Summer 2025 — What a Season! A look back to celebrate an incredible summer at the library! The library welcomed 1,060 campers to our gardens for crafts, storytime and games 40 Lego SumoBot competitors battling it out in epic style 30 young readers building literacy skills with help from our amazing tutors 80 Craft Squad ...
The Mississippi Mills Film Society's first showing of the season is Sunday, 14 Sept at 2 pm at the Almonte Legion. “The Penguin Lessons” is the fascinating look at a real story of an English teacher who lands in Argentina and find himself the custodian of a real penguin. Who can resist the antics of ...
Celebrate the end of Board Game Makers CAMP with the kids and instructors! Play a board game redesigned by youth this summer using the Makerspace equipment! DROP-IN Pakenham branch, 128 MacFarlane St., tomorrow (Thursday, 28 Aug) from 1 - 4 PM Tour the Makerspace and learn about the tools available, including a button maker, heat ...
You don't need to be an avid reader to be a library patron! There are so many ways to support your library & for your library to support you... Set up in our spaces and use MMPL FREE WiFi Attend one of our MMPL programs Borrow movies or stream something on Kanopy Borrow from our ...
Makerspace August Workshops! We’re creating personalized Cork Coasters and Plant Markers. No experience is needed to sign-up, but spots are limited. Registration is required: https://form.jotform.com/252016125959256 Check our website or Facebook regularly or sign up for our email newsletter to learn what fabulous projects are offered in future workshops. Makerspace Beginner Training Interested in learning ...
Pakenham branch's landscaping & gardens are getting the love they need! Many thanks to volunteers, Pam Tapley and Jerett Baldwin, for all the beautification work they're doing! Thank you, we are so grateful! Welcome Dawn to MMPL, as our new Makerspace coordinator! Dawn brings so much enthusiasm, know-how, creativity & tech skills to the library. ...
Mississippi Mills wants your thoughts on the 2026 Municipal budget. Take the budget survey! You can pick up a paper copy at your library branch, or you can find the survey online at this link: https://www.mississippimills.ca/municipal-hall/community-engagement/budget-spotlights-2026/
The last two weeks were a whirlwind of creativity & competition here at MMPL with LEGO Sumobots workshops! One of our most popular summer programs, LEGO Sumobots is a free hands-on robotics workshop for ages 8+, where kids build and program their own sumo-bots using LEGO Spike kits and Scratch—an easy, block-based coding language. With ...
Meet Our Amazing Summer Camp Leaders! We’re halfway through library summer camps, and it’s time to give a big shoutout to the two fantastic leaders who’ve been making it all happen! Reagan, from Pakenham, brings loads of experience coaching kids, planning activities, and leading events. Her passion for sports and talent for organizing fun-filled days ...
Board Game Creation – A Makerspace Workshop - PROGRAM IS NOW FULL!! Calling all creative minds across Mississippi Mills, ages 10–16! Join us for a FREE 3-day summer camp at the Makerspace in Pakenham where you’ll play, redesign, and build your own board game using real makerspace tools! Great for kids who love games, design, ...