2023 Spring E-Newsletter

Volunteer Video is Now Available!

We have had several people ask if the volunteer video that was shown at the 50th Anniversary Gala could be made available for people to have a copy.  Well, you asked and we listened!  We even added background music. You can bring by a flash drive during our open hours 10am-3pm Mondays and Thursdays and we will down load you a copy.

Meet Our New Education Intern...

Julia Michnowicz

Julia Michnowicz is an undergraduate honors scholar at UConn with a double major in Anthropology and Environmental Science. She is graduating in May 2023 and during the summer hopes to conduct field research with an environmental toxicology lab she is working in right now. Here with the Friends at Wood Memorial Library, she is helping to curate the upcoming exhibit, South Windsor Unearthed: Rarely Seen Indigenous Artifacts, which will open on June 10, 2023.

...and Volunteer
Mackenzie Gorman

Mackenzie Gorman graduated from Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts, with a major in history and minor in education. She enjoys working with kids and often volunteers in children’s programs at her church. Mackenzie also has a love of theater, having been involved in many productions as both cast and crew throughout her high school and college career. She hopes to use her passions to help others learn about history in creative and engaging ways.  As a volunteer she is working on accessioning Indigenous and Colonial education materials and with general help for the education department.

Museum Store Opens Saturday, March 25, 2023

Surprise!  You had no way of knowing that we trial tested some wholesale items in our Gingerbread House Festival shop this year, as an experiment, and we sold out of many of them!  Therefore, as requested by many for years, we have decided to pilot a small gift shop. We hope you will check it out the next time you’re in for a program, or stop by during our normal business hours. 

Back by popular demand are Swedish Dishcloths, locally sourced from Connecticut and magnetic bookmarks by an artist in Massachusetts.  New items to the shop include South Windsor notecards, elderberry syrup, and a variety of beautiful, nature-inspired children’s books.  Also for kids are 3D paper and wooden craft kits – choose from Eagle, Turtle, Butterfly and Woolly Mammoth! 

For a limited time, beginning March 25th in honor of our Maple Celebration in Nowashe Village, we will also have Passamaquoddy maple syrup direct from Maine.  Most items priced at $10 or less and you’ll be supporting cultural and educational programming offered by the Friends in both Wood Memorial Library and Nowashe Village. Please note you can still order several books through our online Museum Store.

Coming soon - Connecticut honey (both house blend and late harvest)

Call for Gardens for the Upcoming 2024 Tour

Do you have a backyard oasis that you are willing to share?  The Down to Earth Garden Club and the Friends of Wood Memorial Library collaborate to host a garden tour every other year.  We are looking for garden hosts for our 2024 tour to be held on June 9. 

We seek a diverse selection of gardens that reflect the homeowners unique tastes with garden selection in June of 2023. Then, homeowners open their yards to ticket holders on the tour date in 2024 to support this significant fundraiser.  

If you know of a garden that may fit the tour or want to volunteer your own yard please contact Cate Evans at [email protected] or 860 593-7163.