(TRAVERSE CITY) - The Traverse Area District Library (TADL) welcomed 271 new cardholders in August and we’re hoping for even more in September! If someone you know doesn’t have a library card invite them to visit with you and transform their reading - it’s Library Card Signup Month!
Sign up - and check out 100 items at a time
Last year we more than doubled the total number of items a cardholder could have checked out at one time, from 40 to 100! Details are online at tadl.org/lending
Who won summer, and what else is happening for the first half of September?
Youth
Thank you to everyone who participated in TADL's 2024 Summer Reading Club, it was our second-highest number of readers ever! The following schools are our 2024 champions:
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Overall Champion - Kingsley Elementary (32% Participation)
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TCAPS Champion - Eastern Elementary (29% Participation)
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TCAPS Runner-Up - Courtade Elementary (27% Participation)
We'll be visiting the schools in the next few weeks to celebrate. If there's a way we can help your family get ready for a fantastic start to school please reach out! Storytimes and after-school programs will start back up Sept. 9.
Teen
Join our teen volunteer group (every Wednesday at 4:30 pm) or our writing group! Twisted Quills, our teen writing group, meets every Tuesday at 4:30 pm (starting 9/24). Registration requested, all teen writers are welcome! Writer Jacqueline Burke will share her enthusiasm and skills. During this session we will be working on a "choose your own adventure." Check out last year's work on our web page. There will be snacks and beverages to keep your ideas flowing.
Other Sept Events
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9/2 - Sat. Chess Club, 11 am (Tweens and Teens)
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9/8 - Super Smash Bros Ultimate Tournament, 1 pm (Teens and Adults) registration required - tadl.org/events
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9/10 - Michigan Youth Challenge Academy (National Guard), 6 pm registration required - tadl.org/events
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9/12 - Anime Club, 5:30 pm (Teens and Adults)
Adults
Call for Chefs for the Chili Cook-Off Sun. Oct. 20 (1 pm)
Do you have an award winning chili recipe? Our registration is now open! With beans, without, vegetarian, vegan...anything goes. The public, your fellow chili chefs and local firefighters decide what they believe is the best.chili.ever. (Or at least this year). Register now! (space is limited) https://www.tadl.org/callforchefs
Health & Wellness
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Every Tuesday @ 4pm - PWR! Moves - Weekly exercise class on the front lawn for those with Parkinsons. Partnership with Michigan Parkinson Foundation
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9/6 - Lunchtime Tai Chi, Noon
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9/11 - Self Care and Movement, 6:30 pm
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9/13 - Chair Yoga, 11 am
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Medicare Information Sessions 9/16 & 9/18
Learn more about AI!
Save the date for Sept. 17 - TADL’s Assistant Director of Technology Scott Morey will be hosting AI for You and I at 6:30 pm.
These are highlights for the first half of the month, please check our calendar for the entire slate of activities. If you’re looking for something to do outside at any time try our storywalk!
TADL provides dynamic resources and innovative services to stimulate intellectual curiosity, facilitate lifelong learning, promote literacy, and nurture personal enrichment. Circulating over 1,300,000 items each year, TADL provides a wide variety of services, including a broad collection of books, digital streaming and downloads, public computers, free WiFi, a Talking Book Library, and free programming for all ages.
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