FW: Renovating for Play, Texas Society of Architects/AIA

EMAILED BY DR. LAWSON ON 5/30/14:

 

Nice way to end a Friday
Sharing good news about HPL...  Collier Renovation Published!

 

Please join me in congratulating the HPL Facilities Team - especially Stephen Chamberlain who led this effort, and the Neighborhood Libraries Team

 

https://texasarchitects.org/v/article-detail/Renovating-for-Play/iu/

 

As John Middleton says, “Nice to see another HPL library and PFD project published again. Even though there are a couple of inaccuracies, starting with the date the library reopened, it is still great to see HPL presented positively in design media.”

 

Kudos once again to the PFD team and Neighborhood Libraries, and especially to Stephen Chamberlain for a job well done.

 

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-MM

Cinco de Mayo Celebration

We celebrated Cinco de Mayo during our most recent Family Time! The children enjoyed making their own sombreros and listening to a tale about "Cinco de Mouse-O". At the very end, they were all in for a great surprise! PINATA!

May Displays

Adult Display: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Teen Display: Get Caught Reading

Collier Puts Safety First!

PROM U Debut

Hi all
As most of you know Youth Programming launched our first annual PROM U program last week.  Each day was dedicated to a different aspect of preparing for a big event (dance, attending a wedding, birthday party).  The ladies were treated to make-up and hair tips along with our fabulous Dress Drive courtesy of ShaRhonda's hard work in outreach for donated dresses.  Amethyst booked hair and make up talent and we all handled the gentlemen days of learning to tie a proper tie and the history of the corsage - this was most entertaining.
Attached are photos for you to enjoy!

Family Time: Easter Celebration

We had a fun time this past Saturday letting our families participate in an indoor Easter egg hunt.  Special thanks to Amethyst and ShaRhonda for turning our meeting room into a "park" with the Easter Bunny residing over all the fun!

Collier Youth Programs April!

Hello All
Collier is building great programs for our youth of all ages.  Recently, we launched our first Family Time on Saturday, April 4, 2014.  This program is for 3 months old to 5 years old and is a modified baby / story time for those families who cannot attend our regularly scheduled Story Time on Tuesdays and Baby Time on Thursdays.
We had a good kick off and look forward to our next Family Time on April 19 when we will have an indoor Easter Egg Hunt for our young customers and their families.

April is National Poetry Month and that means: Teen poetry contest.  To enter, teens create poetry using different materials and submit their creations to our poetry wall in the teen section. The person with the most "poetry points" receives a private poetry party on a Saturday at the library.  Lunch is catered, favorite poems read and a movie to follow!

We have debut the Rainbow Looms in our ASZ to huge success.  We are looking forward to all the creativity that comes out of these crafty machines!

And finally, Collier is celebrating Children's Book Celebration by setting up craft tables on Saturdays to help children enter the CBC contest.  So far we are enjoying all the fun and creativity our youth have to offer!!