Friends, Guilds, Associations & Partnership Contact: Carol Van Baalen
Save the Date!
2013 Friends Day
Saturday, October 26, 8:30am-1pm
Saturday, October 26, 8:30am-1pm
Start at 8:30am
with check-in, coffee, pastries and time to network with fellow
Friends, Guild and Association members. Help celebrate the 2013 KCLS
Foundation award winners.
Enjoy good food and workshops on cooking. Look at some templates created for your group.
Pick up a cookbook.
End the morning with Tames Alan’s presentation Dining at Downton: a Trial by Fork. Maybe win a prize before you go!
Enjoy good food and workshops on cooking. Look at some templates created for your group.
Pick up a cookbook.
End the morning with Tames Alan’s presentation Dining at Downton: a Trial by Fork. Maybe win a prize before you go!
We look forward to seeing you there! RSVP online at
kcls.org/friendsday
Local News

Friends Meetings in August
Thursday, August 8, 12noon Friends of the Kent Library
Thursday, August 8, 6:30pm Friends of the Woodmont Library
Wednesday, August 14, 7pm Friends of the Des Moines Library
Friends meetings are held at their respective libraries in the library meeting room. New members are always welcome!
Friends
at the Market

Annual
Book Sales Coming in September
Save the Dates!
Friday, September 13, 10am-5pm
Saturday, September 14, 10am-5pm
Friends of the Kent Library
Friday, September 20, 10am-5pm
Saturday, September 21, 10am-5pm
Sunday, September 22, 1-3pm
Both sales offer a book lover’s paradise--thousands of books at bargain prices! All proceeds support library programs.
Director’s Report – July 2013
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
After a contentious process that required reconvening twice, the State legislature concluded its current session with passage of a budget that includes something good for libraries. Through a partnership with Microsoft, the Washington State Library will receive funding to offer Washington residents access to Microsoft IT Academy (ITA) courses, without charge, through their local public libraries. The Washington Microsoft ITA will provide a wide range of Microsoft online courses, many of which can prepare individuals who are seeking employment in high tech positions. Microsoft ITA is currently available through school districts in the state but Washington is only the second state in the country to offer ITA courses through its public libraries.
After a contentious process that required reconvening twice, the State legislature concluded its current session with passage of a budget that includes something good for libraries. Through a partnership with Microsoft, the Washington State Library will receive funding to offer Washington residents access to Microsoft IT Academy (ITA) courses, without charge, through their local public libraries. The Washington Microsoft ITA will provide a wide range of Microsoft online courses, many of which can prepare individuals who are seeking employment in high tech positions. Microsoft ITA is currently available through school districts in the state but Washington is only the second state in the country to offer ITA courses through its public libraries.
OPERATIONS
The Washington Health Benefit Exchange selected Public Health Seattle-King County (PHSKC) as a lead assistance provider to ensure that all King County residents enroll in qualified health insurance plans established under the Affordable Care Act. Similar to tax assistance programs that have been offered successfully over the years, representatives from PHSKC will provide one-on-one assistance in twenty-nine KCLS libraries during open enrollment from October 1, 2013 through March 31, 2014.
The Washington Health Benefit Exchange selected Public Health Seattle-King County (PHSKC) as a lead assistance provider to ensure that all King County residents enroll in qualified health insurance plans established under the Affordable Care Act. Similar to tax assistance programs that have been offered successfully over the years, representatives from PHSKC will provide one-on-one assistance in twenty-nine KCLS libraries during open enrollment from October 1, 2013 through March 31, 2014.

The
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation has awarded the KCLS Foundation a $100,000
Let’s Read: Connecting with Children in Their Communities grant.
Based on its collaboration with the Community Center for Education
Results (CCER) to improve academic achievement of students in south King
County, the grant will allow KCLS to extend its
participation in the Let’s Read! program to north King County in 2014.
So far this summer, KCLS has visited over 50 Let’s Read! lunch sites
connecting with children and families who are not currently visiting
south end libraries.

KCLS Foundation Executive Director
Jeanne Thorsen has announced that she will retire in the fall.
Starting as a page for the Spokane Public Library, Jeanne has worked in
libraries since she was 16. In 1983, she joined KCLS as Public
Information Coordinator until her move to the Foundation
as Executive Director in 1999. Jeanne has been extremely successful in
all her roles. She worked on the 1988 bond issue that funded
construction of most of the libraries in the System and was the driving
force behind many of the cities that annexed to KCLS
in the 1990s. During her tenure, the Foundation has raised millions of
dollars in support of KCLS, including construction of the Library
Connection @ Southcenter and the addition of a Community Mosaic space at
the soon-to-be constructed Tukwila Library. Through
it all, she has cultivated a relationship between KCLS and the KCLS
Foundation that is unique among library foundations for the positive
connections she established with library constituents at all levels of
the organization. Jeanne will be missed by all of
us at KCLS.
Upcoming Meeting Dates
Planning Committee Meeting, Thursday, August 15th, noon –
Burien Library
Finance Committee Meeting - Tuesday, August 27th, 4pm -
Service Center
Board of Trustees Meeting - Tuesday, August 27th, 5pm – Service Center
Board of Trustees Meeting - Tuesday, August 27th, 5pm – Service Center
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