DECEMBER 2021 NEWSLETTER The December 2021 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries includes: A summary of StoryWalk® Week 2021 Preliminary findings from Summer Outside with the Library study The launch of the HEAL at the Library webpage Funding opportunities for healthy aging programming This month's featured image comes from Toledo, Ohio. Read More
StoryWalk® Week 2021 at the Library! Needham Free Public Library, Massachusetts, United States of America On November 15th, during Storywalk Week, the Children's Department of the Needham Free Public Library and the community organization, Family ACCESS, held a scavenger hunt at the library's Storywalk at DeFazio Park. Children Read More
Overall strategy: Saying 'you're valued' to community Community organizing involves more than spreading the word about your own library. It requires taking an interest in what others are doing in the community, and then working with others to transform the community. Laurel Public Library does this work by sending thank Read More
StoryWalk® Week 2021 In November 2021, Let's Move in Libraries joined the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services for the first ever week-long event celebrating the inspiring work of librarians who spearhead StoryWalk® programs – promoting literacy, reading, health, exercise, and movement in communities and neighborhoods across the United States and Read More
Fairport Harbor Public Library FAIRPORT HARBOR, OHIO, U.S.A. How has this library supported healthy living? In 2017 we began a group called Try Something New that invited people to share food one evening a month. The group was a mixed bag of food choices with many vegans and Read More
NOVEMBER 2021 NEWSLETTER The November 2021 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries includes: A final reminder to participate in our StoryWalk® Week Celebration Our next Active Early Literacy Community of Practice Meeting An inspiring StoryWalk® story from Alabama A new funding opportunity for rural libraries How to use our logo for Read More
OCTOBER 2021 NEWSLETTER The October 2021 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries includes: How to participate in the inaugural StoryWalk(R) Week Celebration Three stories of other ways librarians transform the outdoor built environment Information on a forthcoming book on connecting nature to health How to participate in our Active Early Learning Read More
SEPTEMBER 2021 NEWSLETTER The September 2021 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries includes: How to participate in the inaugural StoryWalk(R) Week Celebration The launch of our new Active Early Learning community of practice Funding opportunities to support community health partnerships How Food Literacy Month and Libraries come together New multi-lingual, free Read More
AUGUST 2021 NEWSLETTER On July 28, 2021, the AARP announced the 2021 winners of their annual Community Challenge grants. These grants exist to "make communities more livable for people of all ages." Among this year's winners were 13 public libraries from across the United States of America who work hand-in-hand with Read More
FIELD DAY AT THE LIBRARY WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES, NORTH CAROLINA, U.S.A. by Tam Moore, Northeast Regional Library in Raleigh, North Carolina I hosted a Field Day at Northeast Regional Library in Wake County in July 2021. Everyone seemed to have a lot of fun, and a few Read More
