Lewis Cooper Jr. Memorial Library in Opelika is celebrating National Library Week with a variety of free events for children and adults.
National Library Week is an annual, weeklong celebration to remind the community why the library is important.
"Every year there is a National Library Week," said Marsha Bryant, reference librarian at Cooper Library. "It's across the nation. Every library is doing different activities for it.
"Some years we do more than other years, and this year is a pretty heavy year for us. We decided to try to do a program every day."
The library will conclude its celebration Saturday with a pizza and movie event at 1 p.m.
"You just need a ticket to be able to come to the movie," Bryant said. "The movie itself is free, but if you would like pizza and drinks there is a $5 charge at the time of ticket reservation."
Patrons are asked to preorder tickets so the library can have an adequate amount of pizza for the crowd.
"We do ask that you go ahead and get a ticket beforehand because we need to know how many people are going to be there," Bryant said.
Viewers will know the move title at the time of the event.
"Because of copyright issues, we cannot print the title of the movie," Bryant said. "It is a brand new PG-13 DVD that was released last Tuesday."
The library will also provide free popcorn for viewers.
In past years 10-15 people attended the events at the library each day.
"We are trying to get more people to come," Bryant said. "We are trying to get the word out and let people know that we offer programs and all these wonderful things for the community.
"We just wanted the opportunity to show a brand new movie that people would be excited to watch. We also wanted to showcase the fact that the library does carry brand new DVD releases, and you can check them out for free."
All funds raised will be donated to the local Salvation Army, said Susan Delmas, director of Cooper Library.
The library is also collecting canned goods for Food for Fines month. Cardholders can exchange canned goods for overdue book fines.
The Cooper Library staff is eager to see how many people come to celebrate the week.
To order tickets, contact Marsha Bryant at 334-705-5380 or visit the Lewis Cooper Jr. Memorial Library Facebook page.
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