Collaborative Summer Library Program posts

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

FOOD AS FUEL FOR MIND AND BODY RUSSELL LIBRARY, MIDDLETOWN CONNECTICUT With a $7,500 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Connecticut State Library,  the Russell Library purchased a Charlie Cart, a mobile food preparation station, complete with kid-safe kitchen supplies and a Read More