Going Green @ your library!

We are on the first week of our new library programming series-Going Green @ your library. We decided on this theme because Earth Day just happens to be in April; and with the new focus on "green" topics, we thought we would have humongous amounts of people people interested in learning more about taking care of the world we all share. And boy, did we ever! The first day that we put the new brochures out, we had several calls on signing up for programs, purchasing our new "green" tote bags, and getting more information about some of our presentations. This gave us lots of encouragement! If we have people curious about our topics, they might actually come to our programs!

Our first program will be this Thursday, March 5 at 6:00pm. Carrie Edgar, from the University of Illinois Extension Office, will speak on Go Green: Eat Local! She'll speak on locally grown produce and why buying these fruits and vegetables will help the environment and your pocketbook. I have a give-away basket to raffle off with plenty of local products. I wish I could win it!

We lots more in store for Going Green. The locally grown foods program is part of our Living Green program series. We'll have those every other Thursday from March to May (give or take some Thursdays-you'll have to check out our website for the dates). Then, we have our Trash to Treasures Recycled Art Workshops on Saturdays (not all Saturdays-just choice ones. Ditto on checking out the website for specific dates).
www.quincylibrary.org

We also have a Green Teen Challenge that asks local teens to be more "earth conscious" by writing down times that they have been good to our planet. Little things like turning off the lights when they aren't being used and biking to destinations instead of driving are some examples. The big prize is a Wii Fit! I hope the person who wins, owns a Wii or I'll have to take it home myself (lol).