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Poppy the Therapy Dog sits in front of the camera. She is a white golden retriever.

Poppy the Therapy Dog

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
WAL Youth Services Program Space at Westland Area Library
Program Type:
Animals & Nature
Age Group:
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
Event Details:

Come meet therapy dog Poppy, a white golden retriever and goodest girl. Poppy loves books, people, and the library. Poppy will be hanging out with us the 2nd Saturday of each month...

Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: WAL Youth Services Program Space
Age Group: Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Animals & Nature
Event Details:

Come meet therapy dog Poppy, a white golden retriever and goodest girl. Poppy loves books, people, and the library. Poppy will be hanging out with us the 2nd Saturday of each month this Spring. 

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Library events may be photographed/filmed for promotion in library publications and online. Attendance automatically confers consent for your likeness to be used. Please notify staff if you do not wish for you or your child to be photographed.

A close-up collection of retro game controllers is shown. Nintendo, Super Nintendo and two different original Playstation controllers

Retro Video Games

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Community Education Room at Westland Area Library
Age Group:
All Ages
Event Details:

Step back in time where couch co-op was the only way to play multiplayer. Come together with friends and family to play the best video games of decades past. Children welcome with ...

Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Community Education Room
Age Group: All Ages
Event Details:

Step back in time where couch co-op was the only way to play multiplayer. Come together with friends and family to play the best video games of decades past. Children welcome with parental supervision.

Therapy dog Bo, a Great Pyrenees, happily lays in the middle of a group of young children petting him

Books with Bo

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Small Meeting Room B - Grove City at Grove City Library
Program Type:
Animals & Nature, Books & Reading
Age Group:
All Ages
Event Details:

Enjoy time with our favorite fluffy therapy dog, Bo, who is now an official Therapy K9 with the Grove City Division of Police! Visit with Bo and his handler, School Resource Office...

Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Small Meeting Room B - Grove City
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Animals & Nature, Books & Reading
Event Details:

Enjoy time with our favorite fluffy therapy dog, Bo, who is now an official Therapy K9 with the Grove City Division of Police! Visit with Bo and his handler, School Resource Officer Shaw, in the Youth Services Department.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Library events may be photographed/filmed for promotion in library publications and online. Attendance automatically confers consent for your likeness to be used. Please notify staff if you do not wish for you or your child to be photographed.

red tailed hawk in flight

Hunters of the Sky with Glen Helen Raptor Center

Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Large Meeting Room A - Grove City at Grove City Library
Program Type:
Animals & Nature, Educational, Performance/Presentation
Age Group:
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
Event Details:

Have you ever looked up to the sky and wondered what types of magnificent avian hunters you saw zooming overhead? In this program, learn about three types of Ohio native raptors, a...

Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Large Meeting Room A - Grove City
Age Group: Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Animals & Nature, Educational, Performance/Presentation
Event Details:

Have you ever looked up to the sky and wondered what types of magnificent avian hunters you saw zooming overhead?

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Library events may be photographed/filmed for promotion in library publications and online. Attendance automatically confers consent for your likeness to be used. Please notify staff if you do not wish for you or your child to be photographed.

illustration of a book opened like a tent surrounded by science equipment and themes like a telescope, microscope, atom, DNA helix, etc.

Science World Tour - COSI Science Festival

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Large Meeting Room A - Grove City at Grove City Library
Program Type:
Educational, Family, STEAM
Age Group:
Kids (grades K-5), All Ages
Event Details:

Take a whirlwind tour of the world of science! Experiment with earth science, fascinate yourself with physics, bloom with biology, and cram in some chemistry. This program is put o...

Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Large Meeting Room A - Grove City
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5), All Ages
Program Type: Educational, Family, STEAM
Event Details:

Take a whirlwind tour of the world of science! Experiment with earth science, fascinate yourself with physics, bloom with biology, and cram in some chemistry.

Poppy the Therapy Dog sits in front of the camera. She is a white golden retriever.

