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Public libraries, community partners focus on summer book deserts in Fresno County

As many children and teens in Fresno County eagerly begin summer vacation, for some the coming months loom of isolation and hunger. In her article on May 4, Aleksandra Appleton draws much-needed attention to book deserts plaguing Fresno County. Especially ... read more

COMMUNITY EVENTS IN THE RIVER VALLEY & OZARK AREA

The public is invited to attend. Ceremony for Bear Partners Program MORRILTON — University of Central Arkansas President Houston Davis and University of Arkansas Community ... will have a book signing at 2 p.m. at the Faulkner County Library. read more

Joy in Coffee Café offers joy by the cup

Since 1969, The Focus On Renewal Sto-Rox (FOR) Neighborhood Corporation has worked with a wide range of partners ... Community Resource Center, enhancing their arts and culture programs, creating Teen Studio Sto-Rox and transforming the Sto-Rox Public Library. read more

Community calendar for the week of 2/22

There will be a special service each Wednesday during Lent to focus ... County Public Library, 214 Commons Blvd, Palmyra. Memory Cafe is a social engagement program for individuals with Alzheimer’s or related dementia and their care partners to drop ... read more

Things to do in York, Lancaster and Chester counties

The event features Caribbean infused dining, desserts ... to the public. York County Fire Safe South Carolina, 6 p.m. Tuesday at Anna K Hubbard Fire Training Center, 2500 McFarland Road, York, to discuss with fire service, community partners and ... read more

Book Rich Environments Initiative Gives Books to Families in 'Book Deserts'

the Urban Libraries Council and the National Center for Families Learning that focuses on bringing books to kids and families in “book deserts,” areas where literary access is limited (particularly in public housing communities). The books will be ... read more

Fresno County is a book desert in the summer, and the effect on kids is ‘devastating’

Neuman first coined the term “book desert” to refer to areas where there are less than five books per child available, particularly during summer ... Fresno branch library, located a few blocks away next to Edison High. In total, the Fresno County ... read more

Busting the Learning Boundary Between School and World

As I researched for my book ... community ranges from programs that have been in place for more than a decade, to an explosion of new pilots in the last few years. We find them evolving in the most exclusive independent schools, under-served urban public ... read more

Local leaders meet with Nevada politicians on development goals

Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye Las Vegans Pack Public Lands Open House A crowd filled the Clark County Library conference ... Ford, community members and higher education officials toured the High Desert State Prison on Indian ... read more

County honors Las Vegas girl who shielded brother from gunfire

Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye Las Vegans Pack Public Lands Open House A crowd filled the Clark County Library conference ... Ford, community members and higher education officials toured the High Desert State Prison on Indian ... read more