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Great Futures Start Here! Setting up small libraries at the Boys and Girls Clubs Of Thurston County

Project tags:

community engagement & outreach

equity & inclusion

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The Boys and Girls Clubs of Thurston County WA, serve a diverse group of children. For various reasons, some club members do not have access to a public library. Members spend a large amount of their afterschool time at the clubs, Our solution: setting up small libraries at the clubs, to provide an opportunity for club members to checkout books that they would be interested in. Being stakeholders in the library, club members select the books, setup ,and run the library. The library supports literacy as well as the Club's mission of inspiring and enabling youth to realize their greatness.

Project participants:

Kirk Van irvin

MLIS