Museum of African American History @ WBL

WBL Library Vickie Chapman presented a live museum of African American History with such historic figures as Harriet Tubman, George Washington Carver, the 4 Little girls, and Thurgood Marshall all portrayed by volunteers and staff! Patrons were encouraged to ask the figures about themselves! Check out the video below!

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You Art!

WBL’s teens went old school on this craft and made a collage of their wonderful characteristics with magazine cut outs of words and pictures! These teens are very creative and it shows through their work! You too can do You Art! Try it out sometime, it makes a great piece for framing!

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WBL’s Spreading the Love

For the second year in a row WBL has hosted a program called Spread the Love where we invite patrons to make Valentines for the less fortunate! This year WBL’s Valentines will go to a local nursing home! Check out some of the beautiful cards that were made by patrons big and small!!!

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It’s February @ WBL….

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…and how do you know? Because we’ve displayed hearts and Black History information everywhere! WBL had Valentine’s overload in the children’s area where we displayed 103 Valentine’s books! Also, WBL hosted a special African American History Book sale where we put out more than 200 items for sale on black history figures! The books sold like hot cakes and it’s still the beginning of February and we only have about 15 items on the table for sale currently!

Charlotte Fit Girls Program with WBL

WBL Librarian Jenny France and Amrita Patel of Matthews worked with a program called Charlotte Fit Girls at Reid Park Elementary for 6 weeks.  Fit Girls is a fitness program for 4th and 5th grade girls that combines running, reading and leadership development.  At practices girls ran laps, played games and discussed books with strong female protagonists.  They cap the season off  by completing a “Polar Bear Mile” at Freedom Park.  Jenny remembers her group, “We’ve had a very special group of girls this season.  We’ve read books like the Vet Volunteer series, played games and trained for our race.”  On Saturday, December 18th, the Charlotte Fit Girls participated in a “Polar Bear Mile” at Freedom Park (It was so cold it even snowed!), followed by a pizza party at Fuel Pizza in Park Road shopping center.

 

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