First weeks of 2025

Kids playing on the obstacle course at Let off STEAM

Programs

• Let off STEAM (Tues/Thurs storytimes)
• Teen engagement (volunteers)
• Preschool Fun: Science with Scott
• Youth D&D
• LAND OF STORIES

Self-Directed Activities

• Craft-o-Rama (Dec. 31)

Meetings, Hosted events, etc.

• Managers' meetings
• Land of Stories planning meetings
• Rotary presentation
• Homeschool program
• Girl Scouts

Notes

• Land of Stories is one of a handful of big events we do each year. We hold it over the weekend and Monday of MLK Jr. Day, since there is no school. Last year was our first trial of the new model, switching from Candyland to Land of Stories and the two-day event and, of course, we got snowed out. Anyways, this year, because of how the dates fell and to focus on my goal of scheduling storytime as regularly as possible, we had two weeks of storytime but not in the Storyroom, which was closed for Land of Stories prep. Instead, we held them in our community center which involved a lot of negotiation with some regular groups who meet in there.
• We also had a lot of sessions of teen volunteers helping my associate work on all the decorations and I took over most of her desk shifts so she could focus on that. My other associate handled two of the storytimes and then was off a lot so she could be available for the Land of Stories program itself.
• I'm also still hard at work on updating the neighborhoods as well as all the other new year projects, reports, book requests, and more.
• I will be posting detailed info about Land of Stories and the updated Neighborhoods eventually!