Food for Thought at the Somerville Public Library Somerville Public Library, Somerville, Massachusetts by Lilly Sundell-Thomas, Deputy Director and Meg Ragland, Programming and Outreach Librarian People in Somerville, Massachusetts, love to garden. But in a city with more than 80,000 residents packed into just over 4 square miles, the Read More
Stuffing the Bus: Lunch and Toys MidPointe Library System, Ohio by Whitney Harper, Library Associate In 2019, MidPointe Library System had an idea to take collecting items for Toys for Tots to a bigger level. Toys for Tots began as a Los Angeles charitable effort in 1947 by Read More
Central Arkansas Library System Helps Young People with Food While School’s Out Central Arkansas Library System (Little Rock, Arkansas) By Kay Kay DeRossette, Project Coordinator, Be Mighty Little Rock In 2018-2019, Be Mighty Little Rock created an unprecedented partnership of organizations across the City of Little Rock to Read More
Summer Meals at Charleston County Public Library Charleston County Public Library, Charleston, South Carolina by Devon Andrews, Manager of Programming and Outreach Like most public libraries, Charleston County Public Library branches see an influx of kids and teens during the summer months. While many of them are there Read More
Filling a Void in Middletown MidPointe Library, Middletown, Ohio by Ally Doliboa, Youth Programming Librarian The Middletown branch of the MidPointe Library System was in its fourth year of participating in the Summer Food Service Program in 2019. During this time, we have made a handful of adjustments to Read More
Summer Meals at Palmer Library Palmer Public Library (Palmer Massachusetts) By Stephanie Maher, Director, Palmer Public Library About seven or eight years ago, I picked up a copy of School Library Journal and read about California’s amazing public library summer lunch program. I immediately knew I wanted to Read More
Feeding the Community in West Hartford West Hartford Public Libraries, Connecticut by Carol Waxman, Children's Services Librarian The West Hartford Public Libraries in West Hartford, Connecticut have partnered with local agencies to support the effort of providing assistance to families with food insecurities in our community. The Faxon Read More
Summer Lunch at Kansas Library Library District #2 of Linn County—La Cygne, KS by Janet Reynolds Part 1 - written in 2019 About five or six years ago, we had some special summer programming at noon at the library and we offered some simple lunch, because we knew kids Read More
Library Snacks Build Positive Connections Medina County District Library (Medina Ohio) By Gail Ebey, Medina Library Children's Department Supervisor The Main branch of Medina County District Library is located in the lovely historic square of the city of Medina, Ohio. It is convenient to walk to, especially from the neighboring elementary school. In 2017, Read More
Summer Meals at the Hemet Public Library Hemet Public Library (Hemet California) by Jennifer McNeal, Hemet Public Library, Hemet CA The Hemet Public Library is a single branch, city-funded library of 86,000, located in Hemet, California. Our local school district reports that 80% of students are on the free and reduced meal plan at school. Library staff posed the question, “If our goal is to prevent summer slide and keep Read More
