#OceansOfPossibilities with the Detroit Zoo – MI Public Library BOGO

The Library of Michigan is excited to announce, in collaboration with the Detroit Zoo, a summer reading prize opportunity for your clubs! The Detroit Zoo is providing your public library summer participants a special MI Library BOGO: Purchase one general admission ticket and receive a second general admission ticket redeemable for one child ages 2-18 years of age FREE! The Zoo is also providing the adult ticket at a discount price and a parking voucher.

Patrons can redeem their bogo at https://bit.ly/MiLibraryZoo. I’ve also created a “coupon” for you to print & award to your program participants, and a QR code, all of which you can find here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Nyy1skmSaHYrKNHI5J0cbPcEgCaivvdt?usp=sharing.

Please use the Detroit Zoo’s Michigan Library Bogo as an incentive for participation in your public library’s summer programs. This is not for general shares to the public (nor for non-library participants). This offer is good through December 31, 2022, so families that live far away have the opportunity to plan and travel, should they choose to! A big THANK YOU to the Detroit Zoo for providing this opportunity for our families to continue to explore #OceansOfPossibilities and for encouraging reading this summer.

MiYouth

Tuesday, June 14^th

2:00 PM ET

Join LM’s Youth Services Advisory Council (YSAC) for discussion and idea sharing around programs that will entice kids back into your library this year. Please note that MiYouth has transitioned to quarterly meetings on the 2^nd Tuesday at 2pm. Looking forward to seeing you at the next “MiYouth TWOsday!”

MiYouth meetings are open to all public library staff who work with youth in Michigan.
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/506813991?pwd=Z2NBMTFES1BlRlNVc2lhbzV1eTJ0QT09

Password: 454345

Resources

InBrief: Early Childhood Mental Health

Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
The science of child development shows that the foundation for sound mental health is built early in life, as early experiences—which include children’s relationships with parents, caregivers, relatives, teachers, and peers—shape the architecture of the developing brain. Disruptions in this developmental process can impair a child’s capacities for learning and relating to others, with lifelong implications. For society, many costly problems, ranging from the failure to complete high school to incarceration to homelessness, could be dramatically reduced if attention were paid to improving children’s environments of relationships and experiences early in life.

MDHHS Stay Well Virtual Programs for Teens and Families
The Stay Well program is available for all Michigan residents and is from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. You can find details on the program in the attachments and also online here www.michigan.gov/staywell.

Creative Coping: An art-based workshop for parents and children. 4-week workshop that will meet on Wednesday evenings. This workshop will launch on Wednesday June 15^th
Staying Well: An emotional health workshop for teens. 4-week workshop that will meet Tuesday afternoons. This workshop will launch on Tuesday June 14^th.
Coping with Grief and Loss for Young Adults. 4-week workshop that will meet on Wednesday afternoons. This workshop is ideal for people aged 13-21 and will launch on Wednesday June 15^th.

You can find all the marketing materials online here https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oT_0G67UP55wxmHPEy3rPIO1HVhb5rex?usp=sharing

In the News…

More Michigan third-graders could be held back under read-or-flunk law – Bridge MI, 5.27.22

More Michigan Third Graders Could be held back under reading law – Chalbeat Detroit, 5.27.22

Freedom to Read Advocates, Please Stand Up: ‘We need positive voices in the conversation’ – MEA, 6.1.22

Best wishes for all your summer library programming kick-offs!

Cathy Lancaster

Youth Services Coordinator

Library of Michigan
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
Lansing, MI 48915
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Nourishing Michigan’s Future during the summer! Find a Summer Food Service Program site nearest you and encourage Michigan’s children to Meet Up and Eat Up! www.michigan.gov/meetupeatup