TEEN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Use the button above to register as a Teen Summer Volunteer! Advantages of volunteering include developing social and communication skills with all ages, valuable experience to include on job resumes, making new friends, and the opportunity to make a difference in your community! All volunteer applications must be submitted by Thursday, May 22!
Are you in the 6th grade or higher this year? Are you excited to help us with events at the library? Would you like to have some input on what teen activities we have at the library? Then our Teen Advisory Group may be a great fit for you! Join us for our monthly TAG group meeting on the 2nd Thurs of the month at 4pm (except summer). If you haven’t signed up to join yet, please follow this link to our form.
PROGRAMS
Hey teens, come join our Kindness Blooms @ Your Library project to add color to people’s lives who can’t easily leave their home and see a park or garden.
Individuals or families may sign up to decorate a flower pot, which will later be filled with dirt and zinnia seeds and delivered to a homebound library patron. We have 50 flower pots to be decorated with acrylic paints and personalized for homebound patrons according to a questionnaire they complete.
The downstairs Meeting Room will be available for painting during the following times, and pots must be completed by 3 PM on Saturday, June 7:
Tuesday, June 3, from 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Wednesday, June 4, from 10:00 AM -12:00 PM and 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Thursday, June 5, from 10:00 -12:00 PM
Friday, June 6, from 10:00 AM -12:00 PM
We have lots of fun activities for the month of May (while supplies last):
- Make a mini-lightsaber to duel with your friends!
- Make some something cool with K’Nex!
- Play a few games of Death Star Cornhole!
Drop in 3-5 after school every Tuesday and join a teen-led group of tabletop gamers with a huge variety of games each week including Uno, Flux, Exploding Kittens, Jenga, One Night Werewolf, and more.
Need a dress for Prom??? Pick from one of ours for free! The Library is accepting and donating prom dresses from now until Prom night! All leftover dresses will be donated to The Clothesline after Prom.
MONTHLY DIY ACTIVITIES
This month’s Sound-Off Wall is all about Star Wars so what’s your favorite Sci-Fi book or movie??? Make your opinion heard on our sound-off wall!
Try out our Nintendo Switch multiplayer games with your fellow gamers. One participant must have a library card to get games at the Teen Den desk.
New board games, card games, and puzzles have been added to the Teen Den for individuals and groups to enjoy. There is also a Dungeons & Dragons beginner kit to learn and lead a game even if you’re new to it. Have fun with your friends, make new ones, or just do your own thing!
Use our K’Nex to build something really cool!
Celebrate “May the 4th Be With You” with your own game of Death Star Cornhole alone or against a friend!
TEEN RESOURCES
Find great teen books!
Search 4,000+ books, audiobooks, and films from YALSA’s book awards and book lists.
While these books have been selected for teens from 12 to 18 years of age, the award-winning titles and the titles on YALSA’s selected lists span a broad range of reading and maturity levels. We encourage adults to take an active role in helping individual teens choose those books that are the best fit for them and their families.
