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Sachem Public Library
Sachem Public Library

150 Holbrook Road, Holbrook, NY 11741 • 631-588-5024

  • Monday – Friday 9:30am – 9:00pm
  • Saturday 9:30am – 5:00pm
  • Sunday (Open through May 7) 12:00pm – 4:00pm

Seed Sorting

Help us sort seeds that will be used to stock the Sachem Seed Library. (2 hours)

Seed Sorting

Graduation Buttons

Create photo buttons for our graduating seniors for their elementary school walkthrough. Multiple sessions available, please choose one per teen. (2 hours)

Graduation Buttons

Yearbook Scanning (Opportunity Full)

Help us scan our Sachem Yearbook Archive and make it accessible digitally. (90 minutes)

Yearbook Scanning (Opportunity Full)

Financial Literacy Basics

Learn the basics of living on a budget from spending and saving money to planning for college debt and how to earn compound interest over time. (1 hour)

Financial Literacy Basics

Mutt-I-Grees Club

Help us with projects to benefit local animal shelters and complete various tasks to earn community service credit.  Teens may earn up to 9 hours per month for projects completed at home.

You must sign up for the Mutt-i-grees @ Home in addition to the In-Person Meet Ups.

Mutt-I-Grees Club

Authors Unlimited

Authors Unlimited 2023 will be taking place on Saturday, April 15th in person at St. Joseph’s University in Patchogue!  It’s a free program that celebrates reading by connecting teens and authors. Attendees will get the chance to hear from three dynamic authors of young adult literature, first at a panel and then in solo sessions. There will be a chance to purchase books and get them signed! (3 hours)

Authors Unlimited

Pack a Bag of Sunshine (Opportunity Full)

Decorate a cheerful bag to be donated to a local food pantry. Please bring a box of cereal to program. (1 hour)

Pack a Bag of Sunshine (Opportunity Full)

Character Photo Opportunity (Opportunity Full)

Pete the Cat will be making a special appearance in Children’s Services. Wear the costume and assist. Costume will fit those 5’ 5” to 5’ 9” of slender build.

Character Photo Opportunity (Opportunity Full)

Book Sale Helpers

Assist the Friends of the library with the set-up of their book sale. (1 hour)

Book Sale Helpers

Bicycle Safety

Watch bicycle safety videos and take the bicycle safety quiz. (1 hour)

Bicycle Safety

Acts of Kindness (At Home)

Create either a Snapchat or TikTok about what kindness means to you.(1 hour)

Acts of Kindness (At Home)

Book Trailers (At Home)

Create a book trailer for teen books at Sachem Public Library. (3 hours)

Book Trailers (At Home)

Sachem TeenStrumentals (Virtual)

Submit musical recordings for our TeenStrumentals Podcast on Soundcloud to be shared with the community. Earn 3 Community Service Hours while sharing your love of music.

Sachem TeenStrumentals (Virtual)

"History of the People" Project

Have you ever wondered what brought you and your neighbors to this very spot? How is this community shaped by who we are and where we came from? Earn 3 community service hours while helping us build a picture of who we are as a “people”. Record interviews with your parents, grandparents, friends and neighbors while safely social distancing.  Recordings will be shared on the libraries’ social media accounts.  Sign up for more information on this project!

Database Review

Learn about the library’s databases and gain community service hours. Watch one database tutorial video from the Sachem Public Library YouTube channel playlist “Explore our Databases” and write a 250-350-word review. Earn 1 service hour for completion of a review, an additional .5 hour is available to those who also create a video review.

Database Review

Muttigrees: Adoption Tails

Have you rescued a shelter pet and given them a new home?  Tell us your story and why rescuing and adopting a shelter pet is so important.  Each inspiring story per pet will be worth 1 hour of community service.

Muttigrees: Adoption Tails

Learn Something - Lead the Way

Are you ready to lead the way? Watch librarian-selected documentaries that allow you to gain perspective and prompt acts of service in the Sachem community – while also practicing safe social distancing! Receive 2 hours community service for each documentary viewed and questionnaire completed.

By participating in this program you are giving back to your community in the following ways: (1) Becoming informed through documentaries. (2) Actively participating in a dialogue on important issues. (3) Exploring important community issues and spreading awareness by becoming leaders within the community, physically and virtually.  

Learn Something - Lead the Way

Teen Book Reviewers

Love to read? Earn community service credit by reviewing award-winning Young Adult books selected by the American Library Association. You will earn 3 hours of community service for each review that meets all of the requirements, up to 9 hours per month.

Teen Book Reviewers

Some Tips:

Check with your family before volunteering for a project or with an organization. Some organizations may have minimum age requirements or require training. It is your responsibility to make sure that the community service program you volunteer for will qualify with the organization that is tracking your community service hours. The library is not responsible for tracking community service hours served with outside organizations.

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