Lobby Stops
Lobby Stops Schedule
Find out more about our Lobby Stops
1ST and 3rd MONDAYS
Heartfields Assisted Living - 10:00-11:30
540-373-8800
20 Heartfields Ln., Fredericksburg, VA 22405-2368
Alexander Heights - 1:00-2:00
540-548-0010
2704 Salem Church Rd., Fredericksburg, VA 22407-6454
Belmont Center: Lake Anna - 3:00-4:00
540-854-4298
Alternate contact: Mrs. Biscoe 540-854-5670
7124 Belmont Rd., Mineral, VA 23117
1st and 3rd TUESDAYS
Mill Park Terrace - 10:00-11:30
540-371-4430
2216 Caroline St., Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Greenfield of Stafford Assisted Living - 1:00-2:30
540-288-9353
30 Kings Crest Dr., Stafford, VA 22554-4776
1st and 3rd WEDNESDAYS
Chancellor Village - 10:00-11:30
540-786-5000
12100 Chancellor's Village Ln., Fredericksburg. VA 22407
Meadows at Salem Run - 1:00-2:30
540-786-1733
5711 Castlebridge Rd., Fredericksburg, VA 22407
Wilburn Gardens - 3:00-4:00
540-785-3600
3500 Meekins Dr., Fredericksbrug, VA 22407
1st and 3rd THURSDAYS
Madonna House - 1:00-2:30
540-371-8212
2600 Cowan Blvd., Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Evergreens at Smith Run - 3:00-4:00
540-374-1544
2700 Cowan Blvd., Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Snowden Academy (ending June 2011)
540-741-3900
1200 Sam Perry Blvd., Fredericksburg, VA 22401
1st and 3rd FRIDAYS
King's Crest - 10:00-11:30
540-891-9278
11500 King's Crest Ct., Fredericksburg, VA 22407
Asbury Manor - 1:00-2:30
540-710-1905
10235 Brittany Commons Blvd., Spotsylvania, VA 22553
Enoch George Manor - 3:00-4:00
540-710-9989
10231 Brittany Commons Blvd., Spotsylvania, VA 22553
Deliveries to Institutions
The following are institutions that receive a deposit twice a month.
Woodmont Center
(540) 371-9414
11 Dairy Lane, Fredericksburg, VA 22405-2663
Greenfield of Fredericksburg
(540) 374-8200
1001 Northside Drive, Fredericksburg, VA 22406
Marian Manor
(540) 659-6375
177 Old Potomac Church Road, Stafford, VA 22554-7258
Carriage Hill Nursing Home
(540) 785-1120
6106 Health Center Lane, Fredericksburg, VA 22407
Golden Living Center
(540) 786-8351
3900 Plank Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22407-6839
About Lobby Stops
In January CRRL piloted a new service called "Lobby Stops." We are excited about this new transition and are looking forward to continuing to provide award-winning serivice to our patrons.
Following the bookmobile's well deserved retirement, a new streamlined van makes scheduled visits to targeted communities in the CRRL service area. A generous bequest from the estate of longtime CRRL Friends Dr. and Mrs. Clayton Blum funded the library's purchase of the Lobby Stop van. The streamlined delivery vehicle allows us to visit locations that we sometimes couldn't reach with the 25-foot long bookmobile. It also has a lower profile, so we'll no longer have to plan routes to avoid railroad overpasses!
The Lobby Stop van visits twelve assisted living facilities and retirement homes, a special school (Snowden Academy), and the remote Lake Anna area. At the residential facilities, the service brings browsing materials and requested items inside to the patrons, tailoring our selection and services to these special audiences.
Lobby Stop coordinator Jenny McGee finds a warm welcome wherever the van pulls up. "At each stop I bring the computer, all my equipment, a table, and between 4 and 8 bins full of not only browsing materials, but specific patron requests. The fact that I can do all the patrons' reference work excites them the most, but is closely followed by the eclectic (and constantly changing) browsing collection."
"Since the majority of my lobby stops take place at senior centers and assisted living facilities, the patrons really love not having to brave the elements to come browse library materials."
Judging from the response (circulation of materials is more than double what we had been tallying from the bookmobile), this new service that takes the library on the road is a vehicle for success.
