Name: OurVOICE & Helpmate- on-site social workers- bilingual information & assistance for survivors
Start: 2025-04-09T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-09T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Buncombe County Public Libraries

OurVOICE and Helpmate on site second Wednesday of the Month at Enka Candler Library

OurVOICE & Helpmate- on-site social workers- bilingual information & assistance for survivors

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Drop In, Educational, Health & Wellness, Informational

Age Group:

Adult

Event Details:

Our VOICE & Helpmate social workers will be at the Enka Candler Library once a month for information and assistance regarding sexual violence, intimate partner domestic violenc...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Drop In, Educational, Health & Wellness, Informational

Event Details:

Our VOICE & Helpmate social workers will be at the Enka Candler Library once a month for information and assistance regarding sexual violence, intimate partner domestic violence, and human trafficking.

Baby Story Time

Friday, April 11, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Story Time

Age Group:

Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.)

Event Details:

A lively language enrichment story time featuring songs, rhymes, bounces, and books designed for children ages 0-18 months.These early literacy programs for kids and their caregive...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.)

Program Type: Story Time

Event Details:

A lively language enrichment story time featuring songs, rhymes, bounces, and books designed for children ages 0-18 months.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Reading MENtors Gala- 1 Year Anniversary Celebration!

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Family Fun, Story Telling, Story Time

Age Group:

Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), School Age - (grades K-5), Family (children of all ages)

Event Details:

Celebrate one full year of our award-winning program, Reading MENtors! We'll have a special Mad Libs-style storytime, followed by fun activities & crafts, and you'll get t...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), School Age - (grades K-5), Family (children of all ages)

Program Type: Family Fun, Story Telling, Story Time

Event Details:

You're invited to the Reading MENtors Gala on Saturday, April 12 at 10:30 AM

Hora Del Cuento - Bilingual Story Time

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Language, Story Time

Age Group:

Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.), Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), Family (children of all ages)

Event Details:

An interactive story time for the whole family featuring books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and English.These early literacy programs for kids and their caregivers are designed to...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.), Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), Family (children of all ages)

Program Type: Language, Story Time

Event Details:

An interactive story time for the whole family featuring books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and English.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Play-Doh Club

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, Drop In, Family Fun, STEAM/STEM

Age Group:

Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), School Age - (grades K-5), Family (children of all ages)

Event Details:

Play, Build, Create! Join us for Play-Doh Club at Enka-Candler Library on the third Wednesday of each month, right after Hora del Cuento=Bilingual Story Time. All Play-Doh and tool...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), School Age - (grades K-5), Family (children of all ages)

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Drop In, Family Fun, STEAM/STEM

Event Details:

Play, Build, Create! Join us for Play-Doh Club at Enka-Candler Library on the third Wednesday of each month, right after Hora del Cuento=Bilingual Story Time. All Play-Doh and tools are provided. Perfect for ages 3 and up.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

And There Was Light - Jon Meacham Book Club 4-16-25 2:30-3:30

Enka History Book Club - And There Was Light

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Book Club, Literacy

Age Group:

Adult

Event Details:

The Enka History Book Club reads historical fiction and non-fiction on the 3rd Wednesday of every month.The Book Club pick for April is And There Was Light by Jon Meacham.Books are...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Book Club, Literacy

Event Details:

The Enka History Book Club reads historical fiction and non-fiction on the 3rd Wednesday of every month.

The Book Club pick for April is And There Was Light by Jon Meacham.

Hominy Creek Comfort Makers

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 10:30am - 1:30pm

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, Community Collaboration

Age Group:

Adult

Event Details:

If you can sew on a machine, hand sew, crochet or knit, stuff a pillow or iron come join our makers group! Sewers, knitters, and menders are welcome to join us.We will be working o...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Community Collaboration

Event Details:

If you can sew on a machine, hand sew, crochet or knit, stuff a pillow or iron come join our makers group! Sewers, knitters, and menders are welcome to join us.

