Easter fun is just a hop, skip and jump away for Royer’s Kids Club participants.
On March 14, children ages 5 to 12 will have an opportunity to create a carnation bunny, complete with greens, an egg-and-ribbon stick-in, and pipe cleaners (for ears).
Participants also will receive a balloon.
Time slots are available at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. at all of our 16 stores in Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties.
Admission is free but registration is required by calling your nearest store.
Click here for locations and contact information.
Category: Community involvement
Thanks for coming; we’ll see you at the next kids club event on March 14
Thanks to everyone who joined us on Jan. 17 as we kicked off the 2015 Royer’s Kids Club schedule.
The first event comes at a particularly good time, bringing color back into our lives in the middle of winter. Spring and warmer temperatures aren’t that far away after all!
We look forward to seeing you at the next free kids club event on March 14. Click here for the full schedule.
Royer’s Kids Club announces 2015 event schedule
Another new year of fun, free Royer’s Kids Club events is upon us.
The kids club is open to children ages 5 to 12, with the events held in each of our stores, usually at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.
The 2015 schedule
- Jan. 17: There are many more weeks of winter to come, but we’re turning our attention to spring.
- March 14: Our Easter event is just a hop, skip and jump away.
- June 20: Help us kick off our annual food drive, “Royer’s Stems Hunger,” and enter our kids club birthday card design contest.
- Aug. 22: Summer vacation is coming to an end, so we’re going to help ease you back to school.
- Oct. 31: It’s Halloween, so be sure to wear your costume as we celebrate the holiday and kick off our annual “Bouquets for Books” children’s book drive to benefit area public libraries.
Kids club registration is free and may be completed by clicking here or by visiting any of our stores. Membership benefits include a membership card, website activities, an e-mail newsletter, giveaways, contests, and, of course, our events.
Jan. 17 kids club event kicks off 2015 schedule
There are many more weeks of winter to come, but we’re turning our attention to spring with the first Royer’s Kids Club event of 2015.
On Jan. 17, children ages 5 to 12 will have an opportunity to make a vase arrangement featuring carnations and daisies, similar to the ones above. Participants in this fun, free event also will receive a balloon to bring home along with their floral creations.
Time slots are available at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. at each of our stores in Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties.
Registration is required by calling your nearest store; click here for locations and contact information.
We asked, and our communities delivered ‘Holiday Mail for Heroes’
Thanks to the generosity of our customers and community members, our stores collected thousands of cards and coloring pages between Nov. 17 and Dec. 5 to benefit the American Red Cross’ “Holiday Mail for Heroes” program.
We delivered five bags filled with the donated cards and coloring pages to the Red Cross office in Harrisburg, for distribution at the Lebanon Veterans Administration Medical Center and other locations.
You’re invited to our holiday open house, Nov. 29-30
There’s no need to stop at Black Friday. What are you doing the rest of the weekend?
Join us for our annual holiday open house. All of our stores will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
We’ll be offering:
• 30 percent off Christmas silk arrangements
• Door prizes
• Free balloons for children both days
• Refreshments on Sunday
And through Dec. 5, all of our stores are collecting holiday cards and coloring pages for the American Red Cross’ “Holiday Mail for Heroes” program. For details, click here.
Of course, we’ll have lots of beautiful flowers, plants and giftware available, too, as we usher in the holiday season.
We hope to see you there.
Thanks for making our book drive another big success for public libraries
In the spirit of the season, we’re so thankful to everyone who helped to make this year’s “Bouquets for Books” book drive a big success for our public libraries.
We collected 1,452 new children’s books during the event, which ran Nov. 1-8. Here’s the breakdown by library system and the number of books donated in the respective counties:
• Berks County Public Libraries: 241
• Cumberland County Library System: 158
• Dauphin County Library System: 130
• Hershey Public Library (independent): 125
• Lebanon County Libraries: 182
• Library System of Lancaster County: 309
• York County Library System: 307
In its nine years, Bouquets for Books has collected nearly 14,000 books for the libraries.