Poppy the Therapy Dog

Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
WAL Youth Services Program Space at Westland Area Library
Program Type:
Animals & Nature
Age Group:
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
Event Details:

Come meet therapy dog Poppy, a white golden retriever and goodest girl. Poppy loves books, people, and the library. Poppy will be hanging out with us the 2nd Saturday of each month...

Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: WAL Youth Services Program Space
Age Group: Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Animals & Nature
Event Details:

Come meet therapy dog Poppy, a white golden retriever and goodest girl. Poppy loves books, people, and the library. Poppy will be hanging out with us the 2nd Saturday of each month this Spring. 

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Library events may be photographed/filmed for promotion in library publications and online. Attendance automatically confers consent for your likeness to be used. Please notify staff if you do not wish for you or your child to be photographed.

A close-up collection of retro game controllers is shown. Nintendo, Super Nintendo and two different original Playstation controllers

Retro Video Games

Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Large Meeting Room - Westland at Westland Area Library
Age Group:
All Ages
Event Details:

Step back in time where couch co-op was the only way to play multiplayer. Come together with friends and family to play the best video games of decades past. Children welcome with ...

Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - Westland
Age Group: All Ages
Event Details:

Step back in time where couch co-op was the only way to play multiplayer. Come together with friends and family to play the best video games of decades past. Children welcome with parental supervision.

SPL Board Meeting

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Community Education Room at Westland Area Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
All Ages
Event Details:

This is the monthly meeting of the Southwest Public Libraries Board of Trustees.

Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Community Education Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

This is the monthly meeting of the Southwest Public Libraries Board of Trustees.

Disclaimer(s)

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Therapy dog Bo, a Great Pyrenees, happily lays in the middle of a group of young children petting him

Books with Bo

Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Large Meeting Room A - Grove City at Grove City Library
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Age Group:
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), All Ages
Event Details:

Enjoy time with our favorite fluffy therapy dog, Bo, who is now an official Therapy K9 with the Grove City Division of Police! Visit with Bo and his handler, School Resource Office...

Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Large Meeting Room A - Grove City
Age Group: Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), All Ages
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:

Enjoy time with our favorite fluffy therapy dog, Bo, who is now an official Therapy K9 with the Grove City Division of Police! Visit with Bo and his handler, School Resource Officer Shaw, in the Youth Services Department.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Library events may be photographed/filmed for promotion in library publications and online. Attendance automatically confers consent for your likeness to be used. Please notify staff if you do not wish for you or your child to be photographed.

SPL Board Meeting

Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Large Meeting Room A - Grove City at Grove City Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
All Ages
Event Details:

This is the monthly meeting of the Southwest Public Libraries Board of Trustees.

Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Large Meeting Room A - Grove City
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

This is the monthly meeting of the Southwest Public Libraries Board of Trustees.

Disclaimer(s)

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

SPL Board Meeting

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Community Education Room at Westland Area Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
All Ages
Event Details:

This is the monthly meeting of the Southwest Public Libraries Board of Trustees.

Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Community Education Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

This is the monthly meeting of the Southwest Public Libraries Board of Trustees.

Disclaimer(s)

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

SPL Board Meeting

Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Large Meeting Room A - Grove City at Grove City Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
All Ages
Event Details:

This is the monthly meeting of the Southwest Public Libraries Board of Trustees.

Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Large Meeting Room A - Grove City
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

This is the monthly meeting of the Southwest Public Libraries Board of Trustees.

Disclaimer(s)

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

SPL Board Meeting

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Community Education Room at Westland Area Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
All Ages
Event Details:

This is the monthly meeting of the Southwest Public Libraries Board of Trustees.

Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Community Education Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

This is the monthly meeting of the Southwest Public Libraries Board of Trustees.

Disclaimer(s)

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

SPL Board Meeting

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Community Education Room at Westland Area Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
All Ages
Event Details:

This is the monthly meeting of the Southwest Public Libraries Board of Trustees.

Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Community Education Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

This is the monthly meeting of the Southwest Public Libraries Board of Trustees.

Disclaimer(s)

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.