Posted on July 20, 2020 at 6:00 am
Guest blog by Beth Pellicciotti At the League of Women Voters’ National Convention this past month, Virginia Kase, the CEO of the national League, reminded us that at the height of the 1918 Flu Pandemic, women continued their fight for the right to vote. Their work was not in vain. In 1920, the 19th Amendment, […]
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Tags: 19th amendment, ballot, ballot box, candidates, civics, Election Day, elections, general election, League of Women Voters, mail-in, primary, proposition, referendum, rights, voter, voter registration, voting
Posted on June 22, 2020 at 6:00 am
By Crystal Miller The library offers free resources and training to anyone involved with or interested in starting a nonprofit organization. You will find a variety of digital resources and services to help you find success with your nonprofit organization. You can enhance your soft skills, search for funding from grantmakers, and learn to use […]
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Tags: book a librarian, business, digital, digital library, foundation directory, Gale, gale courses, library card, LinkedIn Learning, nonprofit, online, organizations, resources, wi-fi
Posted on June 12, 2020 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs It’s hard to know where to start the conversation about race with young children. After all, these conversations aren’t easy for most adults. With children there is the additional necessity of making sure the conversation is both age-appropriate and reassuring (at a time when the news is anything but). According to the […]
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Tags: booklists, books, caregivers, human rights, kids, middle grade books, overdrive, parents, picture books, race, racial justice, reading, social justice, teachers, young adult books
Posted on June 10, 2020 at 6:00 am
By Melissa Rhoades As counterintuitive as it may sound, self-care during a pandemic is basically the same as self-care at any other time. A saying sometimes attributed to Dolly Parton—but actually dating back to at least 1859—sums up the situation nicely: “We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” Perhaps the hardest […]
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Tags: activities, adults, balance, health, life, mental health, mindful, physical health, self-care, teens, work
Posted on June 3, 2020 at 10:38 am
Updated: September 27, 2022 Curbside pickup for holds is available at all libraries during library open hours. You can check library hours on our locations pages. When you come to the library, look for the curbside pickup signs in the parking lot. How to Pick Up Your Holds You can pick up holds at the […]
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Tags: adults, books, catalog, CDs, check out, checkouts, curbside pickup, drive up, DVDs, holds, homeschool, items, kids, library, materials, parents, pickup, returns, teachers, teens
Posted on May 28, 2020 at 6:00 am
By Ree West If you’re experiencing financial difficulties right now, you’re not alone, and you have some options. It should come as no surprise, though, that as quickly as support services are being put into place, scammers are coming up with strategies to take advantage of them. So I caution you to be careful and […]
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Tags: adults, assistance, cfpb, consumer financial protection bureau, finances, forbearance, hardship, help, home, money, mortgage, payments, scammers
Posted on May 21, 2020 at 6:00 am
By Crystal Miller With alarming rates of employees being laid off or furloughed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s no surprise that many people are concerned about employment security, unemployment, and their future careers. If you or someone you know are looking for resources to help with a job search, our digital resource JobNow can […]
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Tags: adults, career, career coach, digital library, digital resource, job, job coach, job hunt, job search, job search strategies, jobnow, live help, teens
Posted on May 19, 2020 at 6:00 am
By Alison Johnson The DIY approach to learning fun activities at home can be a great boredom buster. We miss having your kids and families at our in-person library programs. You are what make those programs so enjoyable and interesting for us! And you can continue to explore STEM at home. Here, I share the […]
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Tags: books, caregivers, deconstruct, engineering, experiments, gross, grossology, kids, mathematics, overdrive, parents, reading, science, science in context, scientific method, STEM, technology, teens, tweens, World Book
Posted on May 7, 2020 at 6:00 am
By Corinne Wilson DISCLAIMER: This blog containing health resources is not, nor is it intended as, a replacement or substitution for medical consultation with a healthcare professional. If you are experiencing a medical emergency: Dial 911. I was coming down with something right as the first COVID-19 cases appeared in Seattle. Fortunately, I knew e […]
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Tags: adults, FDA, health, NIH, prescriptions, pronunciator, resources, symptoms
Posted on April 30, 2020 at 6:00 am
By Christina Momono THE FAIR HOUSING ACT In the U.S., the Fair Housing Act was enacted in 1968 to help ensure and protect equal access to housing opportunities for all. It was one of the last acts signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson during the Civil Rights Movement and it was done in response […]
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Tags: adults, discrimination, fair housing, Fair Housing Act, housing, inequality, landlords, law, protected groups, renters, rights, tenant rights
