<font face="georgia,serif">I just wanted to share a quick note about a family event we had last week at the Midland branch of our library - Youth Librarians and Healthy Start supervisors and FSW's who had been part of the RFHF training and grant partnered to host an afternoon with age-appropriate, literacy-centered crafts, songs and snacks, and we had over 30 families (at least 150 people) attend. We had staff on hand to help with getting new library cards, taking care of fine issues and other barriers that prevent some Healthy Start clients from using the library, and FSW's did a fantastic job in getting clients interested and excited about the event and helping them get to the event with bus passes, and even personal pick-ups!<br>
<br>We're doing two more similar events around the county in October, and our hope is to make this an annual event - and we'd love to hear about other events hosted around the state so we can get more ideas!<br clear="all">
</font><span style="font-family: georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br>Natasha Forrester, Youth Librarian</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Capitol Hill Library ~ a neighborhood branch of the <a href="http://multcolib.org" target="_blank">Multnomah County Library</a></span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
<span style="font-family: georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">10723 SW Capitol Hwy</span>, <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Portland, OR 97219</span> <br style="font-family: georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
<span style="font-family: georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">503.988.6993</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><a href="http://www.multcolib.org" target="_blank"></a></span><span style="font-family: georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Regular schedule: Tuesday - Saturday, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.</span><br>
<br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"></span></b><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255);">"</span></b><span style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We all have our la la la song, the thing we do when the world isn't
singing a nice tune to us. <br>We sing our own nice tune to drown out ugly."</span><span style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span> <br>
~ Rita Williams-Garcia, <u>One Crazy Summer</u> ~</span><br></div><br>