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Library Drives This Holiday Season

Drives for Charity. Photo of food, toiletries, pajamas and gloves

Pop-Up Food & Toiletries Drive

Food pantries are being used significantly more and are in need of extra supplies. We’re hosting a Pop-Up Food and Toiletries drive to bring emergency relief to those who are food insecure now through January 4, 2026. New items only, please.

Suggestions for food items: cereal, peanut butter, jelly, canned fruits and vegetables, rice, beans, tuna fish, juice, gum, snacks (pretzels, granola bars, trail mix, cookies), pasta, & pasta sauce.

Suggestions for personal hygiene supplies: toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, mouthwash, shampoo, razors, shaving cream, feminine hygiene products, baby wipes, & diapers.

Pajamas for Those in Need

We’re hosting a drive for local charities, collecting new pajamas for all ages from November 1 – 30, 2025. Pajamas must be new (with tags). All sizes are welcome.

Give Warmth

We’re collecting new and handmade mittens, scarves, hats, gloves, and socks for local charities in our community from December 1, 2025 – January 18, 2026.  All sizes are welcome.

Bins are located in the Library lobby. Anyone (resident or nonresident) is welcome to donate during Library hours.

We are closed on Veterans Day (Tuesday, November 11), Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 27), Christmas Day (Thursday, December 25), and New Year’s Day (Thursday, January 1).

We will close early at 3:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving Eve (Wednesday, November 26); Sunday, December 14 (in order to accommodate the Electric Holiday Parade, which will assemble in front of the library); Christmas Eve (Wednesday, December 24), and New Year’s Eve (Wednesday, December 30).

Questions?  Email askus@emmaclark.org or call 631.941.4080.

Events with Stony Brook University

Stony Brook University, Emma S. Clark Memorial Library and the Three Village community join together in an inaugural project called “One Book, One Community”. The goal of this collaboration is to have readers engage with great literature that explores topics and themes around important cultural, social and ethical issues. Through Campus and Library events, we hope to provide increasing opportunities to learn from each other by promoting dialogue around community values and by fostering connections between people of different ages, backgrounds and experiences. Our first book will be 2020 National Book Award winner ─ Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu.
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu ─ Willis Wu plays “Generic Asian Man” in films, but dreams of being “Kung Fu Guy”, the most respected role that an Asian man can attain. As he stumbles into the spotlight, he finds himself discovering the secret history of Chinatown.
How to obtain the book:

  • Stony Brook University is providing complimentary copies of Interior Chinatown for you to keep. Visit the Emma Clark Library Adult Reference Desk between September 1 and October 13.
  • Borrow eBooks & eAudiobooks, available to all Emma Clark cardholders on the Libby/Overdrive app beginning 8/16.
Events Planned By Emma Clark Library for Three Village Residents:
To register for these three programs, visit emmaclark .org/programs.
Interior Chinatown Book Discussion (virtual):
Wed., Sep. 29, 7:00–8:30 p.m. OR Wed., Oct. 13, 7:00–8:30 p.m.
E.K. Tan, (Comparative Literature, English Dept. and Asian and Asian American Studies), will lead us in a discussion of Interior Chinatown. Registration begins Aug. 16.
Chinese Lao American Cooking with Penn Hongthong (virtual):
Thu., Oct. 28 at 7:00 p.m.
Penn Hongthong will demonstrate how to make simple, healthy and tasty Chinese dishes such as Vegetable Lo Mein, Pork Fried Rice (brown rice) and Chicken with Cashews. Recipes will be provided.
Registration begins Aug. 16.
Of Boats & Bodies: Reading Refugee Literature (virtual):
Thu., Nov. 4, 7:00–8:30 p.m.
Timothy K. August, (Comparative Literature, English Dept. and Asian and Asian American Studies) explores the current trendcof Vietnamese American authors who are writing about their refugee experiences. Registration begins Aug. 16.
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**To find a schedule of Stony Brook University programs open to the Three Village community, visit stonybrook.edu/onebook for information about events, discussions & exhibitions that connect to the themes of the book. All events are free and open to the public.

Educational Poster Exhibition

September 11, 2001 The Day That Changed the World and NYC skyline of lower Manhattan

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of that unthinkable and tragic day, Emma Clark Library will host an educational poster exhibition, September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed the World, presented by the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, in the Vincent R. O’Leary Community Room for the month of September.

“This educational exhibition recounts the events of September 11, 2001, through the personal stories of those who witnessed and survived the attacks. Told across 14 posters, this exhibition includes archival photographs and images of artifacts from the Museum’s permanent collection.” – 9/11 Memorial and Museum website.

In addition to the poster exhibition, the September 11 Museum also has online resources about the World Trade Center and the Twin Towers, the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath, and the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site at www.911memorial.org/learn/resources/911-primer.

The poster exhibition has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. 

Rules for Entry Into the Library

The Emma S. Clark Memorial Library written on building

Rules for Entry into the Library

New Resources for Veterans

Man and woman in military uniform with daughter in middle_words Brainfuse VetNow underneath
Introducing VetNow!
  • Assistance with VA benefits by veterans themselves
  • Job transition resources
  • Academic tutoring
  • Q&A
  • And more!
Get access through Brainfuse on our website: emmaclark.org/you-beyond.
Questions? Email askus@emmaclark.org