Books and Brownies
Talk about your favorite graphic novels while eating brownies during Books and Brownies. This program was originally scheduled for January 12, but has been rescheduled and will now be held on Thursday, January 26 at the Library! This program will be led by a Girl Scout and Teen Volunteer. Brownies will be served. Please note registrants will be eating baked goods, which will be baked by a teen volunteer. All registrants should indicate if they have any food allergies. This program is for tweens in Grades 4-7 only and is a joint program with the Children’s Department and Young Adult Department. Registration began Tuesday, January 3 online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. Tweens in Grades 6-7 who complete an online survey after the program can receive community service for participating in this program.
Kindness Cards for Community Service
Spread kindness in the community by participating in a special kindness card-making session on Sunday, February 5 at 2PM-4PM! Use art supplies to create cards featuring positive, uplifting messages, and then bring them home to hand out and help brighten someone’s day! Participants will earn 2 hours of community service. This program is for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12. Registration begins Tuesday, January 31 at 10AM online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability.
Teen Crafternoon: Free Paint and Craft
Paint and craft at a special Teen Crafternoon: Free Paint and Craft on Thursday, February 23 at 3PM. We’ll have a variety of art supplies you can use to paint and craft, leftover from previous Crafternoon programs. Please note there’s a limited amount of each craft supply, so registrants may not be able to do every craft project. This program is for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12. Registration begins Tuesday, February 14 at 10AM online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. Teens who complete an online survey after the program can receive community service for participating in this program. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.
Teen Advisory Board Meeting
The next meeting of the Teen Advisory Board will be held on Tuesday, February 7 at 4PM. Registration begins Tuesday, January 31 at 10AM online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). The meeting is for Tweens and Teens in Grades 6-12. If you are interested in helping to come up with programming ideas, volunteer ideas, or social media outreach ideas for Tweens and Teens in Grades 6-12, consider joining the Teen Advisory Board. Online applications are available at www.gardencitypl.org/teen-advisory-board-application/ Applicants should be in Grades 6-12.
Volunteers Needed: Reading Pals
Volunteer to read to and then do a craft with children ages PreK-Grade 2 during the program Reading Pals! The February session will be held on Tuesday, February 28. The Reading Pals program runs from 4PM-4:30PM. Volunteers are asked to arrive at 3:30PM to review the material before the start of the program and stay until 5PM to help clean up. Volunteers must be in Grades 6-12 only. Registration to volunteer begins Tuesday, February 21 at 10AM online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.
Tree Ornaments for Community Service: Shamrock Ornaments
Earn community service by painting ornaments for the Garden City Public Library’s Tweens and Teens Department’s Ornament Tree! Each volunteer will receive three ornaments and a set of paint pens to decorate their ornaments at home. Paint pens must be returned to the Library. These ornaments will be used to decorate our new ornament tree each month!
For the month of February, ornaments will be shamrocks, which will be used to decorate the Tweens and Teens Ornament Tree in March. Registration begins Tuesday, February 7 at 10AM online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Completed ornaments must be returned by February 16 to the Library.
Registrants will be asked to pick up their ornaments at the Library in order to participate in this community service program. Volunteers must return three decorated ornaments and their set of paint pens in order to receive community service. Volunteers will receive two hours for every three ornaments they submit, at the discretion of the Tweens and Teens Department. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.
Tweens and Teens Dungeons and Dragons
Join us for Tweens and Teens Dungeons and Dragons and learn how to play the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons by participating in one of our monthly Dungeons and Dragons Meet-Ups! Beginners are welcome! Each meet-up will feature a new self-contained, one-shot adventure and players will be assigned premade characters to play. Please register via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in this program. The February session will be held Thursday, February 9 at 4PM. Registration begins Tuesday, January 31 at 10AM online via Eventkeeper. Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. Teens who complete an online survey after the program can receive community service for participating in this program.
Teen Gamers
Kick off the weekend with our new Teen Gamers program! We will have our Nintendo Switch consoles for teens to use as well as tabletop board games and Magic: The Gathering cards for teens to play with. This program is for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12. The program will be held the following Fridays at 3:30PM in January and February:
Friday, January 27 at 3:30PM. Registration began Tuesday, January 17 online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org).
Friday, February 10. Registration begins Tuesday, January 31 at 10AM online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org).
Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. Teens who complete an online survey after the program can receive community service for participating in this program. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.
