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One Friends committee Building It. Together.

Building It. Together. is the Evy Nordley award winning Friends project for 2011.

The Building it. Together. project came about as a new civic building, encompassing a library, senior center and city offices, was beginning construction in 2010.

Adapted from U.S. Department of Labor press release.

Minnesota is one of five states to receive grant money from the U.S. Department of Labor to design and implement innovative strategies that will improve re-employment services for unemployed workers. States receiving these funds responded to a "call to innovate" around a new national vision and framework that aim to create an integrated workforce customer registration process, use real-time data for enhanced decision-making, highlight skills transferability and leverage social media tools.

Where’s the Book Bag
Friends of the Buffalo Library

Friends of the Buffalo Library sponsored a summer contest. The public was invited to purchase a library book bag for $9, take it on summer travels or walks around town, and snap a photo of the bag in front of a familiar landmark for a chance to win a prize. From June to August 2010 photos were submitted to bookbagpics@yahoo.com or brought to the library desk, listing name, phone, and location of photo. Photos were posted in the library when received. In September the public guessed the location of book bag photos. Posters encouraged readers to “Guess where The Friends of the Buffalo Public Library traveled this summer and match numbered photos of book bags’ travels (left column) with alphabetical locations (right column).” Friends awarded prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

Courtesy of our Friends at MELSA originally from MetroBriefs:

If you want to spend a fun Saturday surrounded by authors and performers promoting reading to kids, this is the Ambassador (volunteer) gig for you.  

Location: Minneapolis Community & Technical College (MCTC is easy to get to (http://www.minneapolis.edu/), the Children's Pavilion is on the second floor of the Technical Building connected to the parking ramp by skyway. MELSA will reimburse for parking.