artist, Michael Albert.
Ages 11 & Up!
Registration required!*
(336) 835-5586 or email: ctransou@nwrl.org
Wednesday, July 22 at 11 a.m. (All Ages) – Hobey Ford – Master Puppeteer – World-renowned puppeteer, Hobey Ford, brings “Animalia” to life with his lifelike animal puppets.
*Registration Required*
Book Buck Auction – Friday, July 31 at 3 pm –
Tweens and teens… this is what you have been working all summer for. The
BOOK BUCK AUCTION!
Bring your journals, cash in your book bucks, and bid on prizes. No registration required.
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