• Library Friends at the EVFD Auxiliary Sale

    Ester Volunteer Fire Department 3570 Old Nenana Hwy, Ester, AK, United States

    Join us at our table for to benefit the John Trigg Ester Library at the community garage sale! The garage sale is put on by the Volunteer Firefighters' Auxiliary every year to raise funds for the firefighters' banquet. Bring your items for donation to the library table and raise funds for the JTEL and the […]

  • Book caravan

    A work party is set for 6:30 p.m. on July 5, meeting at Just A Store at Chena Pump and Chena Ridge roads, to pick up and sort through a book donation (several boxes of books). If you would like to join the caravan or help us sort books when we get back, please come!

  • Gardening at the Gazebo

    Ida Laine Gazebo 504 Village Road, Ester, AK, United States

    The sweet williams are blooming! Our perennial beds at the Ida Laine Gazebo across from the Ester Post Office are looking better every year, as more and more perennials get planted and come back to decorate Village Road. Please join us any time and bring a few flowers to add to the collection. Our annuals […]

  • Unloading the books

    Ursa Major Distillery 2922 Parks Highway, Fairbanks, AK, United States

    Chris Guinn has donated an entire library's worth of books and movies to the JTEL; last weekend a few volunteers picked up some of this generous collection and this Sunday the rest will be coming to be stored in the connex. Meet at Ursa Major off Water Way at 2 pm and we'll head to […]

  • Tape & Tarp planning meeting

    Clausen Cabin 3629 Main Street, Ester

    Volunteers needed for the Tape & Tarp and the groundbreaking celebration preparations! This is the time to come with your ideas and progress, to brainstorm, and to volunteer. Hope to see you there!

  • LiBerry planning meeting

    Clausen Cabin 3629 Main Street, Ester

    The berries are coming in thick and fast: raspberries, currants, blueberries, squash…it's that time of year again. If you would like to help out at the fantabulous LiBerry Music Festival & Berry Pie Throwdown, COME TO THIS MEETING! We need a lot of volunteers for our biggest fundraiser of the year, and we hope to […]

  • LiBerry Music Festival

    Kiwi Lime Pi, photo by Laura Burns. The LiBerry Music Festival and Berry Pie Throwdown is right around the corner! We are looking for event volunteers, pie contest entrants, and prize donors! And, of course, YOU! Please come to the library's musical extravaganza of the year! Saturday August 27, 2016, from 2PM to midnight at […]

  • #GivingTuesday

    The JTEL is participating in #GivingTuesday this year! Posts relating to #GivingTuesday are: Please Give and Do Good Check Out A Book Historical Gardens Library Programs Community Events The People We Love Bookshelf Dedications One Week to Go! Rewards Programs Our Capital Campaign Ruth Jasper Children's Fund Be Happy In-Kind Donations Membership Time Our Endowment Did […]