I have great news to share-
We will have a student placement from Carthage College's Social Work program at our branches starting this fall! Jackie, our student, is particularly interested in working with teens, so this will be a big support to our teen library staff and I think it will go a long way in helping some of our teens with challenging home lives.
Kahlil is finishing up a grant application to AARP that would get us some new furniture and computers and support a transition to senior services at the original Uptown Neighborhood Library.
The Shalom Center opened another building, The Hope Hub, at its 39th Ave site that will expand its services even further. We now have an additional daytime warming and cooling center in the community!
This week we have many Bright Spot awards:
From Michaela:
"I'd like to nominate Joe and Krista for a Bright Spot. Joe or "Professor Maple" was a big hit with both the kids and adults and oversaw our first ever, adult-only TCG Pokemon Battle! Krista, our newest addition to the OPE team jumped in without hesitation to help with the set up and running of various activities throughout the day and was a button making champ alongside Lisa in the YFS department. I also want to give a special thanks to everyone who helped out leading up to the event, there was A LOT of prep work involved, the YFS & OPE team spent hours prepping supplies and we can't thank you enough! Lastly, I just want to say that this was my first time working the annual Pokemon Day event and I must admit that I was full of pride seeing my co-workers surrounded by so many enthusiastic Pokemon lovers yet remaining unflappable despite the tornado warning, Jennifer's absence, limited staff, and short turn around times to tear down and set up for each event. Your enthusiasm and hard work was noticed and greatly appreciated! "
Special thanks to Jason for his quick and brilliant response to the new book return snags. They work like a charm now. We really appreciate you!
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