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Resource Referral

Walk-In Resource Referral

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Large Meeting Room - Westland at Westland Area Library

Program Type:

Educational, Life Skills, Other

Age Group:

Adults
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - Westland
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Educational, Life Skills, Other
Event Details:

Come meet our social work intern(s) and learn about free/low-cost community resources!

Holiday Greeting Cards

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Large Meeting Room A - Grove City at Grove City Library

Program Type:

Arts, Crafts & Hobbies

Age Group:

Kids (grades K-5)
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Large Meeting Room A - Grove City
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5)
Program Type: Arts, Crafts & Hobbies
Event Details:

Stop in for a cozy afternoon drinking hot chocolate and creating your own holiday cards for friends, family, or community workers with library-provided supplies! Don’t know how to make a card?

Spools of yarn

Fiber Fanatics

Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Large Meeting Room - Westland at Westland Area Library

Program Type:

Arts, Crafts & Hobbies

Age Group:

Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - Westland
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Program Type: Arts, Crafts & Hobbies
Event Details:

Do you enjoy needlecrafts and socializing with fellow fiber fanatics? Join us in a crafting session and work on your projects while chatting and trading tips!  

Party with the Grinch

Monday, December 15, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:45pm
GCL Youth Services Area at Grove City Library

Program Type:

Arts, Crafts & Hobbies, Books & Reading, Performance/Presentation

Age Group:

Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: GCL Youth Services Area
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Arts, Crafts & Hobbies, Books & Reading, Performance/Presentation
Event Details:

Join us for a winter bash that'll be anything but a humbug! With crafts, games, snacks, and even a visit from the Grinch himself, this party is sure to make your heart grow three sizes!

Santa Visit

Monday, December 15, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
WAL Youth Services Program Space at Westland Area Library

Program Type:

Family, Performance/Presentation

Age Group:

Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
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: Family, Performance/Presentation
Event Details:

Join us for a special visit with the jolly fella from the North Pole! Santa is making a stop at the Westland Area Library for pictures and hot cocoa. All ages are welcome to participate in this holiday event.

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Cardboard Loom Weaving

6:00pm–7:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Small Meeting Room B - Grove City
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts, Crafts & Hobbies
Registration Required
Event Details:

Create a simple heart-shaped woven coaster with cardboard and leftover yarn!  Registration Required.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Animal Tracks and Signs

4:00pm–5:00pm
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
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
Event Details:

Look for clues with a naturalist from Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park and find out what animals live in the park by identifying tracks, scat, sounds and other tell-tale signs of animal life.

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.

Job Search Assistance

4:00pm–5:45pm
Adults
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Public PCs - Westland
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Life Skills
Event Details:

Career consultant Tim McNish will provide individual résumé advice and answer your job search questions at Westland Area Library within a 30-minute session.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Adult Book Discussion

4:00pm–5:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - Westland
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:

Join us in January for a lively discussion of

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Loon the Therapy Dog

11:00am–12:00pm
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
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:

Therapy dogs at the library. Meet a visiting therapy dog, a goldendoodle named Loon. Loon thinks libraries are great, she thinks you're great too and would love for you to visit her at the library.

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.

Seasons Across the Universe

1:00pm–2:00pm
Adults, All Ages
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Large Meeting Room A - Grove City
Age Group: Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Educational
Event Details:

January in Ohio may be cold, but what if you were to spend a winter season on Pluto? Or take a (very short) vacation on the Sun?

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Fiber Fanatics

2:00pm–3:00pm
Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - Westland
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Program Type: Arts, Crafts & Hobbies
Event Details:

Do you enjoy needlecrafts and socializing with fellow fiber fanatics? Join us in a crafting session and work on your projects while chatting and trading tips!  

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Card Game Mondays

6:00pm–7:30pm
Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Cancelled
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Community Education Room
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Program Type: Games, Gaming & Puzzles
Event Details:

Monthly program. Play Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, or any other card game that suits your fancy with others at the Westland Area Library.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Job Search Assistance / BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

5:00pm–7:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Study Room 124
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Life Skills
Event Details:

*BY APPOINTMENT ONLY!* Get individual résumé advice and your job search questions answered in a session at Grove City Library with career consultant Tim McNish. Offered every other Tuesday at Grove City unless otherwise noted.

