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Monday, April 14, 10:00am-4:00pm - We are partnering with the American Red Cross to host a blood drive this month!
- We urge community members to donate blood and help ensure that patients in local hospitals have a supply of blood ready and waiting before an emergency occurs.
- Donors of all blood types are needed, especially those with types O negative, B negative and A negative.
- Donors should drink plenty of liquids for 24 hours prior to donation time.
- You may schedule an appointment by clicking here, or by calling the Red Cross at 1-800-733-2767.
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Thursdays, April 17 and 24, 10:30-11:15am |
Monday, April 14, 6:00-7:00pm |
Pickup begins on Tuesday, April 22 *If the registration list is full, please add yourself to the waitlist, as we often have kits not picked up promptly that we can offer to families on the waitlist.* |
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- Birds help move seeds from place to place. Sloan Museum of Discovery and Longway Planetarium staff will be here to help children aged 7-12 years old explore the different ways animals help disperse seeds, while designing and building our own bird feeders to take home. Adult assistance will be required, so caregivers should plan to stay in the room to help.
- Open to children aged 7 years old or older ONLY at the request of our presenter. We're limited to 25 kids in each session.
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- New or struggling readers in grades K-5 are invited to sign up for a 15-minute "Paws for Reading" session with one of our local certified therapy dogs.
- Dogs are excellent listeners and never interrupt! The goal is to provide a non-judgmental atmosphere in which kids can read without correction or interruption and learn not just to read, but to love reading as well.
- A handful of books will be available, but feel free to bring one from home.
- Each child will have one-on-one reading time. Register for a 15-minute timeslot: 5:30-5:45pm ,
5:45-6:00pm , 6:00-6:15pm [FULL], 6:15-6:30pm ,
6:30-6:45pm , 6:45-7:00pm
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Wednesday, April 23, 6:30-7:30pm |
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Friday, April 25, 2:00-3:00pm - All are welcome to come share their ideas, show genealogy treasures or tell us about a brick wall that they have encountered. We all have a lot of experiences to share with each other!
- Register HERE.
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The next Book Sale is coming up in May, and we are currently taking donations! - Donate your gently used books, DVDs, and CDs to the library! Please pack donations in boxes.
- Magazines, textbooks, encyclopedias, VHS tapes, and items of unsellable condition (smoke, mildew, or water damage) will not be accepted..
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The Thirty Names of Night
by Zeyn Joukhadar
Five years after a suspicious fire killed his ornithologist mother, a closeted Syrian American trans boy sheds his birth name and searches for a new one. He has been unable to paint since his mother's ghost has begun to visit him each evening. As his grandmother's sole caretaker, he spends his days cooped up in their apartment, avoiding his neighborhood masjid, his estranged sister, and even his best friend (who also happens to be his longtime crush). The only time he feels truly free is when he slips out at night to paint murals on buildings in the once-thriving Manhattan neighborhood known as Little Syria. One night, he enters the abandoned community house and finds the tattered journal of a Syrian American artist named Laila Z, who dedicated her career to painting the birds of North America. She famously and mysteriously disappeared more than sixty years before, but her journal contains proof that both his mother and Laila Z encountered the same rare bird before their deaths. In fact, Laila Z's past is intimately tied to his mother's--and his grandmother's--in ways he never could have expected.
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Arabiyya : Recipes From the Life of an Arab in Diaspora
by Reem Assil
Arabiyya celebrates the alluring aromas and flavors of Arab food and the welcoming spirit with which they are shared. Written from her point of view as an Arab in diaspora, Reem takes readers on a journey through her Palestinian and Syrian roots, showing how her heritage has inspired her recipes for flatbreads, dips, snacks, platters to share, and more. With a section specializing in breads of the Arab bakery, plus recipes for favorites such as Salatet Fattoush, Falafel Mahshi, Mujaddarra, and Hummus Bil Awarma, Arabiyya showcases the origins and evolution of Arab cuisine and opens up a whole new world of flavor.
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Arab Americans in Metro Detroit : A Pictorial History
by Anan Ameri
Arab Americans have been an integral part of Detroit's history since the 1880s. Early Arab immigrants worked as peddlers, grocers, and unskilled laborers, first settling downtown and later on the east side of Detroit. Their numbers increased after the First World War. They were attracted to the area by the booming automobile industry, and Ford's $5 for an 8-hour work day. This visual journey explores the history of four generations of Arab Americans in metro Detroit. It takes us to the days that preceded the automobile to modern 21st-century Arab America. Through more than 180 images, this book portrays the challenges and triumphs of Arabs as they preserve their families, and build churches, mosques, restaurants, businesses, and institutions, thus contributing to Detroit's efforts in regaining its position as a world class city.
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Do you love reading, books and libraries? Help out our Friends' group!
What you can do:
- Volunteer to organize all of the donations that are dropped off to the library
- Assist in setting up the annual book sales 3 or 4x a year
- Volunteer to run the book sales
- Help recruit new Friends to the group
- Share ideas for special events to fund raise and support the library!
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