January 2026

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Thursday, January 1Library Closed

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Saturday, January 311:00 AM—1:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Time Capsule - All About Me

Start 2026 with a TIME CAPSULE All About You that you can open next year and compare how you've grown and changed!Drop in - all ages welcome!
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Monday, January 52:30—4:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

B.A.S.H. - Bancroft After School Hangout

B. A. S. H. - Bancroft After School HangoutStudents in grades 4 - 6 are welcome to walk over from school and drop in Monday through Thursday from 2:30 - 4 pm to complete homework, use the library computers, play Wii, play board games, do crafts or just hangout with friends.…Learn More

Monday, January 56:30—7:30 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Family Support Night - BookFlix

Family Support Night is a program intended to help families navigate and use the resources we offer in ways that support, enrich, assist and/or entertain our patrons. This event will focus on Scholastic's BookFlix resource we offer in support of developing reading skills.…Learn More
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Tuesday, January 610:00—10:30 AMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Tummy Time

Welcome parents and newborns! Join us for some infant fun in our program room. Tummy Time will have a story time and free play with developmentally appropriate assorted toys that encourage gross motor development and social interaction.   Drop in!  Ages newborn - 18 months.…Learn More

Tuesday, January 62:30—4:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

B.A.S.H. - Bancroft After School Hangout

B. A. S. H. - Bancroft After School HangoutStudents in grades 4 - 6 are welcome to walk over from school and drop in Monday through Thursday from 2:30 - 4 pm to complete homework, use the library computers, play Wii, play board games, do crafts or just hangout with friends.…Learn More

Tuesday, January 64:30—5:30 PMMain FloorBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Library Trustee monthly meeting

Join the Board of Library Trustees in their monthly meeting to discuss all things Library related.
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Wednesday, January 71:00—2:30 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Helen Symonds Book Group

The Helen Symonds Book Group will meet downstairs at the Library in the Program Room to discuss:  The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters If you are not on the current Book Group list, books are available in the Library. All are welcome to join the d…Learn More

Wednesday, January 72:30—4:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

B.A.S.H. - Bancroft After School Hangout

B. A. S. H. - Bancroft After School HangoutStudents in grades 4 - 6 are welcome to walk over from school and drop in Monday through Thursday from 2:30 - 4 pm to complete homework, use the library computers, play Wii, play board games, do crafts or just hangout with friends.…Learn More

Wednesday, January 76:30—7:30 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Community Conversations

Community Conversations are sponsored by Hopedale for Change. Conversations will be held in the downstairs Program Room at the Library. *This meeting can be attended via Zoom. Please email kbethel-penny@cwmars. org to request the link. *Tonight's topic will be: Foreign Aid and U.…Learn More
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Thursday, January 810:00—10:30 AMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Toddler Tunes

Toddlers are full of energy and this program is perfect for them!  Each class we will do an assortment of story time, movement games, parachute fun, ball movement skills, instruments, bean bags, scarves and bubbles.   Drop in!  Ages: 18 months - 3 years old.…Learn More

Thursday, January 82:30—4:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

B.A.S.H. - Bancroft After School Hangout

B. A. S. H. - Bancroft After School HangoutStudents in grades 4 - 6 are welcome to walk over from school and drop in Monday through Thursday from 2:30 - 4 pm to complete homework, use the library computers, play Wii, play board games, do crafts or just hangout with friends.…Learn More
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Saturday, January 1010:00 AM—1:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Builder Saturdays!

If you love Legos, we’ve got thousands to play with!  Use our Legos to create a masterpiece that we can put on display for all to see. Drop in and all ages welcome!

Saturday, January 1010:00 AM—12:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Book Donation Day

Acceptable donations are children’s books in good condition, adult hardcover and paperback books published within the last 10 years.   No textbooks/computer/travel books, encyclopedias, cookbooks or gardening books please! 
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Monday, January 122:30—4:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

B.A.S.H. - Bancroft After School Hangout

B. A. S. H. - Bancroft After School HangoutStudents in grades 4 - 6 are welcome to walk over from school and drop in Monday through Thursday from 2:30 - 4 pm to complete homework, use the library computers, play Wii, play board games, do crafts or just hangout with friends.…Learn More
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Tuesday, January 1310:00—10:30 AMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Tummy Time

Welcome parents and newborns! Join us for some infant fun in our program room. Tummy Time will have a story time and free play with developmentally appropriate assorted toys that encourage gross motor development and social interaction.   Drop in!  Ages newborn - 18 months.…Learn More

