LET’S MOVE STORIES
Since it began in 2016, the Let’s Move in Libraries initiative has featured stories of public libraries that support healthy living! This page tells some of those stories. We would love to feature your story. Click the button below to get started!
Farm to School and Public Libraries
Farm to School and Public Libraries By Deborah Dutcher, Library Services Consultant, for the New Hampshire State Library This past summer I had the pleasure of being invited to and attending the Monadnock Farm to School Network for a “Farm to School Day Read More
“We all have to work as a team:” Supporting healthy living at Rutherford County Library
“We all have to work as a team:” Supporting healthy living at Rutherford County Library A simple strategy to get started: Pool your resources Engle Troxler works for the Rutherford County Library, located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The poverty rate Read More
McCracken County Public Library
A Confluence of Community Health in Western Kentucky Located in Western Kentucky, the city of Paducah anchors a mostly rural region located near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. The McCracken County Public Library is also a confluence of different people Read More
Winter Walk Day at the Library
Winter Walk Day at the Library Lillie M Evans Library District, Princeville, Illinois, U.S.A. How has this library supported healthy living? We're doing our 2nd annual "Winter Walk Day" on Wednesday, February 2nd. Our library decided to do it based on Shape Alberta's Read More
Learn a New Hobby at the Library
Learn a New Hobby at the Library RIDGELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY, MISSISSIPPI, U.S.A. How has this library supported healthy living? Since January is Learn a New Hobby month, we have started giving out weekly take and make kits to patrons who may want to Read More
Think outside the box for StoryWalk® success!
Think outside the box for StoryWalk® success! Eagle Mountain Public Library, Utah, U.S.A. A full-size Story Walk may not work for everyone but there might be other options! Our parks department couldn't grant us permission to use the city park, and we unfortunately Read More