All ORL Branches are closed on statutory holidays and during Christmas and Easter holiday times. The book drops are closed on these days.
Click the "Events Calendar" link below for details about the many programs at Mission Branch.
Events Calendar
The Mission Branch Study Room can be used for private study free of charge during library hours by reservation only. This closed room seats up to six people and comes with tables, chairs, electrical outlets, a dry-erase glass wall, and a television screen that can be connected to a computer via HDMI cable. Reservations can be made in person at the library, over the phone, or through the link below. You may reserve the room up to two weeks in advance, for up to two hours at a time, no more than twice a week.
Click on the "Events Calendar" link below for details about the full range of programs at Mission Branch.
YOU can learn to knit in just a few weeks! The library is offering this course with help from experienced knitters. Teens and pre-teens are welcome to learn skills with endless creative possibilities. There is no fee, but we ask that you register for the program and bring your own yarn and needles. More details will be sent to you in an e-mail. Best of all, it’s going to be fun! If you are on the waiting list, you may be invited by e-mail to join in on weeks three through six.
Join us for a special time to bond with your baby through song, touch, and rhyme. This joyful early learning program helps parents and caregivers create a lifelong love of language for children. Recommended for ages newborn to eighteen months and their parents or caregivers.
These meetings are in person, in our brand new meeting room, on the Tuesday and Thursday of the third full week of each month:
January 23 & 25; February 20 & 22; March 19 & 21; April 23 & 25; May 21 & 23; June 18 & 20; July 23 & 25; August 20 & 22; September 17 & 19; October 22 & 24; November 19 & 21; No meetings in December.
There are copies of the next title available in the branch or as a downloadable eBook. Please email Connie at cdickson@orl.bc.ca, or call the library at 250-764-2254 if you have any questions. Happy Reading!
Drop-in | Tuesdays | 1:00 to 3:00 PM
Fibre enthusiasts rejoice! Join a friendly group for time and space to work on projects and share tips and tricks. Bring your needles and hooks, your yarn and threads!
Drop-in | Weekly on Tuesdays | 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
This is a conversational English group for people with beginner to intermediate English language skills. Meet others and improve your English through conversation. Everyone is welcome.
Drop-in | Wednesdays | 6:00 to 7:45 PM | All Ages
Master or beginner, sharpen your strategy and challenge your peers at this casual drop-in event every Wednesday evening. Some chess boards and pieces will be provided, but you are encouraged to bring your own. Everyone is welcome, regardless of skill level!
Your class is welcome to visit the Mission Branch library for a tour. We can also conduct online sessions to introduce students to library resources and research methods. Contact Richard to see how he can help your class by calling 250-764-2254, or e-mailing rkicksee@orl.bc.ca
The library is a great resource to enjoy with your family or friends, before or after sporting events. Drop by the library on your next trip to the MNP Place or H2O! The Mission library branch is conveniently located inside MNP Place, which features two arenas, two indoor soccer fields, a walking track, a gym and many outdoor playing fields. Next door is H2O, an aquatic and exercise facility with water slides, a wave pool, indoor river, lane swimming, and a gym. Free parking!
Kelowna Friends of the Library are a non-profit organization formed in 1988, with a mission to raise funds to support Okanagan Regional Library including the downtown Kelowna, Mission & Rutland branches, to enhance the profile of our libraries in the community, and to increase awareness and use of library program and services. Persons interested in libraries are encouraged to volunteer with Friends as we support ORL through our year-round fundraising book sales and joint activities.
Up to 2019, Kelowna Friends were registered under the Society Act of British Columbia and the Canada Income Tax Act. Monetary donations should now be directed to the Okanagan Regional Library Admin Centre.
Kelowna Friends’ major fundraiser, the Great Okanagan Book Sale, takes place typically in Fall/November each year. Funds raised significantly support Summer Reading Club, year-round programming for babies to toddlers to teens, book clubs, guest speakers & events for adults, and enhanced facilities and maker spaces at all ORL branches.
To stock the various year-round book sales, Kelowna Friends accept donations of gently used books at our sorting base at #114 – 2476 Westlake Road, West Kelowna, next to Rose Valley Veterinary Hospital. Donations can be made at this location on Fridays 9am – 11:30am when volunteers are on duty to review and accept items, or anytime in small amounts in drop-bins at the ORL Administration Centre (1430 K.L.O. Road, Kelowna) and at Parkinson Recreation Centre (Harvey Ave & 1800 Parkinson Way, Kelowna). Friends acknowledge Dr. Moshe Oz and Two Small Men with Big Hearts Moving for their support with these operations and sales.
For book sales, volunteer and donation information, visit www.kelownafol.ca, or email Friends at fol4k@hotmail.com
Volunteer coordinators & interested volunteers hold formal meetings as necessary, rotating between the three branch libraries and our sorting base.
Follow Kelowna Friends on Facebook to keep updated on our latest activities and read posts on ORL, libraries, reading & literacy.
For further information, please email fol4k@hotmail.com.
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