Tuesday, January 1310:30—11:00 AMMain FloorBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Get help with Jenna Gouin, MBA/MSOL

Do you need assistance filling out applications for MassHealth, WIC, Fuel Assistance or Medicare? Obtaining financial resources to address past due accounts? Or do you simply need guidance solving some of life's challenging situations? Jenna is here to help! Jenna is a Community Health Worker with the Blackstone Valley Partnership for Public Health and works in close collaboration with the Hopedale Board of Health.…Learn More

Tuesday, January 1311:00—11:30 AMMain FloorBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Get help with Jenna Gouin, MBA/MSOL

Do you need assistance filling out applications for MassHealth, WIC, Fuel Assistance or Medicare? Obtaining financial resources to address past due accounts? Or do you simply need guidance solving some of life's challenging situations? Jenna is here to help! Jenna is a Community Health Worker with the Blackstone Valley Partnership for Public Health and works in close collaboration with the Hopedale Board of Health.…Learn More

Tuesday, January 1311:30 AM—12:00 PMMain FloorBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Get help with Jenna Gouin, MBA/MSOL

Do you need assistance filling out applications for MassHealth, WIC, Fuel Assistance or Medicare? Obtaining financial resources to address past due accounts? Or do you simply need guidance solving some of life's challenging situations? Jenna is here to help! Jenna is a Community Health Worker with the Blackstone Valley Partnership for Public Health and works in close collaboration with the Hopedale Board of Health.…Learn More

Tuesday, January 1312:00—12:30 PMMain FloorBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Get help with Jenna Gouin, MBA/MSOL

Do you need assistance filling out applications for MassHealth, WIC, Fuel Assistance or Medicare? Obtaining financial resources to address past due accounts? Or do you simply need guidance solving some of life's challenging situations? Jenna is here to help! Jenna is a Community Health Worker with the Blackstone Valley Partnership for Public Health and works in close collaboration with the Hopedale Board of Health.…Learn More

Tuesday, January 132:30—4:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

B.A.S.H. - Bancroft After School Hangout

B. A. S. H. - Bancroft After School HangoutStudents in grades 4 - 6 are welcome to walk over from school and drop in Monday through Thursday from 2:30 - 4 pm to complete homework, use the library computers, play Wii, play board games, do crafts or just hangout with friends.…Learn More
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Wednesday, January 142:30—4:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

B.A.S.H. - Bancroft After School Hangout

B. A. S. H. - Bancroft After School HangoutStudents in grades 4 - 6 are welcome to walk over from school and drop in Monday through Thursday from 2:30 - 4 pm to complete homework, use the library computers, play Wii, play board games, do crafts or just hangout with friends.…Learn More

Wednesday, January 146:30—8:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Duped! The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Art Theft

The Friends of the Hopedale Library are pleased to host Bob Ainsworth, author of Duped!, a fictional account of the robbery, as he reviews the actual details of the theft, the suspects, and the motives behind the world’s most valued art theft. He will also tell of his own brush with the infamous crime.…Learn More
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Thursday, January 1510:00—10:30 AMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Toddler Tunes

Toddlers are full of energy and this program is perfect for them!  Each class we will do an assortment of story time, movement games, parachute fun, ball movement skills, instruments, bean bags, scarves and bubbles.   Drop in!  Ages: 18 months - 3 years old.…Learn More

Thursday, January 152:30—4:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

B.A.S.H. - Bancroft After School Hangout

B. A. S. H. - Bancroft After School HangoutStudents in grades 4 - 6 are welcome to walk over from school and drop in Monday through Thursday from 2:30 - 4 pm to complete homework, use the library computers, play Wii, play board games, do crafts or just hangout with friends.…Learn More
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Saturday, January 1711:00 AM—1:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Movie Matinee at the Library

Drop in to the library and enjoy a family friendly movie in the Program Room. Feel free to wear your PJs and bring: a blanket, a cuddle, a pillow, a snack. Movie title will be on display in the library at the beginning of the month or you are welcome to call and ask!Hints about the movie: Have you ever had a day where everything that could go wrong did? Join us as we watch this classic children's book about a NOt so GOOD day become a funny family movie with an all star cast! (AND TWO of the actors are Massachusetts natives!) Let's start the new year with a story about how difficulties can become opportunities for families to become stronger together.
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Monday, January 19Library Closed

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Tuesday, January 2010:00—10:30 AMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Tummy Time

