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
Special Events
IRS VITA Income Tax Filing Service for individuals with incomes of $67,000 or less. By appointment only. Call 336-835-5586, beginning Thursday, January 16, for appmnts on Mondays and Thursdays, January 27-April 7.
Learn to Code with Treehouse – Drop in information session Thursday February 13, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. or 2 – 6 p.m. Contact the library for more information or to fill out an interest form.
Build Computer Skills – NorthStar Digital Literacy Drop in information session, Tuesday, February 11 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. or 2 – 4 p.m. Learn more at the Elkin Library.
BOOK CHAT – The American Queen by Vanessa Miller Thursday, February 20 at 6:45 p.m. To reserve a book or receive the online link, call 336-835-5586 or email elk@nwrl.org. American Queen is the February NC Reads title. Join us on Tuesday, February 25 at 6 p.m. for a live virtual discussion with Vanessa Miller. You can sign up to access this discussion from home at NC Reads Virtual Program.
Yarning Around, Mondays Bring your own knitting project and enjoy our conversations. February 3 & 10; 5:45 – 7 p.m.
Book Chat If a virtual meeting link is required, email elk@nwrl.org
NC State Extension Master Gardener Voluteers in Sury County Presents
Growing Great Greens!
- Tuesday, February 25, 1 p.m. – Lowgap Public Library
- Saturday, March 1, 10:30 a.m. – Elkin Public Library
- Friday, March 7, 10:30 a.m. – Charles H. Stone Public Library, Pilot Mtn
Learn how to grow great salad greens all winter AND save money!
Join NC State Extension Master Gardener℠ volunteers of Surry County to learn options for cold frames used in winter. Participants will plant lettuce seeds, one of the more expensive gourmet items at the market! Materials will be provided. Everyone is welcome! Come join the fun and learn!
Click here to register or call us at 336-401-8025.
NC Cooperative Extension is an Equal Opportunity Provider.
Teen Events
YA Blind Date with a Book Teens, check out the YA display and pick out your mystery book! Will it be love at first line, or will there be no chemistry? Fill out the Rate Your Date bookmark found in your book by February 28 and give it to the librarian for a chance to win a prize!
Kid Events
Tiny Tots Storytime, ages 6 months -2 years 10 a.m. Fridays
Preschool Storytime, ages 3-5 years, 11 a.m. Fridays
Bookworm Book Club, Registration required 336-835-5586
Lego Hour – Pop in and play on Tuesdays February 4 and 18 from 10 – 11:30 a.m.
Afternoon Classic Book Storytime – February’s book pick is Little House in the Big Woods. Monday – Friday February 3-13. 3:15-4 p.m.
STEAM for Grades k-5 – Tuesday, Feburary 25, 3:30 p.m. February is the month of hearts so let’s discover the one inside our bodies – Registration required – call 336-835-5535 or email elk@nwrl.org
Library Staff
Martha Smith – Branch Manager
Abby Walker – Assistant Branch Manager
Cassidy Transou – Library Programs Assistant
Carolina Del Moral – Library Programs Assistant
Sheila Kelly – Library 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