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Nogales libraries plan outreach push with Little Free Libraries, backpacks and summer programs
Summary
At its July 9 meeting the Nogales Library Board reviewed Friends of the Library plans to restock 15 Little Free Libraries with about 140 books, discussed back-to-school backpack giveaways including a July 18 event in Nogales, and reviewed summer programming and volunteer opportunities across branch libraries.
Friends of the Nogales libraries told the board July 9 they expect to stock the system’s Little Free Libraries with roughly 140 new books, including Spanish-English titles, and to distribute bookmarks that include a QR code linking readers to the Nogales library website.
Juanita Havel, reporting for the Friends group, said the new books include about 35 children’s titles bought at a Patagonia Library sale and that the group has used grant funds to purchase additional stock. Havel also said Friends volunteers are coordinating backpacks and school-supply distributions for back-to-school outreach and that the Friends have applied for grants of about $30,000 to support programming.
Library staff and trustees discussed summer programs and volunteer opportunities. The board heard that summer reading activities are wrapping up and that a closing celebration and children’s color run at the main library will follow the meeting. Staff also said some summer storytelling programs were paused at Nogales this year while other sites reported steady participation.
Trustees discussed volunteer-led programming such as monthly story time, teen activities and possible reader’s theater to draw older youth back to the facilities. Renee Curran, a Rio Rico board member, described her ongoing work stocking Little Free Libraries and donating books to neighborhood collection points.
The board was told the Mariposa Community Health Center will present at a future meeting about a potential rural-health partnership to update health-literacy materials across all four libraries and coordinate mobile-clinic outreach. Board members said they will circulate sign-up sheets for trustees to visit branches and promote the library’s new Polaris/Vega system to patrons.