Fun with Fibers

6:00pm–7:00pm
Adults
Cancelled
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Small Meeting Room B - Grove City
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts, Crafts & Hobbies
Event Details:

Cancelled

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Walk-in Resource Referral

11:00am–12:00pm
Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - Westland
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Program Type: Educational, Life Skills, Other
Event Details:

Come meet our social work intern and learn about free/low-cost community resources! No appointment needed during program times, but appointments are available if these times do not work for you - email socialworkintern@swpl.org.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

From the Museums to Your Library

4:00pm–5:00pm
Adults, All Ages
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - Westland
Age Group: Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Arts, Crafts & Hobbies
Event Details:

Virtually explore world-class museums and their works at the library. Library staff will act as docents or guides to the museums near and far—all from the comfort of the Westland Area Library’s meeting room.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Job Search Assistance

4:00pm–5:45pm
Adults
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Public PCs - Westland
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Life Skills
Event Details:

Career consultant Tim McNish will provide individual résumé advice and answer your job search questions at Westland Area Library within a 30-minute session.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Adaptive Art for Adults

11:00am–12:00pm
Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - Westland
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Program Type: Arts, Crafts & Hobbies, Life Skills, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Adults with disabilities and their caregivers are invited to join us to make an abstract art piece! 

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Keys to Managing Diabetes with Confidence

1:00pm–2:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Small Meeting Room B - Grove City
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Educational
Event Details:

This informative and educational health session will assist you in learning about diabetic nutrition, medication management, glucose monitoring, the benefits of exercise, and new advances in technology regarding A1C.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Retro-Video Game Club

3:00pm–4:00pm
Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Cancelled
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - Westland
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Program Type: Games, Gaming & Puzzles
Event Details:

Step back in time at the Westland Area Library to play some classic retro video games and talk with others about everything Atari, Nintendo, Sega, and more! Children are welcome with parental supervision.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Legal Advice with LASCO

3:45pm–5:45pm
Adults
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Community Education Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

Monthly walk-in program offered the 3rd Tuesday of each month.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

In Other Worlds Book Club

6:30pm–7:30pm
Adults
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Small Meeting Room B - Grove City
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:

Adult fantasy lovers, join us every month to discuss popular fantasy reads! Featured this quarter:

December 16: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Walk-in Resource Referral

11:00am–12:00pm
Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - Westland
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Program Type: Educational, Life Skills, Other
Event Details:

Come meet our social work intern and learn about free/low-cost community resources! No appointment needed during program times, but appointments are available if these times do not work for you - email socialworkintern@swpl.org.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Jigsaw Puzzle Exchange

4:00pm–5:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Large Meeting Room A - Grove City
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Games, Gaming & Puzzles
Event Details:

Drop in and bring your gently used puzzles to exchange with other participants. Puzzles for ages 12+ please. 

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Job Search Assistance

4:00pm–5:45pm
Adults
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Public PCs - Westland
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Life Skills
Event Details:

Career consultant Tim McNish will provide individual résumé advice and answer your job search questions at Westland Area Library within a 30-minute session.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Books with Bo (GCPD Therapy K9)

4:30pm–5:30pm
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
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
Event Details:

Enjoy time with our favorite GCPD Therapy K9, Bo! Bo is a Great Pyrenees and loves pets, snuggles, and to be read to. Stop by to meet Bo and his handler Officer Shaw. 

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Adult Take & Make: A Doodle A Day

All Day
Adults
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts, Crafts & Hobbies, Take & Make
Event Details:

Grab an Adult Take & Make kit to enjoy a craft or activity at home. Offered at Grove City Library, first-come, first-served while supplies last. Take one home when visiting or call to check availability. One per household please. 

Résumé Workshop

10:30am–12:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Public PCs - Westland
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Life Skills
Registration Required
Event Details:

Get résumé assistance with longtime career consultant Tim McNish to get that job in the new year! This program is in partnership with Jewish Family Services. All are welcome!

Disclaimer(s)

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.