Outreach

For 30 Years, Books to Go Program Sparks Kansas City Kids’ Love of Reading

Friday, August 23, 2024

Outreach

Youth and Family

Books to Go began in 1994 and is still serving local children 30 years later.

Community Partnerships Fuel Relationship with Housing Authority

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Outreach

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in spring of 2020, the Library had just received our shipment of materials for the Book Rich Environment initiative, which brings books and other literacy tools to children and their families who live in HUD-assisted housing. We worried how we would serve these communitie...

Community Resources Team Is Connecting Patrons to Needed Services

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Community Resources

Outreach

Just before Christmas, a young woman – pregnant and accompanied by her mother – sought out the Library’s Community Resources team for help. She had a new place to live but lacked furnishings and many other everyday essentials. Wher...

Library’s Mobile Services Are Rollin’ … Literally

Monday, September 21, 2020

Library Services

Outreach

Next Chapter

It would be kind of retro-cool to bill the Library’s new outreach vehicle as its first bookmobile in more than half a century.  Except it’s more than a bookmobile. The customized, brightly emblazoned cargo van&nbs...

Library Helping Make KC Count in 2020 Census

Thursday, August 6, 2020

Census

Outreach

Election

The Library is taking part in local education and outreach efforts to have everyone in our metropolitan area represented in the 2020 Census, helping to ensure Kansas City receives its fair share of federal funding in the years to come. How have the Library's Census outreach efforts changed due to the p...