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Paws to Read

with Pets on Wheels Therapy Animals!

2023-01-14 10:00:00 2023-01-14 11:30:00 America/New_York Paws to Read Waldorf West Branch -

Saturday, January 14
10:00am - 11:30am

Add to Calendar 2023-01-14 10:00:00 2023-01-14 11:30:00 America/New_York Paws to Read Come read to or hang out with a certified Therapy Animal! Waldorf West Branch -

Come read to or hang out with a certified Therapy Animal!

This patron favorite is back, but with a twist!

All ages are welcome to come and spend time with a certified therapy animal. Attendees can choose to read a story aloud to the therapy animal or just hang out and give them some love! Feel free to bring a book from home, or you can pick one from our collection. Register, and a staff member will contact you with your session time. Each session is approximately 15 minutes long. Please arrive at least 10 minutes before your time slot to select your reading materials and get settled.

Please note: This program has been expanded to serve all of our branches in Charles County. Please be sure to note which branch you have registered for. 

This event is subject to cancelation or modification without notice at the discretion of CCPL staff or the Pets On Wheels handler. Due to the nature of therapy animal visits, there may be times in which the animal needs an unplanned break, end the visit early, or cancel. Staff will contact all participants as soon as possible with any potential changes to this event.


Pets on Wheels is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that brings friendly therapy pet visits to people across Maryland. Our teams log more than 175,000 touches with people at nearly 400 facilities and special events in an average year. 

Pets on Wheels shares the love of friendly therapy pets to help improve life, connecting our pets with people to make a profound positive difference every day.

From a pilot project of just four individual visits, our therapy pet teams now log more than 175,000 touches with people at nearly 400 facilities and special events in an average year. Regularly visiting nursing homes and hospitals, assisted living facilities, homeless and domestic violence shelters, veterans? hospitals, libraries, schools, colleges, corporate campuses and more, Pets on Wheels volunteers log over 12,000 hours a year to fight stress and help lick loneliness one visit at a time.

We are a 501(c)3 organization and receive NO funding from any government agency or health department. Our budget is supported solely by private donations from people just like you and from our corporate and foundation sponsors. Our donors and volunteers make our mission possible.

Learn more about their mission at petsonwheels.org!

AGE GROUP: | All Ages |

EVENT TYPE: | Story Time | Community Engagement |

TAGS: | Therapy Animal Visits | literacy | Families |

Charles County Public Library events are accessible for all. If you have an accessibility request, please contact programs@ccplonline.org three business days prior to the event.

Waldorf West Branch

Phone: 301-645-1395

Hours
Mon, Jul 07 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Jul 08 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Jul 09 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Jul 10 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Jul 11 1:00PM to 5:00PM
Sat, Jul 12 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jul 13 Closed

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Fri, Jul 11, 9:30am - 12:00pm
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Sat, Jul 12, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Mon, Jul 14, 9:30am - 9:50am
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Mon, Jul 14, 10:00am - 10:30am
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Mon, Jul 14, 11:00am - 11:30am
Join us for Morning Story Time and share the fun of reading with your children!

Mon, Jul 14, 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Join us on Mondays all summer long for a special afternoon story time to share the fun of reading with your children!

Mon, Jul 14, 2:30pm - 2:50pm
Join us for a story time experience for our youngest library users and their caregivers!

Tue, Jul 15, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Wed, Jul 16, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
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Thu, Jul 17, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
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Thu, Jul 17, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Learn about the basics of robotics in a way that's fun and interactive with Legos! This program meets every other month. Registration is required.
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Fri, Jul 18, 9:30am - 12:00pm
The Charles County Public Library partnering with Lifestyles of Maryland Foundation Inc. will make the library's public showers available to individuals who are homeless or need to use the showers.

Fri, Jul 18, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Celebrate the end of a long week at our teen-only after hours event.

Sat, Jul 19, 11:00am - 11:30am
Can't make it to a CCPL story time during the week? Join us on the third Saturday of every month for a fun and engaging story time at the Waldorf West branch.

Sat, Jul 19, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Mon, Jul 21, 9:30am - 9:50am
Join us for a story time experience for our youngest library users and their caregivers!

Mon, Jul 21, 10:00am - 10:30am
Join us for Morning Story Time and share the fun of reading with your children!

Mon, Jul 21, 11:00am - 11:30am
Join us for Morning Story Time and share the fun of reading with your children!

Mon, Jul 21, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ticketed Event; tickets passed out 1 hour before the event.

Mon, Jul 21, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Join us for a project that will benefit the Waldorf community! If you don't know how to knit or crochet, don't worry, we can teach you! BYO materials encouraged, some yarn will be provided by staff.

Tue, Jul 22, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Is sewing your thing but you don't have a sewing machine or a sewing space to start creating?

Wed, Jul 23, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Summer heat got you down? Join us for a fun, colorful craft!

Thu, Jul 24, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Did you spend hours with a coloring book and crayons as a kid? Did you enjoy creating one of a kind art with markers that got hung on the fridge?

Fri, Jul 25, 9:30am - 12:00pm
The Charles County Public Library partnering with Lifestyles of Maryland Foundation Inc. will make the library's public showers available to individuals who are homeless or need to use the showers.

Sat, Jul 26, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Join us and the Maryland Master Gardeners to discuss common problems affecting vegetable gardens!

Mon, Jul 28, 9:30am - 9:50am
Join us for a story time experience for our youngest library users and their caregivers!

Mon, Jul 28, 10:00am - 10:30am
Join us for Morning Story Time and share the fun of reading with your children!

Mon, Jul 28, 11:00am - 11:30am
Join us for Morning Story Time and share the fun of reading with your children!

Mon, Jul 28, 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Join us on Mondays all summer long for a special afternoon story time to share the fun of reading with your children!

Mon, Jul 28, 2:30pm - 2:50pm
Join us for a story time experience for our youngest library users and their caregivers!

Wed, Jul 30, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ticketed Event; tickets passed out 1 hour before the event.

Thu, Jul 31, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
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Fri, Aug 01, 9:00am - 12:00pm
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Fri, Aug 01, 9:30am - 12:00pm
The Charles County Public Library partnering with Lifestyles of Maryland Foundation Inc. will make the library's public showers available to individuals who are homeless or need to use the showers.

Fri, Aug 01, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Join us for a fun and creative hands-on workshop where you'll learn the art of decoupage to decorate a picture frame!

Fri, Aug 01, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Join us and Prakriti Dance for an evening of dance and oceanic education!

Sat, Aug 02, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
It's family fun LEGO time!

Mon, Aug 04, 9:30am - 9:50am
Join us for a story time experience for our youngest library users and their caregivers!

Mon, Aug 04, 10:00am - 10:30am
Join us for Morning Story Time and share the fun of reading with your children!

Mon, Aug 04, 11:00am - 11:30am
Join us for Morning Story Time and share the fun of reading with your children!

Mon, Aug 04, 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Join us on Mondays all summer long for a special afternoon story time to share the fun of reading with your children!

Mon, Aug 04, 2:30pm - 2:50pm
Join us for a story time experience for our youngest library users and their caregivers!

Tue, Aug 05, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
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Wed, Aug 06, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Thu, Aug 07, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Join us for an hour of hands-on fun as we bring back some of the best crafts from previous children's story times and programs!

Fri, Aug 08, 9:30am - 12:00pm
The Charles County Public Library partnering with Lifestyles of Maryland Foundation Inc. will make the library's public showers available to individuals who are homeless or need to use the showers.