Kings County Library, in collaboration with WestCare Hanford, created this 21 minute film highlighting the story of five local veterans who, with the help of WestCare, were able to transition out of homelessness and begin new lives. The flyer below the embedded video shows how Kings County Library organized a screening and Q&A of these…
Please spread the news about the workshop and readings to be held as part of the Community Conversations with Veterans program. The Veterans’ Writing Group of San Diego County is working in partnership with the Moreno Valley Public Library Mall Branch. The Veterans Writing Group of San Diego County has shared these resources for anyone…
Supporting our local veteran community and their families was the ultimate goal of the Azusa City Library’s endeavor to implement the Community Conversations with Veterans program from California Center for the Book. While deciding what programs to implement, Library staff contemplated an array of events. In fact, we became overwhelmed by all the possibilities. We…
The Fallbrook Branch Library, part of San Diego County Library, has created a series of Book to Action events around Richard Louv’s Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life. Their series includes book discussions, film screenings, yoga in the park, an author talk with Richard Louv, lectures, hikes with the Fallbrook Land Conservancy,…
Library Encourages Residents to Get Involved and Learn about Climate Change with Grant-Funded Community Events Well, that’s a wrap! The Library just held our last event as part of the Book to Action project. Our goals were to encourage the community to make more sustainable choices in their daily lives and to provide opportunities for our residents to…
Volunteers at Library’s Fixit Clinic help people repair their old appliances! City of South San Francisco Library News – Our first ever Fixit Clinic was a huge success! Partnering with the San Mateo County Office of Sustainability we hosted a Fixit Clinic where 25 coaches and fixers and 58 community members worked together to repair…