Hi Everyone


A  good resource was mentioned at the juvenile service meeting for where to find program and display ideas  Chase's Calendar of Events.

Libro Fest is quickly approaching and Flores Branch will be having several events occurring at their location . Flyers are on their way to all the locations per Jennifer Schwartz.

Alief  Branch received sponsorship to have a festival October 18, 12 pm -4 pm  for Teen Read Week it will have book and technology related activities.

 October flip kits be will introduced into several  HISD locations. They will contain the same materials as our kits. The bags will be blue and geared toward students that are around 1st grade. The kits aren't suppose to check out, but if they accidentally show up at our locations contact Kallie Benes at kbenes@cmhhouston.org

March and a portion of April there will be an exhibit at Central in the Julia Ideson building and here on the 4th floor celebrating Maurice Sendak's work.

 Sara Pope  gave out this information to help with program and display ideas.

January:  New Year's Day January 1st
              Martin Luther King Jr. Day 3rd Monday in January

February: African American History Month
               Super Bowl February 1, 2015
               Valentine's Day -February 14th

March: Women's History Month
             Teen Tech Week -2nd week of March
             Read Across America Day March 2nd

April: National Poetry Month
         National Library Week -generally 2nd full week of April
         Celebrate Teen Literature Day- Thursday of National Library Week
          Money Smart Week -April 18-25, 2015
          Easter April 5th, 2015
         Children's Day/ Book Day-El Dia de los ninos/ El dia de los libros -April 30th  

May: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
         Children's Book Week-1st full week of May
         HPL's Children Book Celebration
         Mother's Day -2nd Sunday of May

June: SRP
         LGBT Pride Month
         Audiobook Month
         Father's Day -3rd Sunday of June

July: SRP
        National Ice Cream Month
         Independence Day-July 4th

August: Back to School

September: Library Card Sign-up Month
                  Hispanic Heritage Month September 15th- October 15th
                  Banned books Week Last week of September

October: Hispanic Heritage Month September 15th- October 15th
               Teen Read Week -3rd full week in October
               Halloween- October 31st

November: Picture Book Month
                  Citizenship Month
                  Native American Heritage Month
                  Day of the Dead/Dia De Los Muertos- November 1st
                  International Games Day -3rd Saturday of November
                  Thanksgiving -4th Thursday in November

December:  HPL's Season's Readings
                  Hanukkah-December 16th -December 24th,2014
                  Kwanzaa-December 26th -January 1st
                  Christmas-December 25th


The programming team ( Jennifer Schwartz, Carmen Abrego, Allen Westrick,Tiffany Hooper and Russell Wagner) welcomed suggestions, but would like them to be three to four months in advance please.

Thanks
LE