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Summer Meals at Charleston County Public Library

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

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

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

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

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

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 Public Library

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

Newsletter: May 2021

MAY 2021 NEWSLETTER Welcome to the May 2021 edition of the Let’s Move in Libraries newsletter. This month's featured image comes from the Bancroft Library in Salem, New York one of the newest additions to the Southern Adirondack Library System's Farm-2-Library program. We invite you to join us May 20 for Read More

April 2021 Newsletter

APRIL 2021 NEWSLETTER Welcome to the April 2021 edition of the Let’s Move in Libraries newsletter. Here in the United States, April is National Poetry Month, so we're starting this newsletter with exciting news from Massachusetts and North Carolina about unique library celebrations! In Massachusetts, the Concord Free Public Library is Read More

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