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Valentine’s Day project. Outreach Library / February 2010. “Please accept this Valentine's Day card as an expression of our appreciation for your use and support of the Hennepin County Library's At Home Service”. Timeline.
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Valentine’s Day project Outreach Library / February 2010
“Please accept this Valentine's Day card as an expression of our appreciation for your use and support of the Hennepin County Library's At Home Service” .
Timeline • November 2009: Outreach recruits TAG (teen advisory groups) to become involved • December 2009: Outreach sends supplies to TAGS • January 2010: TAGs create Valentine’s • February 2010: Valentine’s mailed
History • The Valentine’s Day Card project began small in 2005 with the TAG group at Oxboro wanting to do a community service project with seniors • Valentine Cards were only sent to a few At Home Customers
History • By 2008, all of the Library’s active TAGs became involved. • Women at the Adult Corrections Facility also made cards • Valentine’s cards were now able to go to the 800 plus At Home customers
2010 additions • In 2010, groups from libraries with city of Minneapolis became involved, including the group at Teen Central • Students from Valley View Middle School in Bloomington expanded the project by creating five hundred cards for residents living at deposit collection sites
Involved Teen Groups 2010 • International Teen Club from Brookdale Library • Teens advisory groups from Brooklyn Park, East Lake, Franklin, North Regional, Oxboro, Ridgedale, Southdale, St. Louis Park, and Westonka libraries
Involved Teen Groups 2010 • County-wide teen groups from Teens Online and Teen Central • Students in the Homework Hub tutoring program at Augsburg Park and East lake • District 287 VECTOR program helped in the mailing process
For more information, contact Patrick Jones in the Outreach Library
For More Information Contact: Patrick Jones (952) 847-8859 pjones@hclib.org