REDWOOD CITY NAMED ALL-AMERICA CITY FINALIST |
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This past weekend, City of Redwood City staff, along with staff of Redwood City Together and colleagues, represented Redwood City as one of twenty cities nationwide named as finalists for the 2023 All-America City title. Presented by the National Civic League, the All-America City Award is a prestigious national award given annually to 10 cities to recognize communities that have successfully leveraged civic engagement, collaboration, inclusiveness, and innovation to address local change.
This year’s theme was “Creating Thriving Communities through Youth Engagement,” and the following initiatives were included in Redwood City’s application for the award:
1. The Purposeful Action Creation & Engagement (PACE) Plan, which responds to community concerns about youth behavior in Downtown and aims to foster positive relationships between community leaders, law enforcement, and the Bike Life movement youth;
2. The People’s Budget, which was a participatory budget initiative in which community members directly decided how to spend $1 million as part of the City’s budget;
5. And its Anti-Displacement Strategy to preserve affordable housing and protect housing options for low- and moderate-income residents.
During the competition, each city was required to present their programs creatively. Redwood City's representatives prepared a skit that showcased the incredible work happening within the community. Although Redwood City did not win the National All-America City Award on this occasion, we take great pride in representing our city, and our efforts received recognition from participants representing larger cities who were impressed by our accomplishments. Learn more here
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SUMMER LEARNING CHALLENGE NEWS |
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Our Summer Learning Challenge events kicked off this week with learning and fun center stage, with our Great Americans and Stuffed Animal Campout. Our Tuesday 10am Stories in the Park started today, and will continue next week at Magical Bridge Playground. Find all our summer programs and sign up for the Challenge here.
For the next five weeks, we are hosting weekly performers with 4 performances each at the Downtown Library, Magical Bridge Playground and Redwood Shores Branch Library. Mark your calendars!
Join Magician Perry Yan and be astonished by magic, laugh-out-loud comedy and storytelling!
DRUMMM’s interactive rhythm events feature movement, rhythm and fun!
Join us for a creative story with music from different parts of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Join us for a wondrous bubble experience featuring Sterling Johnson!
Meet live animals with Jungle James!
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Mark your calendars to Save the Date: October 11!
Last year the Library Foundation held our inaugural Upscale Pub Crawl in recognition of Banned Books Week. Over 350 people purchased tickets, allowing them to receive a discounted beverage from select downtown pubs and learn more about banned books from Library Foundation volunteers at each location. Banned Books Week 2023 will be October 1-7, and our Second Annual Upscale Pub Crawl will be held on Wednesday, October 11.
Book banning (or challenging) in school libraries increased nearly 30% in the last semester of the 2022-2023 school year. PEN America, the nonprofit free-speech organization, found 1,477 instances of prohibited books during the first half of this academic year. Legislation passed in some states has caused some educators to remove all books in school libraries or classrooms for fear of going against these laws. Banning also occurs in public libraries, with some counties threatening to withhold library funding if challenged books are not removed. Texas has the highest number of bans, followed by Florida, Missouri, Utah, and South Carolina.
For Pub Crawl information and tickets, go here.
If you are interested in being involved in fundraising activities, such as the pub crawl, that support library initiatives, fill out the volunteer form on our website: https://www.rclfdn.org/volunteer
If you are interested in a longer-term commitment, please consider joining the RCLF board. Return the form found here.
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Are you looking to give back to the community? Do you like treasure hunts? You might be the perfect person to volunteer with Redwood City Public Library to find holds for other customers at the Downtown Library. Here are few comments from our holds volunteers:
“Personally, one of the main reasons I like pulling holds is because it’s fun to see what kinds of things people are checking out. Sometimes it’s informative and fascinating, and other times it’s bizarre and silly. It never gets dull because you never know what you’re going to get. You learn so much about the people in your community through pulling holds.” --Emily
“I enjoy helping provide a service that I also use myself.” –Sonya
“I get physical exercise, mental exercise, and social exercise talking with other staff members and volunteers. And, as an avid reader myself, I get satisfaction knowing I helped put a book in someone’s hands to educate or entertain. I enjoy every second of it.” –Stephen
If this volunteer opportunity is of interest to you, please contact Gene Suarez at gsuarez@redwoodcity.org or (650) 780-7098.
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See the full events calendar here.
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Stories with Guzzy
On Saturday, June 24 at Redwood Shores Branch Library, join Canine Companion, Guzzy, for stories and crafts.
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Preparing for the Interview
On Tuesday, June 21 at 11am, at Redwood Shores Branch Library, Phase2 Careers will share ways to prepare for a successful interview.
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Summer in the Makerspace starts next week. Kids can learn to sew, crochet and make fun crafts. Little ones are also welcome at Camp Early or Little Learners.
MONDAYS, 10:30am
MONDAYS, 11am
MONDAYS, 1pm
MONDAYS, 2pm
WEDNESDAYS, 10am-1pm
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For Kids
THU JUN 22, 10:30am
THU JUN 22, 7:15pm
TUE JUN 27, 10am
For Teens
THU JUN 22, 5pm
SAT JUN 24, 2pm
For Adults
WED JUN 21, 9am
TUE JUN 27, 12pm
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STAY IN TOUCH // MANTÉNGASE EN CONTACTO
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Library customer service is available for your questions:
By phone: (650) 780-7018, extension 4
Servicio bibliotecario al cliente está disponible para sus preguntas:
Por teléfono: (650) 780-7018, extensión 4
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