ICfL staff members have had their eyes out for relevant stories, tools, and tricks so you don’t have to. We hope you find these resources useful and inspiring. Enjoy!
Calendar
December
- Bingo’s Birthday Month
- First Day of Chanukah is December 7
- Winter Solstice is December 21
- Christmas Day is December 25
- First Day of Kwanzaa is December 26
January
- Braille Literacy Month
- Financial Wellness Month
- National Mentoring Month
- New Year’s Day is January 1
- World Holocaust Remembrance Day is January 27
- Tax Identity Theft Week starts January 29th
February
- Black History Month
- Low Vision Awareness Month
- American Heart Month
- National Library Lovers Month
- World Read Aloud Day is February 7
- Lunar New Year is February 10
- Valentine’s Day is February 14
Programming
- Doing Democracy session on Multi-generational Interactions was held at the McCall Public Library
- The Latah County Library District has added an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner to their Curiosity Collection
- The Community Library hosted “Fraud and Senior Financial Exploitation Prevention”
- Nezperce Community Library hosts a weekly “Cocoa and Crafts” open craft time
Resources
- University of Washington Memory and Brain Wellness Center sent along a list of titles in their catalog.
- Article – “Aging at different speeds” from Next Avenue
- Article – “Ageism in the Media” from the American Society on Aging
- Discussion – the topic of the November Adult Services LITT, “Dismantling Ageism”, based on Old School’s presentation.