Royer’s stores collecting ‘Holiday Mail for Heroes’ Nov. 17-Dec. 5
Royer’s Flowers & Gifts and the American Red Cross are teaming up this year to deliver “Holiday Mail for Heroes.”
From Nov. 17 through Dec. 5, Royer’s stores will collect holiday cards and coloring pages that will be delivered to patients at the Lebanon VA Medical Center. Red Cross volunteers will organize the cards and tie them with ribbons for hand delivery to the veterans.
Cards may be dropped off during normal business hours.
The Red Cross, which created the national “Holiday Mail for Heroes” program, offers these guidelines for preparing cards:
• Include messages of support and thanks;
• Use generic salutations such as “Dear Service Member” as cards addressed to specific individuals can not be delivered through this program;
• Don’t include letters or inserts such as photos;
• Don’t include email or home addresses on the cards: the program is not meant to foster pen pal relationships;
• Sign your name to them;
• Refrain from choosing cards with glitter as it can aggravate health issues of ill and injured warriors.
Coloring pages are available at all Royer’s stores or can be downloaded here, courtesy of Coloring-Page.net:
Fox 43 Morning News features Royer’s annual children’s book drive
You might say that Fox 43 Morning News carved out some time to talk about Halloween and, more so, Royer’s annual children’s book drive.
Barry Spengler, Royer’s vice president of operations, joined host Chris Garrett to discuss “Bouquets for Books,” which returns for its ninth year Nov. 1-8. In its first eight years, the book drive collected more than 12,400 new children’s books for area public libraries.
Customers who donate a new children’s book will receive a free bouquet, up to three per family per visit. Barry explained that the book drive kicks off Saturday with a Royer’s Kids Club event, open to ages 5 to 12 in all stores.
Barry also showcased an assortment of Halloween arrangements.
You can view the entire segment by clicking here.
2014 ‘Bouquets for Books’ library wish lists
Our annual “Bouquets for Books” book drive returns Nov. 1-8 to benefit area public libraries. Here are the libraries’ wish lists:
BERKS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES
“Stop Drop and Roll” by Margery Cuyler
“An Ordinary Princess” by Sally Huss
“Whoever You Are” by Mem Fox
“Not Everyone is Nice” by Frederick Alimonti
“Ron Sleeps Alone” by Sigal Adler
“Leo-Superhero” by TheBrothers
“Even Monsters Are Afraid” by Vonit Werber
“Daddy is Not” by Yonit Werber
“Mommy is Not” by Yonit Werber
Any Step 1 or Step 2:
Fancy Nancy
Amelia Bedelia
Puppy Place
Kitten Corner
Dork Diaries
Hank Zipzer
Elephant and Piggie
Miss Spider
Berenstain Bears
Board books:
(Anything ) Pete the Cat
“Banana!” Ed Vere
“Good Night Moon”
“Trucks: Wizz, Zoom, Rumble!”
“Elephant and Piggie”
Books by Mo Willems
CUMBERLAND COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
Any titles in these series:
A to Z Mysteries
Amelia Bedelia
Bailey School Kids
Beginner Reader books such as I Can Read, Rookie Readers
Berenstain Bears
Caillou
Curious George
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Dinotrux
Disney
Dora or Diego
Elephant and Piggie
Fancy Nancy
Froggy
Franklin
Geronimo Stilton
I Spy
Lego
My Weird School
Pete the Cat
Star Wars early readers (especially Lego ones)
Thomas the Tank Engine
Books by these authors/illustrators:
Sandra Boynton
Margaret Wise Brown
Eric Carle (especially paperbacks)
Dr. Seuss
Ed Emberley (esp. Go Away, Big Green Monster!)
