The Quarryville Library, 357 Buck Road, Quarryville, will host a fundraising event on Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The rain-or-shine event will include a barbecue, plant sale and book sale to raise money for the library's programs and projects.

The barbecue will be operated by the Wakefield Lions Club. Tickets are available for a set price and will include a half-chicken, chips and a bottle of water. To purchase a meal ticket, visit the library and inquire at the front desk.

House plants, garden plants and herbs will be available to purchase from a variety of local greenhouses. Books donated by the Friends of the Library will also be available to purchase during the event and will include both new and used books.

This is the third annual fundraising event that the Quarryville Library has organized, the first of which was held in April 2021. The library introduced the event as a way to let the community know that the library was open after the COVID-19 pandemic, to raise funds for new programs and to help with the building's upkeep costs. "We wanted to get people back together again, and we've been able to sell around 300 meals every year," said Susan Eshleman, executive director of the Quarryville Library. "It gives us a bit of money to do things with, and it gets everybody out of the house and seeing each other."

How the money raised from the event is used depends on what the library currently needs; it hopes to use the funds from this year's sale to repair the building's gutter system and patch up the sidewalks outside. Recently, the library completed a project to restore the pavement on the property.

In addition to supporting the library's maintenance projects, the proceeds from the fundraiser will support a variety of programs at the library. In March, the library offered a weekly session that was hosted by Robert Frick, a local historian and retired Lampeter-Strasburg School District superintendent. Frick provided lectures that covered several Supreme Court cases and discussed their decisions and impacts.

On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, the library offers workshops on technological literacy. During the workshops, Josh Gastineau, a graduate student at Millersville University, offers presentations on how to spot online scams and provides tips for basic computer use.

On April 12, the library concluded a series of family-oriented programs to offer parents information on topics such as early literacy, speech development and pediatric nutrition. Family movie nights, story time activities and youth programs will be offered throughout the month of May. "We want to be here to serve the community. Whatever people need and would like to see," Eshleman said. "We hope these programs meet those needs, and if they don't, we're open to suggestions."

For more information, visit https://quarryvillelibrary.org/events.