Volunteering at the Cobourg Library
The Library is pleased to welcome volunteers back into the Library!
If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out our Volunteer Application Form
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Adult and Teen Programs: Assisting staff to prepare, set up, and clean up for adult and teen programs.
Child and Family Programs: Assisting staff to prepare, set up, and clean up for child and family programs.
Community Outreach: Attending at community events with staff, to publicize the library.
Cricut Machine Volunteers: Assisting with the Cricut machine in helping us create merchandise and advertisement materials where necessary.
Shelf Reading & Organizing: Attending at the Library to organize books in accordance with the Dewey decimal and alphabetical systems we have in place.
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| Youth Knitting Group |
Youth Knitting Group
Location: Cobourg Public Library
Summary: This is a volunteer opportunity you can do from home. Youth Knitters create hats, mittens, scarves and slippers for the most vulnerable in our community to be provided to the Cobourg Public Library and distributed through our Mitten Tree (or a variation thereof) and to local non-profit organizations that help homeless folks.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Submit one or more (there is no limit) of the following items within 12 months and receive the following amount of volunteer hours per item, once submitted:
- Hat (for 2 volunteer hours)
- Mittens (2 volunteer hours)
- Scarf (3 volunteer hours)
- Slippers (2 volunteer hours)
Skills and Qualifications:
- 14 - 19 years old
- An interest and ability in knitting
- Must attend high school at Cobourg Collegiate Institute (CCI), William Academy or St. Mary Secondary
Screening Requirement: You must be able to knit and have access to your own knitting materials.
Reference Check? No
Screening Process: Yes.
Each Applicant will have to meet with the Community Engagement Assistant by Zoom or phone to confirm their goals and go over how to submit items.
Interested? Then send in your application today!
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Log your Volunteer Hours with this online form
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Home Delivery Service
The Cobourg Public Library offers a free Home Bound Delivery service for Cobourg, Bewdley and Gores Landing residents who cannot make it into the Library. Once every four weeks, we will deliver a new bag of Library materials to you and pick up the Library materials that are ready to be returned.
Who is eligible for Home Delivery?
Our Home Bound Delivery Service is for Cobourg, Bewdley and Gores Landing residents who cannot make it into the Library due to:
- Long-term illness
- Mobility issues
- Physical disability
- Visual disability
Where do we deliver?
We can only deliver to addresses within the Cobourg, Bewdley and Gores Landing area, including:
- Long-term care facilities
- Nursing homes
- Private homes
- Retirement homes
- Seniors' apartments
What can be borrowed?
Library materials from our fiction and non-fiction collections that can be borrowed include:
- Books on CD
- DVDs
- Music CDs
- Paperbacks
- Regular print and large print books
Library materials that cannot be borrowed through our Home Delivery service include:
- Quick Reads
- Fast Flicks
- Binge Bundles
- Interlibrary loans
How does it work?
Deliveries
Once every four weeks, we will deliver a bag of Library materials to your residence. At the same time, we will pick up any Library materials that are ready to be returned.
Selection of Library materials
For both our Home Delivery and Library Pickup services, Library materials are selected either by:
- Library staff, based on your reading interests with the help of your volunteer.
Register for Home Delivery
To register for either our Home Delivery or Library Pickup services, or for more information, contact the Home Delivery office by:
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