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
Physical Literacy for Adults Minocqua Public Library, Wisconsin, USA How has this library supported healthy living? We have seen a great response to our fitness classes offered at the library and try to have a session available for each season. Strength: Strong Bodies class taught by our staff Read More
STORYTIME VIA BOOKBIKE City of Lakewood, Division of Early Childhood, Ohio, USA By Emily Lindberg During the COVID-19 Pandemic I started providing virtual storytime via zoom as a volunteer through a social services organization run by the City of Lakewood, Ohio. When this organization went back to providing Read More
SIDEWALK OBSTACLE COURSE Brighton District Library, Michigan, USA By Laurie Walters, Youth Services Librarian How has this library supported healthy living? Thanks to inspiration Let's Move in Libraries, we created an obstacle course on the front sidewalk of our library. We also have instituted "active passive programs" in Read More
DANCING AND WALKING WITH THE LIBRARY Needham Free Public Library, Massachusetts, USA By Paula Dugan, Children's Supervisor Dancing The Children's Department of the Needham Free Public Library offers a Dance Me a Story program for children ages 1-5 years old. Princess Julia from the Joanne Langione Dance Center Read More
We Share Program The Erie City Public Library, Erie, Kansas, USA by Julie Kent, Library Director The images in this post feature some of the produce we have grown at our library, including lettuce/tatsoi and tomatoes. Our library is located in Neosho County, in Southeast Kansas. We are Read More
JULY 2021 NEWSLETTER "Let the Summer of StoryWalks begin!" proclaims PEI Public Library! Welcome to the July 2021 edition of the Let’s Move in Libraries newsletter. This month’s featured image comes from Prince Edward Island, Canada, where librarian Shelley Tamtom of the Kensington Heritage Library recently installed at a local park Read More
Health and wellness for all Red Deer Public Library, Alberta, Canada by Tatiana Tilly, Red Deer Public Library We are Wellness champions and have been supporting healthy living in the community in a variety of ways pre-COVID and during COVID. We started running weekly virtual Adult Yoga classes Read More
Engaging StoryWalk(R) Lititz Public Library, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. By Shannon Richard, Toddler and Preschool Storytimes Coordinator, Lititz Public Library Lititz Public Library has supported healthy living by providing StoryWalks® around the library property and a downtown holiday StoryWalk® in shop windows along Main Street Lititz from mid November, 2020 Read More
