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Prep for College Series
The library can help you Prep for College with expert college and test preparation guidance.
Start Early, Start Smart
Monday, July 23 | 6:30-8 pm
Understanding what type of majors to look for will help students prepare for their career options. Georgia Koch from Career Vision discusses the use of aptitude-based career planning to improve your college planning and decision-making processes. For parents and their teens in grades 9-12.
Reserve your spot.
Don't Pay the College Sticker Price
Thursday, July 26 | 6-8 pm
Discover ways to make a college education more affordable and less of a financial burden with help from Joe Orsolini of College Aid Planners. Orsolini focuses on strategies for finding money through scholarships, student loans, grants, and tax-saving opportunities. For parents and their teens in grades 9-12.
Reserve your spot.
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Hoopla
Past Difficulties? We Heard You!
You love accessing hoopla to borrow, stream, and download movies, TV series, ebooks, audiobooks, and comics. If you had difficulties borrowing titles in the past, we encourage you try again!
To make it easier for members to borrow titles, the library increased the total daily borrowing limit.
Search hoopla for ebooks, movies, and more.
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Sensory Box
Available in the Youth Department
The Sensory Box is thoughtfully therapeutic and provides a way to help children who get overwhelmed in public spaces calm down with toys that soothe. The box includes noise cancelling headphones, a weighted lap blanket, social-emotional cue cards, soft textures, and fidget toys. Ask at the Youth Information Desk for the Sensory Box, and take a reflective break time in the study room together with your child.
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The challenge is for adults to read 4,000 books and kids to read for 70,000 hours. If the goals are met, the Friends of the Library and the Library Foundation will each donate funds to SCARCE, an award-winning nonprofit that provides environmental education through hands-on programs to schools, organizations, and the community. If you haven't done so already, you can still sign up and participate in GEPL Reads for SCARCE.
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Summer Sidewalk Sale
Thursday, July 26 - Sunday, July 29
Glen Ellyn is turning up the sales and the fun at this year's Sidewalk Sale Celebration, full of entertainment and deals that should not be missed! Thursday and Friday Main Street is closed. Saturday and Sunday enjoy sales on the sidewalk. Remember, Sidewalk Sale Celebration is all of Glen Ellyn. The stretch of this event can be found from Roosevelt to Geneva Road. Come take advantage of all Glen Ellyn has to offer!
Explore these links to find out what's happening in Glen Ellyn:
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VOLUNTEER AT THE GLEN ELLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY!
Are you interested in volunteering at the library? There are so many ways you can get involved at the library, but there are two specialized positions that recently opened up for adults. The library is looking for facilitators for Next Chapter Book Club and Home Delivery volunteers. The Next Chapter Book Club is an exciting program that promotes literacy, social interaction, and community inclusion for adults with developmental disabilities. Home Delivery volunteers bring materials to library members that are unable to visit the library themselves. Interested in either of these positions? Fill out the Volunteer Application form on the library's website. You can also contact Sarah Kleiva, Outreach Librarian, at
[email protected] with any questions.
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