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City of Columbia Heights | Library
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To: Renee Dougherty, Library Director
From: Brianna Belanger, Youth Services Librarian
Subject: June Operational Report
Date: June 28, 2018
I. PROGRAMS
a. Our Summer Reading Program began on Saturday, June 9th. We’ve already had 2 prize drawings and 51
kids and 14 teens have already received a prize book from our cart. The Summer Reading Program runs
through the middle of August.
b. Learning Tree Yoga taught 15 kids calming techniques they could use at home on Tuesday, June 12th.
Each child left with a DIY glitter bottle that also served as a calming tool.
c. Tech Wizards will continue meeting this summer, 2 times every month. Teens are continuing work on
their films and the summer will culminate in a trip to the State Fair.
d. We kicked summer off “officially” on Wednesday, June 13 with a Taiko Drum performance and arts and
crafts. Over 120 people came to celebrate.
e. Teen Thursdays in June have included a Paper Circuits craft program, Star Wars skills acting class, and a
Terrarium program.
f. Volunteens came to the library for training on Friday, June 15 and Monday, June 16. This gave teens a
chance to learn about volunteering at the library and meet fellow volunteers.
g. TAB continues to meet during the summer. We have started to work on Storybook Tea Planning.
h. 4-H offered a program to 19 enthusiastic youth that tested their design thinking as they experimented
with “rocket fuel” formulas and designed film canister rockets.
i. Wacky Wednesdays this month have included an educational program from the Raptor Center and a
Magic Show.
j. Bruce the Bug Guy came on Tuesday, June 26 to teach kids about bugs. He even brought bugs for kids to
hold like moths, millipedes, and beetles.
k. We are offering lunches for youth again this summer in partnership with Youthprise on Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons.
l. Teens volunteered a total of 62 hours this month.
m. Program counts are as follows:
Community Room- Family Storytime 6/11/2018 90
Community Room- Yoga & Craft 6/12/2018 15
Community Room- Tech Wizards 6/12/2018 13
Community Room- Summer Reading Kickoff 6/13/2018 120
Community Room- Teen Thursdays/Paper Circuits 6/14/2018 10
Community Room- Volunteen Training 6/15/2018 8
Community Room- Family Storytime 6/18/2018 72
Craft Room- TAB 6/18/2018 3
Craft Room- Volunteer Training 6/18/2018 8
Community Room- Summer Lunch 6/19/2018 20
Community Outreach-Picnic 6/19/2018 200
Community Room- 4H STEAM/Rockets 6/19/2018 19
Community Room- Summer Lunch 6/20/2018 15
Community Room- Wacky Wednesday/Raptor
Center 6/20/2018 110
Community Room- Summer Lunch 6/21/2018 28
Community Room- Teen Thursdays/Star Wars 6/21/2018 16
Community Room- Family Storytime 6/25/2018 75
Community Room- Summer Lunch 6/26/2018 15
Community Room- Bruce the Bug Guy 6/26/2018 82
Community Room- Tech Wizards 6/26/2018 10
Community Room- Summer Lunch 6/27/2018 18
Community Room- Wacky Wednesday 6/27/2018 116
Community Room- Summer Lunch 6/28/2018 16
Community Room- Teen Thursdays/Terrariums 6/28/2018 9
II. COLLECTION
a. Book orders were placed from the following: SLJ 3/18; Booklist 3/1 and 3/15, Growing Minds 3/18 and
May Replacements and Adds.
b. Weeding of easy nonfiction continues. Weeding of juvenile nonfiction was completed.
III. PROJECTS
a. Prepared early literacy activities teen space for summer.
b. Created and implemented summer book displays.
c. Prepared for volunteer training.
d. Created TAB agenda.
e. Managed summer reading program forms, ticket drawings, and book cart.
f. Began planning for fall.
g. Manage Volunteen program.
h. Prepare for and deliver Terrarium program.
IV. GRANTS, MEETINGS, COMMUNITY
a. 6/15: 21st Century Grant meeting at CHHS.
b. 6/19: Community Picnic
c. 6/22: Jamboree Parade
d. 6/26: Trained staff on Summer Lunch Program.
V. STAFF
a. This month the major projects page staff worked on are as follows: selection tools, processing, and
various cutting projects.
b. Kelly Olson worked on book orders. She also fulfilled the many bulk loan bins we had this month. She
completed her usual tasks including month end reports, performer contracts, magazines, counting
money, receiving books, and purchase requests. Kelly was also trained on summer lunch program and
will help run the program this summer.