Tuesday, June 18, 2013

June 2013






Community Liaison Contact: Carol Van Baalen

LOCAL NEWS

Upcoming Meetings:

Friends of the Des Moines Library                      Wednesday, June 12, 7pm
Friends of the Kent Library                               Thursday, June 13, 12noon
Friends of the Woodmont Library                      Thursday, June 13, 6:30pm


Summer Reading Program 2013
June 1 – August 31


 

Children’s and Teen Librarians from Des Moines, Kent, and Woodmont Libraries will be partnering with local schools and parks in their communities this summer, through the Let’s Read program (more details below in this newsletter).  Next month’s newsletter will give a complete list of sites and dates for the program in our area.

Program Highlights at your local library:

Rick Browne, Ph.B (Doctor of Barbeque Philosophy)
Sunday, June 23, 2pm
Kent Library
The author of Grilling America, The Frequent Fryer Cookbook, The Barbeque America Cookbook and 1001 Best Grilling Recipes: Delicious, Easy-to-Make Recipes from Around the World is a pitmaster and host of the PBS television show, Barbeque America. He will share tips, secrets and recipes to make your backyard gathering a barbecue spectacular with hints for creating rubs and sauces, grilling wild game and even how to make mouth-watering desserts on your barbeque grill. Demonstration and tasting included.

Homemade Beer: The Basics of Homebrewing
Tuesday, June 25, 6:30pm
   Des Moines Library
Pop the cap and pour yourself into the world of homebrewing. A local brewer will present the basics of brewing beer: the ingredients, the equipment and the beermaking process.
Space is limited to 25 participants. Please call starting June 11 to register, 206.824.6066.

Many more programs for all ages are happening at your library this month.  For a complete list, click here:   http://www.kcls.org/programs/library_programs.cfm




SYSTEM HIGHLIGHTS

FROM THE May DIRECTOR’S REPORT

As a result of being awarded a Race to the Top grant, the Community Center for Education Results (CCER) has committed to raising the reading scores of children in the Auburn, Federal Way, Highline, Kent, Renton and Tukwila school districts by asking parents of kindergarteners, first and second graders to sign a Summer Reading contract and read to their children through the summer. Each child will receive a packet that contains a KCLS Summer Reading Log matched to the closest KCLS library within their district, a “Let’s Read!” refrigerator magnet and a door hanger reading tip sheet. A total of 10,200 Summer Reading Logs are being printed for the program. CCER hopes to be able to track the number of children who participated in the program in each school and district and provide the data to KCLS.
 
The Federal Way School District, which is a participant in the Let’s Read program, will offer an additional program this summer. The District has turned two decommissioned school buses into mobile feeding units. The vehicles, nicknamed Fred, will visit six sites near schools that have 96% of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. As a project partner, KCLS will provide promotional reading materials and staff members will conduct reading programs during site visits. School staff will visit the sites four times per week and reach at least 100 kids per day. The project is jointly sponsored by the Federal Way School District, City of Federal Way and the United Way of King County.
 
KCLS will distribute 12,500 Summer Reading Logs for Reach Out & Read, the program that partners with pediatricians to prescribe books and encourage families to read together. The Reach Out & Read logo will be printed on each Summer Reading Log and library staff will attempt to track these logos when children redeem their Summer Reading Logs for prizes.
KCLS saw a healthy 5% increase in circulation during the month of April, which made up for previous months’ decreases. Year-to-date, System-wide circulation is now even with 2012. Circulation at the Enumclaw Library continues to grow but, more importantly, the percentage of its circulation from items placed on hold is up 26%. This puts the Library on par with the rest of the System and indicates that Enumclaw residents are availing themselves of the entire KCLS collection.
 
 
A Place at the Table programs are averaging 20 attendees and libraries are collecting an average of 750 pounds of food per week. In total, 6,500 pounds has been collected, providing more than 4,000 meals to food insecure residents in King County. The summer issue of A Place at the Table program guide will be released before June featuring nearly twice the number of programs. New partners include PCC Markets, Washington State Dairy Council and AmpleHarvest.org.