Family Fun Day “Garden Party” club volunteers and teen volunteers provided face painting on April 18 at the Johnson County Public Library in collaboration with the JCPL Garden Club.
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The Johnson County Public Library hosted its Family Fun Day “Garden Party” on April 18 in collaboration with the JCPL Garden Club, while also highlighting upcoming programs for homeschool students, teens and families through April and May.
Kenzie Ryan, head of programming and outreach at the Johnson County Public Library, said the event included activities for children throughout the library.
“Our garden club is going to be decorating flower pots and planting flowers with them,” Ryan said. “We are also having our teen volunteers help us with games throughout the library, as well as a scavenger hunt and a coloring banner.”
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Ryan said the library has several events planned in the coming weeks.
April events:
• April 23, 4 p.m. — Teen meeting for middle and high school students
“Middle and high school students will be doing tie dye,” Ryan said.
• April 30, 5 p.m. — Teen Movie Night featuring The Good Dinosaur
“That is open to any middle or high school student who wants to come,” Ryan said.
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Ongoing program:
• Test Run Tuesday — New program series
“Test Run Tuesday is a new program that allows us to try out new things the community wants to do,” Ryan said.
May events:
• May 8, 2 p.m. — Seed giveaway following gardening club
“We will have wildflower mix, English lavender mix, sunflowers, pumpkins and cantaloupes,” Ryan said. “That will be one of each seed for every family.”
• May 19, 11 a.m. — Homeschool extracurricular activity
“We are making fuzzy insect creatures,” Ryan said.
• May 19, 5 p.m. — Youth Test Run Tuesday
“That will be a family game night,” Ryan said.
• May 21, 4 p.m. — Tied With Love service project for middle and high school students
“That is our service project for middle and high school students,” Ryan said.
• May 28, 4 p.m. — Teen meeting
“We will be doing canvas painting with our teens,” Ryan said.
Recurring program:
• Gardening Club — Second Friday of each month at 11:30 a.m.
Ryan said additional events are still being added, and the library is also preparing for its summer reading program.
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