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FREE Tax Preparation with RSVP!

Volunteers with the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) will be at the Athens-Limestone County Public Library starting Monday, February 3rd to provide FREE tax preparation services to elderly and low income taxpayers in Limestone and Morgan Counties. Call 256-232-7207 to make an appointment.

February Schedule:

Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

March-April Schedule:

Monday and Thursday, 9:00-4:00

25 Books in 2025

It is that time of year again! The Athens-Limestone County Library is challenging our community to read 25 books in 2025! Starting on January 25, 2025 and going through December 31, 2025, sign up on our Beanstack to earn badges from logging your reading history to enter for a chance to win a $100 gift card!

If you are new to Beanstack, click here to sign up and get started!

Add these books to your To-Be-Read list! This year we are participating in the Calhoun Community College Common Read.

“Calhoun’s Common Read program is a community reading collaboration with the goal of building bridges within the community through sharing the same stories. This annual effort, akin to a community-wide book club, features events throughout the city that highlight a selected book, story, author, and theme.”

Remembering Vietnam: A Conversation with Thanh Boyer and Frank Grose

Frank ‘Max’ Grose was 21 years old in 1967 when he was sent to Vietnam to serve in the 147th assault support helicopter company known as the Hillclimbers. He piloted his Chinook helicopter in and out of dangerous missions to supply troops fighting on the ground. In 1973, as the last U.S. troops pulled out and the country fell under Communist regime, many Vietnamese families made the difficult decision to leave their country in search of a better future. Enter 12-year-old Thanh Boyer: a Vietnam boat refugee who braved the treacherous waters of the South China Sea, both physically and mentally, to finally land in her newly adopted home in America. In Athens, Alabama. 
Together, for the first time, Frank Grose and Thanh Boyer share their Vietnam experiences and the work they have done since to help veterans who returned home bearing the scars of war. 

1000 Books Before Kindergarten

This challenge is for children ages 0 to 6. Using Beanstack, parents can track the reading of their children by logging 1000 books before they start Kindergarten.

Calhoun Community College: Common Read 2024-2025

Calhoun Community College faculty members discuss the Common Read 2024-2025. Dr. Symmetris Gohanna, Bradley Sides, and Brandi Gindhart of the English, Literature, and Composition programs introduce this year’s theme on disability awareness. They highlight programs being held throughout the year to bring students and the community together through the experience of reading a common text. The two books selections for the Common Read are Disability Visibility by Alice Wong and The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. Kick-off event is Sunday, August 18th at the Orion Amphitheater!

Alabama’s Endemic Plants

Master Gardener Emily Clem talks with horticulturist, Katrina Mitchell, from the Huntsville Botanical Gardens about Alabama’s endemic plants. With its diverse ecosystem of mountains, plateaus, valleys, rivers and glades, Alabama boasts over 3000 native plant species. Among those are over 28 endemic plants that grow only in Alabama and nowhere else in the world. Identifying, locating, and conserving these rare and often endangered plants are the topics of this podcast. 

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