Mo Willems
Picture books:
“I Stink”/”I’m Dirty” and/or “I’m Mighty” by Kate McMullan and Jim McMullan
“The Long, Long Line” by Tomoko Ohmura
“Maisy’s Bedtime” by Lucy Cousins
“Maisy Cleans Up” by Lucy Cousins
“Simpson’s Sheep Won’t Go to Sleep!” by Bruce Arant
“The Snatchabook” by Helen Docherty
“This is the Farmer” by Nancy Tafuri
DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
Anything by:
Mo Willems
Eric Carle
Dr. Seuss
Rosemary Wells
Sandra Boynton
Rick Riordan
Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler)
John Green
Cassandra Claire
Veronica Roth
Any book in these series:
Pete the Cat by James Dean
Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
Rainbow Magic by Daisy Meadows
Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park
Big Nate by Lincoln Pierce
I Spy by Jean Marzollo
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Middle School by James Patterson
Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell
Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
Geronimo Stilton by Geronimo Stilton
Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
American Girls by Various Authors
Artemis Fowl by Eion Colfer
HERSHEY PUBLIC LIBRARY
Dean, Kimberly and James. “Pete the Cat and the New Guy”
Litwin, Eric. “Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes”
“Pokemon: Kalos Region Handbook”
“Pokemon Essential Handbook”
Brown, Peter. “Mr. Tiger Goes Wild”
Bryant, Jen. “A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin”
Keller, Laurie. “Bowling Alley Bandits”
McCarthy, Meghan. “Daredevil: The Daring Life of Betty Skelton”
McCarty, Peter. “Chloe”
Sternberg, Julie. “Like Bug Juice on a Burger”
Fairlie, Emily. “The Lost Treasure of Tuckernuck”
Fradin, Judith Bloom. “The Price of Freedom: How One Town Stood up to Slavery”
Harley, Bill. “Charlie Bumpers vs. The Teacher of the Year”
Kurtz, Chris. “The Adventures of a South Pole Pig”
Laidlaw, Rob. “No Shelter Here”
Moss, Marissa. “Barbed Wire Baseball”
Spinelli, Jerry. “Jake and Lily”
Sutherland, Tui T. “The Dragonet Prophecy”
Tavares, Matt. “Becoming Babe Ruth”
Wissinger, Tamera. “Gone Fishing: A Novel in Verse”
Fradin, Judith Bloom. “Stolen into Slavery: The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man”
Grabenstein, Chris. “Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library”
Gratz, Alan. “Prisoner B-3087”
Green, Tim. “Force Out”
Messner, Kate. “Wake Up Missing”
Paulsen, Gary. “Road Trip”
Stout, Glenn. “From Hardships to Championships”
Herback, Geoff. “I’m with Stupid”
Hoose, Phillip. “Moonbird: a Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95”
Knisley, Lucy. “Relish: My Life in the Kitchen”
Murdock, Emily. “If You Find Me”
Pena, Matt de la. The Living”
Shepherd, Megan. “The Madman’s Daughter”
LEBANON COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
Annville Free Library:
“This Is The Farmer” by Nancy Tafuri
Babymouse series by Jennifer & Matt Holm
My Weird School & My Weird School Daze series by Dan Gutman
Big Nate series by Lincoln Peirce
Timmy Failure series by Stephan Pastis
Katie Woo series by Fran Manushkin
Ivy & Bean series by Annie Barrows
Lunch Lady series by Jarrett Krosoczka
Amelia Bedelia chapter books by Herman Parish
Platypus Police Squad by Jarrett Krosoczka
Superhero Squad series (various authors)
Comics Squad: Recess by Jennifer Holm
Punk Farm & Punk Farm on Tour by Jarrett Krosoczka
Lego books
Superhero books
Books with hero themes
Lebanon Community Library
“Thumpy Feet” by Betsy Lewin
“Not So fast, Bash and Dash” by Rev. W. Awdry
“Lego Ninjago: Destiny of Doom” by Greg Farshtey
“Lego Ninjago: The Green Ninja” by Greg Farshtey
“Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy Sees the Future” by Jane O’Connor
“Mix it Up” by Herve Tullet
“Rosie Revere, Engineer” by Andrea Beaty
“Dear Zoo” by Rod Campbell