Volunteers Needed: LEGO Club
Volunteer to help children Grades K-5 during the monthly Children’s program LEGO Club! The February session will be held on Wednesday, February 15. The LEGO Club program runs from 4PM-4:45PM. Volunteers are asked to arrive at 3:30PM to help set-up before the start of the program and stay after to help clean up until 5:15PM. Volunteers must be in Grades 6-12 only. Registration to volunteer begins Tuesday, February 7 at 10AM online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.
Tween Thursdays: Fleece Heart Tied Pillow
Make a heart-shaped pillow with no sewing involved for Valentine’s Day on Thursday, February 2 at 4PM for Tween Thursdays: Fleece Heart Tied Pillow. This program is for tweens in Grades 4-7 only and is a joint program with the Children’s Department and Young Adult Department. Registration begins Tuesday, January 24 at 10AM online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. Tweens in Grades 6-7 who complete an online survey after the program can receive community service for participating in this program. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.
Tweens and Teens Yarn Group
Tweens and Teens in Grades 4-12 can learn how to knit or crochet during our Tweens and Teens Yarn Group that will be held on Saturday, February 4 at 11:30AM. Registration begins Tuesday, January 24 at 10AM. Participants will be able to take home knitting needles or crochet hooks to continue working on their projects, but must return the knitting needles or crochet hooks they are using by Saturday, February 18.
Tweens and teens in Grades 6-12 who know how to knit or crochet can volunteer at this program! Please contact Laura Giunta at laurag@gardencitypl.org if you are interested in volunteering.
This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.
Teen Crafternoon: Heart Canvas Painting
Join us on Saturday, February 4 at 3PM for Teen Crafternoon: Heart Canvas Painting! This program is for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12 only. Registration begins Tuesday, January 24 at 10AM online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. Participants will each receive a heart-shaped canvas and can use acrylic or watercolor paints. Teens who complete an online survey after the program can receive community service for participating in this program. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.
GCPL Tweens and Teens Best Books 2023 Committee: Volunteers Needed!
The Tweens and Teens Department is looking for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12 to volunteer to provide feedback on recently published Young Adult books as part of our Tweens and Teens Best Books 2023 Committee! Eligible books are those published between October 1, 2022 and December 5, 2023 and aimed at tweens and teens in Grades 6-12.
Volunteers will be asked to read books on the Tweens and Teens Department’s monthly reading lists beginning with December 2022 and then write a 300-word review. Volunteers can also nominate a book not on our lists as long as it’s published between October 1, 2022 and December 5, 2022 and the Library owns a physical copy in the Young Adult collection. Volunteers will earn community service credit.
Credit for both reading and writing reviews on new books in the Library’s Young Adult Collection. The feedback used throughout the year will help the Young Adult Librarians compile the Best Books list for the year in December 2023.
There are no requirements on how many books a volunteer must read and volunteers can read however many new books they are able to throughout the year. Volunteers can get credit for books they do not finish, as long as they provide 300-word feedback as to why they chose not to finish the book. The committee may meet throughout the year if there is interest, but volunteers are not required to attend meetings and can still participate by reading and providing feedback on recent Young Adult books.
If interested, please sign-up to join the committee by visiting Garden City Public Library’s website at www.gardencitypl.org/tweens-teens-best-books-2023-committee/ or for more information, please contact the Young Adult Department at www.gardencitypl.org/young-adult-department/contact-the-young-adult-tweens-teens-department/.
Follow Tweens and Teens on Facebook and Instagram
Follow Garden City Library’s Tweens and Teens on Facebook and Instagram! The Young Adult Department uses both social media platforms as a tool to post updates and announcements about upcoming Library programs and community service opportunities.
Here are the Facebook and Instagram pages for the Garden City Public Library Tweens and Teens Department:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GCPLTweensTeens
Instagram: www.instagram.com/GCPLTweensTeens
If you’re interested in participating and want to learn when events will be happening for Tweens and Teens (Grades 6-12), or if you have any questions, email Young Adult Librarian Laura Giunta at www.gardencitypl.org/young-adult-department/contact-the-young-adult-tweens-teens-department/ .
Teen Advisory Board Applications Now Available Online
If you are interested in helping to come up with programming ideas or social media outreach ideas for Tweens and Teens in Grades 6-12, consider joining the Teen Advisory Board. Online applications are available at www.gardencitypl.org/teen-advisory-board-application/ Applicants should be in Grades 6-12. Email Young Adult Librarian Laura Giunta at www.gardencitypl.org/young-adult-department/contact-the-young-adult-tweens-teens-department/ if you have any questions.
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