Birdhouse building sessions set at libraries

By Sequim Gazette Staff • June 26, 2019 1:30 am
The North Olympic Library System offers two upcoming Build a Birdhouse events events: June 28 in Port Angeles and July 16 in Sequim. Here, participants work on a birdhouse at similar event in 2017. Photo courtesy of North Olympic Library System
The North Olympic Library System offers two upcoming Build a Birdhouse events events: June 28 in Port Angeles and July 16 in Sequim. Here, participants work on a birdhouse at similar event in 2017. Photo courtesy of North Olympic Library System

This activity’s for the birds. The North Olympic Library System offers Build a Birdhouse events at local libraries this summer.

Sessions take place at 2 p.m. Friday, June 28, at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., and at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave. (In the case of inclement weather, the Sequim event will be held at Sequim Middle School, 301 W. Hendrickson Road.)

Library staff and volunteers lead this hands-on building workshop, and participants will walk away with a completed birdhouse. An adult must accompany children under the age of 8.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own hammers (if they have them), but the library will have some hammers available for use.

Lumber for the program was provided by Angeles Millwork and Hartnagel Building Supply, and the Country Woodwright cut lumber to create more than 300 kits.

The event is part of the North Olympic Library System’s 2019 Summer Reading Program, “A Universe of Stories.” This summertime program encourages children to keep reading during the summer break from school, features a reading challenge with fabulous prizes, and several events for all ages. The program runs through Aug. 17.

For more information about this and other events, visit www.nols.org/srp, call 360-417-8500 or email to discover@nols.org.