Wow! We had a fantastic and fast response to the summer junior volunteer program- 15 applications were received in 3 days. Please feel free to fill out a form to be added to our waiting list. We'll fill in empty volunteer slots from the waiting list, so if you're interested make sure you get your forms turned in for a place on it.
Junior Volunteer program summer 2012
It’s time to get your application in to be a volunteer at the library this summer! We’re so excited to have lots of people interested in helping out. We’re accepting applications from May 1- May 11. If you are 8-17 years old, you can volunteer. The summer program starts May 29 and ends July 27. Youth Services has 15 volunteer slots available and will fill them first come, first served. There are 8 possible shifts to work: Monday-Thursday from 10-12 pm or Monday- Thursday 1-3 pm. If you’re 8-12 years old, please mark only 1 or 2 shifts. Teenagers may work up to 3 shifts per week, but 1 or 2 is just fine.
Volunteers develop work experience for job resumes and may earn volunteer hours for other programs you're in, like church, or scouts. You can earn t-shirts and snacks. Some things you may be doing are making copies, preparing craft materials, running errands, decorating, making flyers and other activities that help make our summer reading program successful. Questions? Email us at ysweb@lacnm.us or call us in Youth Services at 662-8258.
Club Anime is Thursday May 24 at 3:45! Interested in choosing what we watch at Club Anime each month? You can always email us with suggestions for Club Anime at ysweb@lacnm.us. Suggest something new (something we don't already own, something that everyone hasn't seen 15 times). Remember, everything we watch at Club Anime gets added to the collection, so you can see all the episodes at your leisure. Next Club Anime is Thursday May 24 at 3:45 We generally meet the 4th Thursday of each month in the Mesa Public Library program room on the 1st floor. The club is for ages 14-19. Call 662-8258 for information and details.
TAG (Teen Advisory Group)!
TAG meets the second Tuesday of each month. In May the second Tuesday is the 8th. Come and be the first to see all the latest library acquistions for teens. Snacks, games, books and fun!
Do you know about delicious? It’s a bookmarking service that lets you round up all your bookmarks in one place, so you can access them anywhere, not just from one computer. We’re always talking about incredible things at TAG; things Angie says you MUST READ ABOUT! So every time Angie talks about something awesome and amazing (which is often) we’ll just bookmark it on the account and you can check it out on your own.
It’s like having Angie and the rest of TAG at your beck and call ALL THE TIME ! What links-of-pure-awesomeness are missing that should be added? Email us at ysweb@lacnm.us and let us know.
For more information call 662-8258 or come see us at the YS desk and let us tell you about it. And please take some time to learn about excellent authors by reading our past chats with Gail Giles, Laurie Stolarz , Elizabeth Scott, Dom Testa and Arthur Slade.
Check it out! Wondering what to read? Our book review blog can help. Did you read a great book? Email us a review and we'll post it to the blog. ysweb@lacnm.us
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Video games to check out
Lots of great Wii, Xbox and Playstation games at the library! W00t! Reserve yours now, although we usually have one or two on the shelf to circulate. Let us know what else you'd like to see! ysweb@lacnm.us, subject line "video games". Don't forget to tell us what platform you prefer. The Wii games are rarely on the shelf, so if you want one, stop at any service desk and reserve it. You can also reserve games and other items from home, of course. Have your library card handy!
Wanna be on the e-mail list to hear about cool library programs and and excellent promotions like the free book one below? Send us a note at ysweb@lacnm.us to be added.