February Bonus Borrows

Bonus Borrows are back! From February 1 - 28, access hundreds of audiobooks, ebooks, comics, and videos from hoopla without using your borrows.

Check out the bonus ebooks, audiobooks, & movies here.

Thank you to Big Y for choosing the James Blackstone Memorial Library for their Community Bag Program. We are thrilled to partner with our community!

If you are shopping at the Big Y on 1060 West Main Street in Branford, please consider purchasing a reusable Community Bag for $2.50. For every bag sold during the month of February 2023 the library will receive $1. 

For more info visit https://bigy.2givelocal.com/

Stress, Hormones & Inflammation: The True Cause of Weight Gain, Sickness & Disease
Free, in-person workshop on Thursday, February 9, 2023 @ 6pm
East West Integrative Health Clinic, 217 Montowese St, Branford CT

Join Dr. Lisa Rosenberger, ND, LAc of East West Integrative Health to learn how functional medicine addresses the root of the problem. If you are sick and tired of being sick and tired and looking for a different approach other than simply masking symptoms... make sure to attend!

Click here to register: https://ewihealth.com/register

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Here’s Where to Get FREE COVID Tests

How do you know what’s legit and what’s a scam? Read on.

There are four ways to get FREE at-home tests:
1. Visit COVID.gov/tests to order four free rapid tests per residential household. Or call 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489) to order. The Postal Service will start shipping them during the week of December 19, 2022.

2. Get free tests through your health insurance plan. Contact your provider to find an in-network pharmacy where you can get up to eight at-home COVID-19 tests per month. They’ll either be free on the spot or you’ll get fully reimbursed once you submit a claim to your insurance plan.

3. Get free tests through Medicare. Medicare beneficiaries can receive 8 free tests a month at participating pharmacies. Find a partial list of pharmacies participating in the Medicare COVID-19 Over-the-Counter tests initiative.

4. Check community testing sites, libraries, food banks, and schools in your area to see if they’re handing out rapid tests.

Remember: At COVID.gov/tests, there are no shipping costs, and no need to give a credit card number or anything but your home address. (You’ll have the option to share your email if you want updates.) And, as you take stock of what tests you have and what you might need, check to see if the expiration dates of your COVID-19 tests have been extended before you throw them out.