March will be an exciting time at St. John the Baptist Parish Library. In celebrating the Easter holiday, each library branch will participate in a program dedicated to it.

The Garyville Library will be hosting an Easter egg paper plate craft at 3:30 p.m. March 14. Children, ages 5 and up, have a chance to be creative by using different accessories to make a one-of-a-kind Easter egg. They can then use the egg as Easter décor for at home or school.

The Reserve Library, Central Library and Edgard Library will all be hosting Easter egg hunts.

The Reserve Library will host their hunt at 4 p.m. March 21. The Central Library will have their Easter egg hunt at 10 a.m. March 23. The Edgard Library will also host an Easter egg hunt at 3 p.m. March 23.

Children, ages 3 to 10, will hunt for plastic colorful Easter eggs hidden on the outside lawn of each library. The Reserve Library will also host an Easter-inspired Children Make Shoppe at 5:30 p.m. March 21.

The Central Library will continue to host Walkout with Your Friends for all adult patrons. This will be a weekly program offered at the library, which will be held at 10:30 a.m. every Wednesday in March.

At 3:30 p.m. today, volunteers from the World War II Museum will visit, sharing stories using slideshows and artifacts from the museum that are authentic World War II pieces of history. Other adult programming will feature the Cookbook Book Club meeting at 11:30 a.m. March 17.

Tweens and teens will join the Good Luck Around the World campaign, by creating Shamrock String Art on March 14 at 6 p.m., Good Luck Evil Eyes on March 21 at 6 p.m. and Good Luck Cat Magnets on March 28 at 6 p.m.

Children’s programming will include, Reading! Rhythm! Readiness!, which is held at 10 a.m. every Wednesday. The weekly themes include Dr. Seuss, Animals, St. Patrick’s Day and Easter. Children’s programs also include Lapsit Storytime at 10:30 a.m. every Friday and Crafting with Toddlers at 10 a.m. March 19. At the Reserve Library, all patrons will be able to participate in a Women’s History Month passive program by creating ornaments for a display at the branch in March. Adults (Women) can enjoy painting a self-portrait of themselves at 6 p.m. March 14 and join in on the River Readers Book Club meeting at 9:30 a.m. March 19.

Tweens and teens will be able to create Easter canvases at 5:30 p.m. March 24. Children programs will include the Preschool Book Club, which will be held on every Wednesday in March at 4:30 p.m., and a Children’s Make Shoppe on March 21 at 5:30 p.m.

The Garyville Library will host a new program, “Beginning Crochet” at 4 p.m. March 24 offered to all teens and adults interested in learning how to crochet or who does crocheting as a hobby. The Adult Coloring Program will be held again at 4 p.m. March 31.

Children’s programs include PJ Storytime at 5 p.m. every Thursday in March and a movie day showing the film “Max” at 3 p.m. March 11. At the Edgard Library, computer classes will be offered to adults every Wednesday in March at 5:30 p.m.  Registration for these classes are mandatory, so call the library at 985-497-3453 for more information.

The Kitchen Conversations program that was offered last month will be back for another session at 11 a.m. March 18. Tweens and teens can participate in The Tween Scene, which will be held every Thursday in March at 4:30 p.m. Children’s programs will include Reading! Rhythm! Readiness, which will be held at 5:30 p.m. every Wednesday.

Also, everyone in the community, please remember to go out and vote yes for the St. John the Baptist Parish millage at the tax election April 9 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Early voting will be held March 26 to April 2. The taxation will last for ten years beginning in 2018. This will not be considered a new tax; it is a renewal.

I hope you all can attend some of the spectacular programs offered at St. John the Baptist Parish Libraries.

Kearston M. Poche’ is the administrative services coordinator for the St. John the Baptist Parish Library. Call 985-652-6587, ext. 2304, for more information.