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Welcome Home: Summer 2016 Library Program for Veterans in Birmingham

Join the Birmingham Public Library's summer programming for active duty service personnel, veterans, and their families. Participate in sports competitions, social reading groups, and family reading groups. Connect with ALA volunteer librarians and enjoy a summer of games and reading. Contact jill@ireadprogram.org for more information.

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Welcome Home: Summer 2016 Library Program for Veterans in Birmingham

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  1. 1919: Birmingham, Alabama Public Library welcomes returning World War One veterans. Sports & Games | Read for the Win! Summer 2016

  2. Public Library Programmingfor Active Duty Service Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families Sports & Games | Read for the Win! | Summer 2016

  3. Why is this part of Summer Reading? • Began as resources, websites, and bibliographies, primarily for families of Reservists and National Guard deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq • Has evolved to include returning veterans • Once California’s work on Outreach was introduced to iREAD, that evolution has continued Sports & Games | Read for the Win! | Summer 2016

  4. OUTREACH, SUMMER 2016 Sports & Games | Read for the Win! | Summer 2016

  5. OUTREACH, SUMMER 2016 • Library sponsored sports competition between local veterans from different branches of the service • Social reading groups for veterans • Family reading groups Sports & Games | Read for the Win! | Summer 2016

  6. ALA volunteer librarians in Paris, 1919 Sports & Games | Read for the Win! | Summer 2016

  7. Contact: jill@ireadprogram.org Jill Donovan The California Summer Reading Program is a project of the California Library Association, supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Sports & Games | Read for the Win | Summer 2016

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