Anniversary!

It is true! T.A.G. will be a year old on June 3rd! Since that date is also the last day of school the group is compromising a bit and will be celebrating on the 27th.

It has been such an amazing year - T.A.G. has hosted after hours programs for teens, crafts for all ages and put in over 200 volunteer hours at the library. Those are certainly great accomplishments!

T.A.G. has also recommended books, CDs and movies to be purchased by the library - most of which have been purchased or are on order. Some are even already out in circulation and being enjoyed by library patrons.

And now T.A.G. has got a new project ready to go - starting June 1st Ketchikan teens can participate in the KPL's first ever Teen Summer Program! With the help of 20 community sponsors (including T.A.G.) teens will be able to enter raffles, earn instant gratification prizes and more at the library all summer long. And, of course, we will be wrapping it up with a party in September.

T.A.G. has had an amazing Year One - I can't wait to see what's next for the group!

Very Generous Friends - by Courtney

Friends of Library Presentation

A couple weeks ago devoted TAG members Jasmyne, Morrisa, Olivia and myself (Courtney), all helped the wonderful and talented Kelly to beg and plead for money. The “Friends” were either wowed and amazed by our stupendous talent or took pity on our pleading souls, but either way they approved the budget for next year. Woot! The evening was “An Evening of Chocolate” and chocolate their was. The board made a plea for the teenagers to help them with the chocolate, and as we are philanthropic souls, who are we to refuse them help? We delighted in having the opportunity to help the “Friends” with their “chocolate issues”.

--An addition by Kelly--
The Friends of the Library will be meeting again on May 20th at 6:30, we want to let them know that we truly appreciate their support. They fed a lot of kids this past year and they will be feeding even more in the year to come! Not to mention everything else they do for our library. Yea, Friends!

Another amazing Art Afternoon!!
Though we started off a bit slow, we did start right off with all ages! Several of the younger folk loved the shape books - fishes, pigs, kites and more were big hits.

Once more of the teens arrived a wider variety of book designs were tried; sewed and flag books were just a few of the styles that were created.

And folks even tried out their own styles and ideas on our collection of papers, punches, glue and threads - it was truly a wonderful, creative afternoon! A huge thanks to everyone who joined us!

Though we were going to stop at 3 of these creative programs the attendance has been so consistently good we have decided to continue them. So, join us the end of July for another "Create Art in the Afternoon" as we go back to our first - PostSecret, Art Cards!