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Kitsap teen volunteer program returns, logs hundreds of hours and focuses on workforce readiness
Summary
Trustees heard a mission moment from teen services librarians about a revived teen volunteer program that reported 314.5 hours in 2024 (with aggregation caveats) and 103.25 hours in the first two months of 2025; the program emphasizes employment-readiness, interest-based projects and volunteer safety procedures for ages 13–18.
The Kitsap Regional Library Board of Trustees heard a mission moment April 22 about the system’s revived teen volunteer program, which library staff say emphasizes workforce readiness and interest-based learning while reconnecting teens with library services.
Library leaders told trustees the program, relaunched about a year ago, aims to prepare teens for employment through an application and interview process, orientation and safety tours, and regular schedules with supervising teen services librarians.
"We pulled this together to incorporate employment readiness from the application process all the way through to scheduling expectations," said Jim Sutton, teen services librarian (Bainbridge Island). "These all directly support our strategic plan priority area, workforce readiness and development, and they really help them to…
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