“Dragons Love Tacos” by Adam Rubin
“Beautiful Oops!” by Barney Saltzberg
Matthews Public Library
“Dream Animals: A Bedtime Story” by Emily Winfield Martin
“Journey” by Aaron Becker
“Hello, My Name is Ruby” by Philip Stead
“Dream Friends” by You Byum
“The Great Lollipop Caper” by Dan Krall
“Toys in Space” by Mini Grey
“Oh So Tiny Bunny” by David Kirk
“Max and Milo Go to Sleep!” by Heather Long
“Flora and the Flamingo” by Molly Idle
“Spike: The Ugliest Dog in the Universe” by Debra Frasier
“Blanket & Bear, a Remarkable Pair” by L.J.R. Kell
Myerstown Community Library
“When Marian Sang” by Pam Munoz Ryan
“Bone” by Jeff Smith
“Peek-a-Who?” by Nina Laden
“Horton and the Kwuggerbug” by Charles Cohen
“Doggies” by Sandra Boynton
“My Mouth is a Volcano” by Julia Cook
“Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” by Annie Kubler
“Have you Filled a Bucket Today” by Carol McCloud
“Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day” by Judith Viorst
“Amelia Bedelia” by Peggy Parish
Palmyra Public Library
“The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade” by Justin Roberts (ages 3-5)
“Shh! We Have a Plan” by Chris Haughton (ages 3-7)
“The Princess in Black” by Shannon Hale (ages 5 -8)
“Dojo Daycare” by Chris Tougas (age 3-7)
“The Lego Neighborhood Book: Build Your Own Town!” by Brian Lyles and Jason Lyles (ages 10 and up)
“Greenglass House” by Kate Milford (ages 10 to 14)
“Lego Ninjago: The Visual Dictionary (Masters of Spinjitzu)” (ages 9 to 11)
“Tuesday Tucks Me In: The Loyal Bond between a Soldier and His Service Dog” by Luis Carlos Montalván, (ages 4 to 8 )
“Little Elliot, Big City” (hardcover) by Mike Curato (ages 4-8)
“And Two Boys Booed” by Judith Viorst (ages 4-8)
Richland Community Library
“Jet Plane” by David Macaulay
“The Way Things Work” by David Macaulay
“Rosie Revere, Engineer” by Andrea Beaty
“The Man in the Moon” by William Joyce
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” by William Joyce
“Ramona Quimby, Age 8” by Beverly Cleary
“Pippi Longstocking” by Astrid Lindgren
“Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH” by Robert C. O’Brien
“Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch” by Donald Sobol
“Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective” by Donald Sobol
“How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes are Untied” by Jess Keating
“Because of Mr. Terupt” by Rob Buyea
“365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne’s Book of Precepts” by R. J. Palacio
“The Tree Lady” by H. Joseph Hopkins
“Flight School” by Lita Judge
LIBRARY SYSTEM OF LANCASTER COUNTY
Any titles in these series:
Little Critter books by Mercer Mayer
Berenstain Bears
Bob the Builder
Curious George
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Froggy books by Jonathan London
Franklin books by Paulette Bourgeois
Caillou by Pierre Brignaud
Thomas the Tank Engine
My Little Pony
Capital Mysteries by Ron Roy
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Smurfs
Jake and the Pirates
We Both Read
Warriors or Survivors series by Erin Hunter
Beginner reader books:
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Fancy Nancy
Superheroes
Barbie
Star Wars
Pete the Cat
Dora
Dorling Kindersley readers Beginning to read books
Seasonal and all holiday books
Books by these authors/illustrators:
Dr. Seuss
Margaret Wise Brown
Mo Willems
Eric Carle
Books about these subjects:
Tractors
Trucks
Trains
Planes
Fire Engines
Dinosaurs
Shapes
Colors
Numbers
Alphabet
Lego
Manners
Doctors
Dentists
Going to daycare
Going to school
Taking care of pets
Countries of the world
YORK COUNTY LIBRARIES
“Mix it Up” by Herve Tullet
“The Book Without Pictures” by B.J. Novak
“Sisters” by Raina Telgemeier
“Tap the Magic Tree” by Christie Matheson
Board books
Holiday books
Picture books
Chapter books