LIBRARY CLOSED: DECEMBER 15, 2025

Please be advised that the library will be closed for the entire day on Monday, December 15, due to scheduled construction work to redirect fire sprinkler heads throughout the building. Please click here for more information!

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding as we complete this important safety upgrade. The library will reopen with normal hours on Tuesday, December 16. Thank you for your continued support.

Conversation Starter (Community Service Opportunity) (Craft to Go)

Program Type:

Tweens/Teens

Age Group:

Teens
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
  • Registration is required for this event.
  • Registration is no longer available for this event.
  • This event is for registrants age 9 years to 18 years.
  • This event is for registrants grade 5th Grade to 12th Grade.

Event Details

Entering grades 5-12.  Make books to help seniors who have aphasia, which is the loss of ability to understand or express speech, as they recover.  The books will also be used to spark memories in seniors who have experienced memory loss.  Images and themes (television shows, games, years, animals etc...) will be provided.  All completed books will be donated to senior centers.

All registered participants are asked to pick up a craft kit, in the Family Center, the materials that will be needed to complete this program.  Additionally, there will be a link provided for an instructional video.  All completed books will need to be returned to the Family Center by Monday, August 9, 2021.  Each registered participant will earn two hours of community service credit for watching the video and returning a completed book.  Please note, scissors, a glue stick, and a pencil are needed for this program.

 

Click here to watch the video!