Kewanna-Union Township Public Library

KUTPL will celebrate Teen Tech Week March 6-12.

 The theme is “Create it @ Your Library.”

Join us for our TNT Tech Show.  Attend the TNT (Teens in Town) Meeting on Tuesday, March 8 @ 4:30. Bring your favorite tech device and show us how you use it.

Pick up a Tech Trivia sheet and answer the tech questions.

All teens that attend the TNT meeting, explain their tech device, or answer the tech trivia questions will receive an entry in our Teen Tech contest.

Teen Tech Week is a national initiative sponsored by YALSA and is aimed at teens, their parents, educators and other concerned adults. The purpose of Teen Tech Week is to ensure that teens are competent and ethical users of digital media, especially the nonprint resources offered through libraries, such as e-books, e-readers, databases, audiobooks, and social media.

Teen Tech Week encourages teens to use libraries’ nonprint resources for education and recreation, and to recognize that librarians are qualified, trusted professionals in the field of information technology. Teen Tech Week began in 2007 and has a general theme of Get Connected @ your library.

Millions of teens do not have access to a home computer and, were it not for libraries, would miss opportunities to gain important digital literacy skills.  Libraries offer a bridge across the digital divide.Libraries also recognize that digital media plays an important part in a teens’ life.  That is why more libraries than ever are helping teens build critical digital literacy skills, which they will use to obtain scholarships, secure jobs, effectively manage their online identity and more.

Kewanna Public Library was very fortunate to receive the following grants for use at our library!

Thank-you for awarding a Community Support Grant to us for technology updates.

Thank-you Fulton County Women’s Giving Circle for awarding a grant for us to use for programming expenses.  Our patrons will really benefit from your generous donation!

Thank-you for awarding the Kewanna-Union Township Grant to us for outside lighting.  We are so happy that we will be able to increase the safety around the outside of the library for our patrons.

Thank-you Fulton County REMC for awarding a grant to us for purchasing Legos and Lego Mindstorms.  Our patrons that attend the Lego Club are very excited to use all of the new Legos along with the pieces that we already have to make all types of creations!

We really appreciate your generosity and want to make Kewanna Public Library the hub of our community!

                Thank You

         Summer Reading Sponsors!

Applebee’s, Big R, Casey’s, Country Lanes, Dairy Queen, Fulton County REMC, Indiana Beach, Kewanna Metal Specialties, Kewanna Screen Printing, Luke’s Auction Barn, Winamac Coil Spring,

Our Kick-Off to Summer Reading Event is Thurs., May 28th @ 5:00.  Special guest, IB Crow from Indiana Beach, will greet summer readers and pose for pictures!  We will   have activities, give-a-ways, hot dogs, and more.  You can also sign-up for summer       reading during this special event.  Bring the whole family, and join us for a fun time.     Be ready to “Dig into Reading!”

Prescription Drug Take Back Day @ Kewanna Union Township Public Library

Saturday, January 17, 2015

12:00-3:00 pm

Prescription Take Back Day is a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs that could be potentially dangerous.  All expired, unused, and unwanted prescriptions or over the counter drugs will be accepted.  There will also be a sharps container available.

Local law enforcement officers will be in charge of the collection and disposal of all medicines in a secure and environmentally sound way.

This service is free and anonymous, and no questions will be asked.

It’s a great time to clean out your medicine cabinet!