Welcome parents and newborns! Join us for some infant fun in our program room. Tummy Time will have a story time and free play with developmentally appropriate assorted toys that encourage gross motor development and social interaction.   Drop in!  Ages newborn - 18 months.…Learn More

Tuesday, January 202:30—4:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

B.A.S.H. - Bancroft After School Hangout

B. A. S. H. - Bancroft After School HangoutStudents in grades 4 - 6 are welcome to walk over from school and drop in Monday through Thursday from 2:30 - 4 pm to complete homework, use the library computers, play Wii, play board games, do crafts or just hangout with friends.…Learn More
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Wednesday, January 212:30—4:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

B.A.S.H. - Bancroft After School Hangout

B. A. S. H. - Bancroft After School HangoutStudents in grades 4 - 6 are welcome to walk over from school and drop in Monday through Thursday from 2:30 - 4 pm to complete homework, use the library computers, play Wii, play board games, do crafts or just hangout with friends.…Learn More
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Thursday, January 2210:00—10:30 AMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Toddler Tunes

Toddlers are full of energy and this program is perfect for them!  Each class we will do an assortment of story time, movement games, parachute fun, ball movement skills, instruments, bean bags, scarves and bubbles.   Drop in!  Ages: 18 months - 3 years old.…Learn More

Thursday, January 222:30—4:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

B.A.S.H. - Bancroft After School Hangout

B. A. S. H. - Bancroft After School HangoutStudents in grades 4 - 6 are welcome to walk over from school and drop in Monday through Thursday from 2:30 - 4 pm to complete homework, use the library computers, play Wii, play board games, do crafts or just hangout with friends.…Learn More
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Saturday, January 2411:00 AM—1:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Volunteer Saturday

High School students can earn 2 volunteer hours. Activities vary as needed by the library. Registration is required.
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Monday, January 262:30—4:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

B.A.S.H. - Bancroft After School Hangout

B. A. S. H. - Bancroft After School HangoutStudents in grades 4 - 6 are welcome to walk over from school and drop in Monday through Thursday from 2:30 - 4 pm to complete homework, use the library computers, play Wii, play board games, do crafts or just hangout with friends.…Learn More

Monday, January 263:30—4:30 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Sunny the Reading Dog and Mrs. Poisson

Visit with Sunny the Reading dog and Mrs. Poisson from BBC, the human he has claimed! Drop in for a story and read a story to Sunny too. All ages are welcome.
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Tuesday, January 2710:00—10:30 AMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Tummy Time

Welcome parents and newborns! Join us for some infant fun in our program room. Tummy Time will have a story time and free play with developmentally appropriate assorted toys that encourage gross motor development and social interaction.   Drop in!  Ages newborn - 18 months.…Learn More

Tuesday, January 272:30—4:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

B.A.S.H. - Bancroft After School Hangout

B. A. S. H. - Bancroft After School HangoutStudents in grades 4 - 6 are welcome to walk over from school and drop in Monday through Thursday from 2:30 - 4 pm to complete homework, use the library computers, play Wii, play board games, do crafts or just hangout with friends.…Learn More
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Wednesday, January 282:30—4:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

B.A.S.H. - Bancroft After School Hangout

B. A. S. H. - Bancroft After School HangoutStudents in grades 4 - 6 are welcome to walk over from school and drop in Monday through Thursday from 2:30 - 4 pm to complete homework, use the library computers, play Wii, play board games, do crafts or just hangout with friends.…Learn More

Wednesday, January 285:30—7:30 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Book Donation Day

Acceptable donations are children’s books in good condition, adult hardcover and paperback books published within the last 10 years.   No textbooks/computer/travel books, encyclopedias, cookbooks or gardening books please! 
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Thursday, January 2910:00—10:30 AMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

Toddler Tunes

Toddlers are full of energy and this program is perfect for them!  Each class we will do an assortment of story time, movement games, parachute fun, ball movement skills, instruments, bean bags, scarves and bubbles.   Drop in!  Ages: 18 months - 3 years old.…Learn More

Thursday, January 292:30—4:00 PMProgram RoomBancroft Memorial Library50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA, 01747

B.A.S.H. - Bancroft After School Hangout

B. A. S. H. - Bancroft After School HangoutStudents in grades 4 - 6 are welcome to walk over from school and drop in Monday through Thursday from 2:30 - 4 pm to complete homework, use the library computers, play Wii, play board games, do crafts or just hangout with friends.…Learn More
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