The Voorhees branch of the Camden County Library System will host a screening and discussion about “Poet of Poverty” on Saturday, September 22, 2012, 2 p.m. “Poet of Poverty” is a documentary film exploring the experience of poverty in the City of Camden through the writings of a resident Catholic priest, the Rev. Michael Doyle. Among other things, Doyle argues that Camden has, over time, become home to sewage, trash and scrap metal processing facilities and is generally used as a dumping ground by the surrounding suburban communities. The public is invited to attend this engaging, community event, which will consider important policy issues with local impact.

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Kids at the Merchantville Branch of the Camden County Library System welcomed Mr. Malcolm who used interactive storytelling in his presentation of “Life is But a Dream” on June 6, 2012. The library joins others across the country in offering summer reading programs based on the theme Dream Big – Read.

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During National Library Week and throughout the month of April, the Camden County Library System joins other libraries across the country in showing how you belong @ your library. The following special programs are planned at our eight branches.A World Drumming Workshop will be held in Merchantville on Wednesday, April 18th from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

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The Camden County Library System will hold its annual spring book sale on June 8th 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and June 9th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. a the Vogelson Branch Library in Voorhees.  More than 50,000 books, CDs, videos, books-on-tape and more will be on sale a drastically reduced prices.  For more information click here.

The Camden County Library’s M. Allan Vogelson Branch in Voorhees will host a lecture for parents about how they can teach their children to practice Internet safety on Tuesday, March 13, 7:00 p.m. Phyllis Kae who served as a lead independent investigator for the City of Camden and was one

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