Holiday Closing - Good Friday/Easter 2025

All Day 4/18 - 4/19

Black Mountain, East Asheville, Enka-Candler, Fairview, Leicester, North Asheville, Oakley/South Asheville, Pack Memorial, South Buncombe/Skyland, Swannanoa, Weaverville, West Asheville

Holiday Closing - Good Friday/Easter 2025

Closing

Branches:

Black Mountain, East Asheville, Enka-Candler, Fairview, Leicester, North Asheville, Oakley/South Asheville, Pack Memorial, South Buncombe/Skyland, Swannanoa, Weaverville, West Asheville

Description:

Holiday Closing - Good Friday/Easter 2025

Hora Del Cuento - Bilingual Story Time

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Language, Story Time

Age Group:

Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.), Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), Family (children of all ages)

Event Details:

An interactive story time for the whole family featuring books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and English.These early literacy programs for kids and their caregivers are designed to...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.), Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), Family (children of all ages)

Program Type: Language, Story Time

Event Details:

An interactive story time for the whole family featuring books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and English.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

YMCA Healthy Living Mobile Unit 4th Wednesday of Every Month 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM at the Enka-Candler Library

YMCA Mobile Market at Enka-Candler Library

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Community Service/Service Project

Age Group:

Adult, Family (children of all ages)

Event Details:

The YMCA Mobile Market takes place in the Enka-Candler Library community room. Bring your grocery bags and get fresh food for your family. The market provides fresh produce paired ...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Adult, Family (children of all ages)

Program Type: Community Service/Service Project

Event Details:

The YMCA Mobile Market takes place in the Enka-Candler Library community room. Bring your grocery bags and get fresh food for your family.

Baby Story Time

Friday, April 25, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Story Time

Age Group:

Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.)

Event Details:

A lively language enrichment story time featuring songs, rhymes, bounces, and books designed for children ages 0-18 months.These early literacy programs for kids and their caregive...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.)

Program Type: Story Time

Event Details:

A lively language enrichment story time featuring songs, rhymes, bounces, and books designed for children ages 0-18 months.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Reading MENtors

Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Family Fun, Story Telling, Story Time

Age Group:

Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), School Age - (grades K-5), Family (children of all ages)

Event Details:

Reading MENtors is a reading initiative that encourages men from our community to celebrate that reading is for everyone. We’re inviting men with different professions from all ove...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), School Age - (grades K-5), Family (children of all ages)

Program Type: Family Fun, Story Telling, Story Time

Event Details:

Reading MENtors is a reading initiative that encourages men from our community to celebrate that reading is for everyone.

Friends of the Library Spring Sidewalk Book Sale

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm

Enka-Candler Library at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Book Sale

Age Group:

Family (children of all ages)

Event Details:

Our Friends of the Library Group is going to hold a Spring Sidewalk Book Sale on Tuesday, April 29th from 5:00-6:30 PM.Proceeds help to fund library programs and supplies!Hardback ...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Library

Age Group: Family (children of all ages)

Program Type: Book Sale

Event Details:

Our Friends of the Library Group is going to hold a Spring Sidewalk Book Sale on Tuesday, April 29th from 5:00-6:30 PM.

Proceeds help to fund library programs and supplies!

Jazz Hour at the Enka-Candler Library

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Music, Performance

Age Group:

Teen (ages 12-18), Adult, Family (children of all ages)

Event Details:

The Michael Jefry Stevens Quartet is back in the spring for the popular Jazz Hour at the Enka-Candler Library.The program will be held indoors in the library community room and is ...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Teen (ages 12-18), Adult, Family (children of all ages)

Program Type: Music, Performance

Event Details:

The Michael Jefry Stevens Quartet is back in the spring for the popular Jazz Hour at the Enka-Candler Library.

The program will be held indoors in the library community room and is free to the public.

Hora Del Cuento - Bilingual Story Time

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Language, Story Time

Age Group:

Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.), Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), Family (children of all ages)

Event Details:

An interactive story time for the whole family featuring books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and English.These early literacy programs for kids and their caregivers are designed to...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.), Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), Family (children of all ages)

Program Type: Language, Story Time

Event Details:

An interactive story time for the whole family featuring books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and English.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Baby Story Time

Friday, May 2, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Story Time

Age Group:

Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.)

Event Details:

A lively language enrichment story time featuring songs, rhymes, bounces, and books designed for children ages 0-18 months.These early literacy programs for kids and their caregive...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.)

Program Type: Story Time

Event Details:

A lively language enrichment story time featuring songs, rhymes, bounces, and books designed for children ages 0-18 months.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

LEGO Club

Friday, May 2, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Enka-Candler Library at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Drop In, Family Fun, STEAM/STEM

Age Group:

Preschool (ages 3-5), School Age - (grades K-5), Tween (ages 10-12), Family (children of all ages)

Event Details:

Join us on the first Friday of each month for LEGO Club! We supply the LEGOs and you create amazing builds that will be displayed in the library for a whole month.

