Bay County Public Library Foundation

08/24/2026

As September quickly approaches, the Bay County Public Library is getting ready to host a slew of events for Library Card Sign-Up Month, including the celebration of its 85th anniversary on Sept. 10.

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08/22/2026

💚 Need Help? Healthy Start Is Here to Connect You.

Pregnancy, postpartum, and the early years of parenting can come with a lot of questions. You don’t have to know exactly what kind of help you need before reaching out.

Healthy Start can help connect families with support such as:

🩺 Prenatal and postpartum care resources
👶 Parenting and newborn support
🤱 Breastfeeding education and support
🏡 Home visiting services
🤝 Referrals to local programs and community resources
📅 Help getting connected to services and appointments

If you have questions, need support, or aren’t sure where to start, reach out. We can help point you in the right direction.

Visit HealthyStartBFG.com to learn more about services available in Bay, Franklin, and Gulf Counties.

08/21/2026

It's your final reminder that our August Chapter Chat Book Club meets next week! We hope to see you there as USA Today bestselling author, Eliza Knight will attend in-person. She'll share all about her latest novel, Lost in the Summer of '69!

WHEN: Tuesday, August 25 at 2 p.m. CT

08/21/2026

🎉 You may recognize this familiar face!

If you’ve joined us at an event, playgroup, or out in the community, chances are you’ve seen Liz Cleary as part of our Community Impact team. Now, Liz is stepping into a new role at ELCNWF as our Strategic Initiatives Coordinator!

In this role, she’ll focus on moving Road to Readiness forward—helping connect the people, projects, and partnerships working together to support young children and families across Northwest Florida.

Congratulations, Liz! 💙

08/20/2026

Team FLOW volunteers doing what they do...sharing the love of reading! And thank you, The St. Joe Community Foundation, Inc., for making it possible!

08/20/2026

08/20/2026

It's Mahjong mania every Tuesday from 12 - 3 pm at the Panama City Beach Public Library! If you're interested in learning this tile-based game, feel free to stop by and observe a group playing a few games. You can then jump in and learn as you go!

This program is for adults and tables/mahjong sets are on a first come, first served basis.

08/20/2026

Since we've received a lot of calls recently about our annual Bay County Writers Fest that's usually in early October, here are a few updates!
- We've moved it to the winter. Our tentative event date is Saturday, February 20, 2027!
- Writers Fest applications will open mid-November 2026.

For more information, continue to follow the Bay County Public Library page as exciting details emerge later this fall!

08/19/2026

How wonderful! We haven’t given away quite that many…yet! but so far, we are up to well over 105,000 books since FLOW hit the road in 2019!

Photos: A Jacksonville-based literacy nonprofit created in 2011 in a Duval County Public Schools classroom recently distributed its one millionth free book. See link below ⬇️

📸 Provided by READ USA

08/19/2026

THANK YOU, The St. Joe Community Foundation, Inc. and April Jandreau Wilkes! Thanks to your kind support, we announce our latest literacy project - A reading room dedicated to reading, for the girls at Girls Inc. at Oakland Terrace Rec Center. Go read, Girls!❤️📚