Youth Services's blog

Looking for something fun to do this summer? Kids who are going into 6th grade (and up) can volunteer in the Youth Services Department! Volunteers help with the little kids, assist with craft projects, staff the desk, and a lot more. Pick up a volunteer application at the Youth Services desk by June 1st, and thanks in advance for your help!

Work in a country club this summer! Larry Regan, a registered Boy Scout golf merit badge instructor and long-time caddy, presents a free three-evening class for prospective caddies. Mr. Regan will teach the students the rules and strategies of the game, as well as etiquette of caddying, for the benefit of boys and girls looking for summer employment as caddies. The class is limited to 30 students from seventh grade to college age. Register online, or call the Youth Services Department for more information.

Wish we didn't have to, but tonight's Late Night is cancelled because we couldn't find enough adult volunteers.

We really want to continue running Late Night every month! If you know an adult who likes Middle-School kids as much as we do, and wants to help us keep this great program going, tell that person to give us a call and volunteer. It's just a few hours once a month, and for a really worthy cause!

About 30 kids, a few adults, and the entire Youth Services staff turned out Friday night after the library closed to celebrate the end of another successful Summer Reading Program! We ate junk food (including some pretty good pizza from Paisan), played games, and raffled off the coveted and highly symbolic trench coat. Plus everyone got thank-you gifts from a very grateful Head of Youth Services (me).

What would we do without our volunteers? I have no idea, and hope I never have to find out! See photos from the party on our Flickr account by clicking here.

Well, we're showing it on Monday for Young Adult Movie Night, so stop by the library at 6:30 for popcorn and a modern classic.

See you there!

We have as many book reviews on our YNK page as we have cicadas buzzing in the trees! Well, almost. Everybody in the YA reading program is logging in and writing about what they're reading. Check 'em out by clicking here. (Scroll to the bottom & click, "Read all reviews".) You just might find your next favorite book!

Not in the reading program yet? You can sign up until the end of the month, and win prizes just for reading a few books. The Youth Services staff can give you all the details.

...and we're adding a monthly AniManga Drawing class, Young Adult Movie Night (finally!), and a 5-week Podcasting workshop, to our usual lineup of Late Night, XBox After Hours, and AniManga Club. Plus, Miss Becky's Quiltmakers is now open to anyone over the age of 9 who can sew a straight seam. Can you do that?

Watch for more info here, or pick up a program flyer at your school library or at the Youth Services desk.

Well, I guess not...So we'll be hosting another LAN party this Friday, the 30th, from 5 'till 9. Bring your XBoxes, games, controllers, and $5 for pizza. And bring a TV if you have one! We never seem to have enough of those. I'm going shopping this week for more cable and maybe a little switch to use in the storytime room. If anyone can think of anything else we need (within reason), let me know before Thursday.

We got 41 responses to last week's mini-survey (that's pretty good!), and overwhelmingly people said they'd be interested in our starting a Young Adult Movie Night (29 people) and trying some drama workshops (21 people). So now we have our work cut out for us! We already know that the first movie night will be in April, and Nicole is thinking about starting our drama effort with some reader's theater. Keep looking at the BFYA Blog for updates as we firm up our plans! And thanks to everyone who took the survey.

Monday's AniManga Club will be a special showing of Neil Gaiman's MirrorMask. It's a fantastic experience. Don't miss it!

We feel a need for MORE YOUNG ADULT PROGRAMS at the library, and we have a lot of ideas, but we need to know what YOU want to do here! So, as always, when in doubt,we take a survey! Click on this sentence, take the survey, and help us plan our next move!