#school outreach

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Are librarians in it for the money or the fame? No, we’re in it for the thank-you cards after our class visits! 😃

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The Prince of Wales Visits Mentivity

Prince William visits the Mentivity community centre and youth hub on 24 April 2025 in Southwark, South London.

The Mentivity community centre and youth hub helps young people by ensuring they have access to high-quality youth services and safe spaces.

The organisation, founded in 2016, engages over 400 local young people weekly through mentoring programmes, school outreach and youth clubs.

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WATCH: Prince William Plays Computer Game with Children at Youth Hub

24 April 2025

Prince William played a computer game during a visit to the Mentivity community centre and youth hub in Southwark, South London, which helps young people by ensuring they have access to high-quality youth services and safe spaces.

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TRUE STORY: When I visited the JFK Campus Library yesterday, one boy in particular had a very big reaction to the news that public library service could be cut from six days a week down to five if the proposed budget cuts go through. He said, and I quote,

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

... which seemed entirely appropriate for anyone realizing that visiting their public library on a Saturday could be a thing of the past.

He signed one of our budget support letters, and passed it to me with a loud CH-CHING sound, which also seemed appropriate.

He was interested in lots of free stuff that I had at my table, but he was definitely most interested in the "selfie" sign I brought along, which promoted our #NoCutsToLibraries message. He then proceeded to take lots of pictures with this sign, both alone and with his friends. My personal favorite photo is one that I can, in fact, share on social media:

My thanks to all of the students and teachers who stopped by my table yesterday, who picked up library swag, who signed letters of support, and who stopped by just to tell me why libraries are important to them.

Today is our Day of Action for Libraries. Learn more about it, and learn what you can do to help:

Day of Action for Libraries: #NoCutsToLibraries — Invest in Libraries

Your library and your community need your help! Our public libraries are facing a potential $58.3 million cut.

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Here are some books that we selected to present to several 7th grade classes that visited us this week. The theme of these books was TEEN VOICES!

All of these books contain writing and art that was either created by teens, or was created by adults who were looking back at their childhood / teen years:

Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka

Occulted by Amy Rose, Ryan Estrada, and Jeongmin Lee

Being Jazz: My Life as a Transgender Teen by Jazz Jennings

Things I Have to Tell You: Poems and Writing by Teenage Girls ed. by Betsy Franco

You Hear Me? Poems and Writing by Teenage Boys ed. by Betsy Franco

Diary of a Tokyo Teen: A Japanese-American Girl Travels to the Land of Trendy Fashion, Hi-Tech Toilets and Maid Cafes by Christine Mari Inzer

Coming of Age in 2020: Teenagers on the Year That Changed Everything ed. by Katherine Schulten

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Conducting outreach in a school cafeteria = sheer chaos. But also ... cool murals!

@ ELLIS Prep (JFK Campus)

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What Do Library Staff Do All Day?

We table at school events, even on the weekends!

And if we’re really smart, we arrive early enough to claim a table in the shade.

😎

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Today’s class visit is going to have a special guest, who seems VERY interested in this H.P. Lovecraft slide from our presentation!!!

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Wow, our Community Room has seen a lot of changes lately!

Here was our morning setup, all ready for class visits from one our local high schools. By the afternoon, this room was transformed again to prepare for a visit from Tyler the dog, of READ to Tyler fame!