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Hammond Public Library Education News
July 2010 - Vol. 4, Issue 7 |  |
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Hammond, Indiana 46320
219-931-5100E.B. Hayward Branch
1212 172nd St.
Hammond, IN 46324
219-844-2668
Howard Branch
7047 Grand Ave.
Hammond, IN 46323
219-844-1622
www.hammond.lib.in.us
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Dear ,Summer Reading ends July 31. The Library has programs for newborns through adults. Sign up at any HPL location. For those registered at Main Library, reading logs must be turned in by Sat., July 31 at 4 p.m. For those registered at branches, logs must be turned in by Fri., July 30 at 4 p.m.
 A Beach Concert on Thurs., July 1 features Parents Choice Award-winning musician and songwriter, Leonardo. Performances are:
- 1:30 p.m. at the E. B. Hayward Branch;
- 3:30 at the Howard Branch,
- and 7 p.m. at Main Library.
Everyone is welcome to this family-friendly show. You need not have registered for the Summer Reading Program.
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PROGRAMS AT HPL
 Summer Reading for all ages runs through July 31.
"Make a Splash" is the youth theme. Two programs are conducted:Listeners - for children who are read to
Readers - for those who read on their own"
Weekly programs take place, and each location hosts a Pirate Party on Fri., July 30.______________________________________
 "Make Waves" is the teen theme.
Programs include teen gaming, beach bag decorating,
making smoothies, and an adult/teen film, "An Inconvenient Truth."________________________________
"Water Your Mind at Your Library: READ" is the adult theme. If you have questions, please call HPL Youth Services at
(219) 931-5100, Ext. 336.
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 Youth & Teen Program: Thurs., July 29 at 1 p.m. at Main Library
"Trash to Treasure," an Enviromobile program presented by the Lake County Solid Waste Management District. Discarded items are transformed into treasure!
Click the link to see dates and locations of:
Youth Programs
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***************************************************************************OF INTEREST
NEA "Green Across America" GrantsDeadline: July 30, 2010
The National Education
Association offers Green Across America grants of up to $1,000 each to
help K-12 teachers implement their innovative education
program, activity, lesson, or event to increase environmental awareness, create
positive learning programs, and excite students about ways to create a better
planet. The program will award a total of $50,000, in grants of up to $1,000 each
(dependent on the cost of developing the activity, lesson, or event).
Information on the grantees' programs will be posted on the NEA Member Benefits Web Site for
use by the education community. The program is open to any educator employed by a public or private school
(K-12) located in the fifty United States and the District of Columbia. Grant award program applications are available at the NEA Member Benefits Web site. __________________________________________________
Smoking, dating violence and
suicidal thoughts among Indiana teens outpace national
averages.These data and more are available from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey,
published by the Centers
for Disease Control. Indiana results are summarized in an Indiana Youth Institute Issue Alert, "Indiana Youth at Risk," available for download.
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Buy from Amazon; help your Hammond Public Library:
If you purchase books, CDs, DVDs or downloads from Amazon, please consider accessing Amazon through the library's home page.
Click the Amazon link on our home page, and Amazon rebates a percentage of your purchase to HPL with which we can buy books, music
and movies. It's a win-win: you receive the same Amazon products and
services you usually purchase; we can add items that we could not
otherwise afford to purchase.
You can also grant a library wish! HPL has created a wish list on Amazon. By clicking the Amazon link to our wish list,
you can purchase items that will go to the library. If you enter your
name and address, we'll list your name on our website's new Thank You
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