The Richmond Hill Public Library

York Region Public Health Services has announced that the H1N1 flu vaccine will be available to all York Region residents (over the age of six months) who need and want protection from the H1N1 flu virus. The public H1N1 immunization clinic in Richmond Hill is at the Rouge Woods Community Centre (110 Shirley Drive).

Additional information on the virus can be found through the Town of Richmond Hill (www.richmondhill.ca/H1N1), the York Region Health Services Web site (www.york.ca/h1n1), the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care (www.ontario.ca/flu) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/alert-alerte/h1n1/fs-fr_h1n1-eng.php).

The Library asks for your help to protect your fellow library users and staff from the flu this season. If you or your child have flu-like symptoms, please refrain from bringing your child to the Library, particularly to storytime programs, until he or she is feeling better, to avoid risk of exposure for the other children.

On Friday October 23rd the Richmond Hill Public Library launched its LSP Celebration event. Our program directed at Newcomers to Canada has been very successful with over 548 people benefitting by the end of September. (Read More)

Visitors to the Library on Friday, October 23, enjoyed LSP day and learned about the Library Settlement Program.

The Library is pleased to announce that Barry Dempster, acclaimed poet, short story writer, novelist and editor, has been appointed Writer in Residence from October 1, 2009 to January 31, 2010. (Read More)

Local History Librarian Cameron Knight will lead 3 hands-on workshops in the Mary-Lou Griffin Local History Room at the Richmond Hill Central Library. The final workshop is Saturday, November 28th from 3:00 to 4:00 PM. (Read More)

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