On Thursday, Feb. 25, The Rock It! Lab hosted a panel of four business owners for Black in Business, Keith Fulks of Mr. Keith’s Gourmet Kettlecorn, Latasha Moore of Tasha Teaches Spanish,
Magazine readers, RBdigital where one of our digital magazine subscriptions is hosted, has been acquired by OverDrive and has resulted in a few changes. What does this mean for you? In the short term, it’s a win-win for our magazine readers! The magazines you enjoy reading can be accessed in either OverDrive or Libby.
Social Distancing got you down? Why not start or revisit your book club? CALS has everything you need to jump right back into a perfect event you can do with friends in the comfort of your own homes. And the price is perfect- free. CALS book club kits contain 10 copies of popular titles and discussion questions for after you’ve finished reading,
I love to read. For the past 28 years, I have owned and operated a court reporting business, which involves hours and hours of proofreading. So for many years I have read a lot, not necessarily what I wanted to read, albeit many times quite interesting and informative.
Count UP Math Tutoring Program was launched at the end of 2020 and aims to pair qualified, trained volunteers with children in grades K-12 who need assistance with real-time math tutoring. Currently there are 80 students who have filled out forms to join the tutoring program and are waiting for their tutor match. At the moment,
“If a conversation is hard, it’s probably one worth having.”
The CALS Ron Robinson Theater presents A Conversation Worth Having: a virtual series a part of the theater’s Civil Rights & Social Change Collection of programming.
The theater screens a virtual watch party,
Recently some checked-out digital audiobooks were removed from CALS patron accounts even though the due date for those titles had not passed. We want to apologize for this inconvenience if it affected you and want to let you know it came as an unpleasant surprise to us as well.
CALS purchases e-books and digital audiobooks from Overdrive.
Thanks to a generous memorial gift from the family of Alan Ross Kumpe, each CALS branch has birdwatching kits available for checkout to all CALS cardholders. Each kit contains a carrying bag, Celestron binoculars, binocular guide, polishing cloth, lens caps (three), and one book (Birds of Arkansas).
For some additional reading on birdwatching,
Honor or memorial gifts are an everlasting way to pay tribute to someone who has touched your life. Give a donation in someone’s name to mark a special occasion, honor a friend or colleague or remember a beloved family member. When a tribute gift is given the honoree will receive a letter acknowledging your generosity and a bookplate will be placed in a book. For more information, contact 501-918-3025 or calsfoundation@cals.org.
Spreading your gift out through monthly contributions is a great solution for your budget and ours. Your monthly donation provides ongoing and predictable support we can count on to fund educational and cultural programming for the patrons, communities, and neighborhoods being served by CALS.
Leave your legacy with a planned gift that can help ensure quality materials, programming, and services for our libraries. For more information, contact 501-918-3025 or calsfoundation@cals.org.
Or, sign up for Kroger Rewards and a portion of your purchases at Kroger will be donated to the CALS Foundation. Simply go to krogercommunityrewards.com, click “Create an Account” to sign in, and select CALS Foundation as your organization to support.
If you would like to make a donation by check, print this donation form, fill it out and mail it with your check to:
Central Arkansas Library System
100 Rock Street
Little Rock, AR. 72201
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