Mimi Shapiro tonight!

Tonight is a fantastic program by MIMI SHAPIRO, a local artist!! She makes beautiful "altered books" and will be sharing her art and talents with the residents this evening, who will be presented with the opportunity to make their very own altered books from old bookmobile library books.

Mimi is also a WRITER! She writes beautiful poetry that she incorporates in her artistic books.

Mimi has received prestigious honors and awards around the world. We are blessed to have her visit the Youth Intervention Center and help us reach out to at-risk teens.

This beautiful picture featuring Mimi's art is from her web page. Please view her gallery, read her poetry, and check out her biography by visiting her at: http://www.mimiartz.com/

This program is happening in BIG thanks to the Library System of Lancaster County's Youth Services Department, Renee Christiansen, in celebration of the 2009 Summer Reading Program "Be Creative-" and "Express Yourself-" where? "@ the library!"

Issue 3!!!

Here it is! Hot off the press! I hope you enjoy reading these as much as I do, they just keep getting better and better!!

*A SPECIAL NOTE*AND THANK YOU* goes out to William "Mickey" Beck, local artist from Columbia, PA, for creating this AMAZING cover for us! We are hoping to see Mickey this fall visiting the residents with a program on graphic design!!

Enjoy :)

Issue 3 8-5-09 Online

Creative Career Building program!

Tonight I will be visiting the YIC for a creative program that focuses on the future! We will do an icebreaker where each resident puts a "dream job" in the bookmobile bag, we'll pull them out one at a time and guess which job belongs with who! Then we will do an exciting writing activity called "Letter to myself" from MacGregor's Teambuilding with teens: Activities for leadership, decision making, & group success book. The residents will write about where they wish to be one year from today. One year from today, the letters will be mailed to their homes! After this activity, we will take a short peronality type assessment... a quick quiz from Farr & Shatkin's 50 best jobs for your personality that will show the residents the kinds of careers they might be interested in according to their personality type. Next, we'll learn about resumes and interviewing for a job. The night will conclude with an explanation of how the library can help individuals prepare for careers, create resumes, and successfully interview for a new position. We will introduce the new Live Homework Help available through their public library's subscription! We'll browse books with helpful tips and snack together.

Express Yourself @ Your Library w/ YIC

The YIC will be celebrating this year's teen summer reading program with the "What's Up with the Library?" staff!










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After reading for 7 hours, teens fill out a form and receive a coupon for a free Rita's ice! Then, their entry form will be entered into a drawing for a tote full of library goodies!

Also in celebration of EXPRESSING OURSELVES, the "What's Up with the Library?" staff hosted the Oodles of Doodles (drawing) Program and the Kids as Writers (writing) Progam last month. The residents really enjoyed exercising their creativity!

Upcoming events include a visit from comic connoisseur Joe Miller and artist Mimi Shapiro!

Do you live in Lancaster County? If you are interested in participating in the 2009 summer reading program, please visit us online and find a local public library near you! Also, find out what special programs are going on now!

Joe, the comic guy, visits the YIC!

Tonight, Joe Miller will visit the Youth Intervention Center for a program. He will discuss the history of comics, how comics are made, give the residents their very own FREE comics, and even give them an opportunity to create their own comics!







We are so excited for Joe to come tonight!







If you would like more information about Joe and awesome job, The Comic Store, please be sure to check out his website: http://www.comicstorepa.com/