Growing up, I didn’t realize how
much I love helping others. I had always worked in libraries and when my
education took me out of that sector, it just felt wrong. When I returned, I
began to realize that I am drawn to libraries not for the reading, not for the
research, but because it lets me help people. Even better, actually, is that it
lets me help people to help themselves.
Despite everything that’s
occurred since the beginning of the new century, I am still a diehard believer
in the American Dream. Seeing the things that happen in a library is a big
reason why. From finding jobs researched and applied for with help from a
librarian to getting essential health information needed to talk to a doctor,
community members will always be able to improve their own lives at the
library.
This year, we continue our work
“transforming lives through the power of information.” Here are just a few
opportunities that will help you help yourselves:
·
Renew Your Health Goals-The library’s new
healthy literacy series, Simple Steps to Better Health, through the OK Dept. of
Libraries runs Feb. through June. Our partners, Payne County Health Department
and Payne County OSU Extension, will be teaching classes on health topics and
healthy cooking. Our sponsors, Stillwater Medical Center, Payne County TSET,
Stillwater Public Library Trust, Health Care Authority, Food Pyramid, Knight
Medical Supply, Magic Touch Massage Therapy and Crepe Myrtle Asian Market, are
providing incentives and chances for prizes to help motivate you to complete
the simple steps that will you be healthier. Registration begins Jan. 3.
·
Secure Your Identity-If you have a bored
houseful of guests during the Christmas break, then put them to work sorting
and gathering your shreddable paperwork for the library’s annual shredding
event by Shred-Away on Saturday, Jan. 28, from 9-11 a.m. The event is free, but
we gladly accept donations to defray the cost. For more information on which
items you should shred to keep your household and identity safer, visit the
links on our webpage at http://library.stillwater.org/annual_shredding_event.php.
·
Expand Your Skills-The library staff starts its
next semester of one on one computer tutoring in Jan. Emily and Amanda take
hour long appointments to provide individual instruction on most all computer
topics, including beginning use, iPhone and Android use, Word, Excel,
Powerpoint, and other Microsoft products, internet searching, email use,
Facebook and much more. Appointments are generally held on Wednesday afternoons
and Friday mornings, but they are very open to adjusting their schedule to meet
your needs. Sessions can be made by calling 405-372-3633 x8106 or emailing askalibrarain@stillwater.org.
·
Read More-More and more studies are showing the
health, emotional and cognitive wellbeing that reading provides. Need help
reading more? Join one of the library’s Winter Reading programs and read to
earn incentives and chances into prize drawings. Adults are reading for a
chance to win a $100 giftcard from the 1907 Meat Co., an Ancestry DNA test and
many other great prizes. Visit our webpage at http://library.stillwater.org/index.php
to get started.
For more
help transforming your life, visit the library!
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