On Wednesday 10 December the Healesville Library will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a day full of free community activities.
Commencing at 10.30am, the celebrations will include family storytime, a sausage sizzle, a performance by the Wannabees, and a presentation by the Healesville Historical Society on the library’s history.
Former Healesville Library Employee Sabina helped prepare some of the event and will be attending the anniversary as a guest.
“We found some old photo albums and it was great to get some of the previous people who had worked in the library to go through the albums and name people that were in the photos,” Sabina said.
“Initially, the library had been under the Memo building,” she said.
“It was great to hear all of the different stories about the stages of the library, where it had been, like how councillors and dedicated locals raised money to buy the library’s second computer.”
Sabina is looking forward to hearing more of the library’s history at the event.
“I was a patron of the library before I started working there and what I love about Healesville Library in particular is that it is a very community-oriented library,” she said.
“Everyone knows each other, it’s a real service for the people. Anyone can just walk in and get help,” she said.
“It is just so satisfying being able to help people with all sorts of things.”
The library encourages locals to head into town and attend Wednesday’s events, which conclude at 4pm.