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Library

Age Group: Preschool (ages 3-5), School Age - (grades K-5), Tween (ages 10-12), Family (children of all ages)

Program Type: Drop In, Family Fun, STEAM/STEM

Event Details:

Join us on the first Friday of each month for LEGO Club! We supply the LEGOs and you create amazing builds that will be displayed in the library for a whole month.

Bouncing Books! Music & Movement Story Time @ the YMCA

Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Enka-Candler Library - Offsite Event at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Drop In, Family Fun, Health & Wellness, Literacy, Music, STEAM/STEM, Story Telling, Story Time

Age Group:

Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.), Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), School Age - (grades K-5), Family (children of all ages)

Event Details:

Join us for an interactive story time on the first Saturday of each month at Ferguson Family YMCA! Sing, dance, play, and read with Librarian Kate from Enka-Candler Library.No regi...

11:00am - 12:00pm

Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.), Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), School Age - (grades K-5), Family (children of all ages)

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Library - Offsite Event

Age Group: Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.), Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), School Age - (grades K-5), Family (children of all ages)

Program Type: Drop In, Family Fun, Health & Wellness, Literacy, Music, STEAM/STEM, Story Telling, Story Time

Event Details:

Join us for an interactive story time on the first Saturday of each month at Ferguson Family YMCA! Sing, dance, play, and read with Librarian Kate from Enka-Candler Library.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

The Other Dr. Gilmer by Benjamin Gilmer Enka Book Club 5/6/25 7-8 PM

Enka Evening Book Club - The Other Dr. Gilmer

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Book Club, Literacy

Age Group:

Adult

Event Details:

The Enka Evening Book Club will be meeting in our community room the first Tuesday of the month from 7- 8 PM.The Book Club pick for May is The Other Dr. Gilmer by Benjamin Gilmer.B...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Book Club, Literacy

Event Details:

The Enka Evening Book Club will be meeting in our community room the first Tuesday of the month from 7- 8 PM.

The Book Club pick for May is The Other Dr. Gilmer by Benjamin Gilmer.

Hora Del Cuento - Bilingual Story Time

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Language, Story Time

Age Group:

Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.), Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), Family (children of all ages)

Event Details:

An interactive story time for the whole family featuring books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and English.These early literacy programs for kids and their caregivers are designed to...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.), Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), Family (children of all ages)

Program Type: Language, Story Time

Event Details:

An interactive story time for the whole family featuring books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and English.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Baby Story Time

Friday, May 9, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Story Time

Age Group:

Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.)

Event Details:

A lively language enrichment story time featuring songs, rhymes, bounces, and books designed for children ages 0-18 months.These early literacy programs for kids and their caregive...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.)

Program Type: Story Time

Event Details:

A lively language enrichment story time featuring songs, rhymes, bounces, and books designed for children ages 0-18 months.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Reading MENtors

Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Family Fun, Story Telling, Story Time

Age Group:

Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), School Age - (grades K-5), Family (children of all ages)

Event Details:

Reading MENtors is a reading initiative that encourages men from our community to celebrate that reading is for everyone. We’re inviting men with different professions from all ove...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), School Age - (grades K-5), Family (children of all ages)

Program Type: Family Fun, Story Telling, Story Time

Event Details:

Reading MENtors is a reading initiative that encourages men from our community to celebrate that reading is for everyone.

Hora Del Cuento - Bilingual Story Time

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Language, Story Time

Age Group:

Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.), Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), Family (children of all ages)

Event Details:

An interactive story time for the whole family featuring books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and English.These early literacy programs for kids and their caregivers are designed to...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Baby (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.), Toddler (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.), Preschool (ages 3-5), Family (children of all ages)

Program Type: Language, Story Time

Event Details:

An interactive story time for the whole family featuring books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and English.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

OurVOICE & Helpmate- on-site social workers- bilingual information & assistance for survivors

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler

Program Type:

Drop In, Educational, Health & Wellness, Informational

Age Group:

Adult

Event Details:

Our VOICE & Helpmate social workers will be at the Enka Candler Library once a month for information and assistance regarding sexual violence, intimate partner domestic violenc...

Library Branch: Enka-Candler

Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Drop In, Educational, Health & Wellness, Informational

Event Details:

Our VOICE & Helpmate social workers will be at the Enka Candler Library once a month for information and assistance regarding sexual violence, intimate partner domestic violence, and human trafficking.

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