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Veteran and Armed Forces Library Cards

The library is pleased to offer a special card for current and former members of theUnited States Armed Forces. In addition to offering the same benefits as standard resident library cards, this card also allows the cardholder to print up to the cost equivalent of 100 black and white letter pages per week at no charge, and will not accrue overdue fines. Any active-duty military or veteran resident of Arlington Heights is eligible for this card. The Arlington Heights Memorial Library Foundation has donated the funds to print the cards with a U.S. flag design and the words, “Thank you for your service.”

If you already have a library card and would like to replace it with a new Veteran and Armed Forces card, or do not have a library card, visit the Checkout Desk and present a valid ID to receive a Veteran and Armed Forces card. Visit ahml.info/borrow/library-cards for more information.

Library is polling place November 3 The library is a polling place on Tuesday, November 3, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Enter at the Dunton Avenue entrance. The line will queue outside the entrance. Voting will be in the Hub. Accessible parking areas will be available. A materials return box will be placed outside during voting hours. The drive-up window will be available and open. For more information about Election Day 2020, visit ahml.info/research/civics.

Hub Activities Temporarily Relocated All Hub activities will be relocated to the first floor café Monday, October 26–Wednesday, November 4.

No Holiday Book Drive this year, gift cards accepted The Arlington Heights Memorial Library’s annual Holiday Book Drive will not occur this year due to distribution changes to Wheeling Township’s Adopt-a-Family Program because of COVID-19. The Township will instead be distributing grocery store gift cards to participating families.

Give a gift card

Thank you to everyone in Arlington Heights who has donated in the past. If you’d still like to help this year, gift cards to Aldi or Jewel in $20 or $25 amounts can be dropped off at 1616 N. Arlington Heights Rd. inside the Supervisor’s Office or outside in the black lock box at the west entrance. All donations should be put in an envelope. Donations can also be mailed to the above address, Attn: AFP (Adopt-a-Family Program).

Gift card donations can be dropped off Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., now through Tuesday, December 1.