60 programs in 60 minutes: DavisCountyLibrary Young Adult Programs

The following pages are proposals we submitted to the director before the events. They should give you an idea about how the programs were organized, presenters and materials used, and cost estimates.

Baby Sitting Bootcamp

  1. Historical perspective.
  2. Started in 2005
  3. Grown from about 75 in 2005 to 140 in 2009
  4. Original format still followed
  5. Based on community need
  6. Adults wanting older children to care for younger siblings
  7. Teens wanting to earn money
  8. Encourage YA’s into library setting
  9. Teens start leaving library scene for other interests
  10. Help them become life-long library users
  1. Program
  2. Three stations or centers
  3. Diapering, wrappingholding infants
  4. Balloons & diapers
  5. Blankets & dolls
  6. Snacks and finger foods
  7. Babysitting kits & entertaining
  8. Ice cream buckets or cardboard boxes
  9. Inexpensive crafts & activities
  10. Storytelling & paper bag puppets
  11. General session
  12. Police officer
  13. Local department
  14. Addressed personal safety
  15. Calling 911
  16. Registered nurse
  17. Addressed child safety issues
  18. How to administer basic first aid
  19. Questions and answers
  1. Handouts
  2. Color code each handout to separate patrons into groups
  3. Boot Camp Handbook
  4. Ask yourself – general information about babysitting
  5. Safety tips
  6. Emergency information
  7. Fun books
  8. Babysitting kit supplies
  9. Bibliography of library resources and web sites
  10. American Red Cross Babysitter’s Handbook
  1. First Aid handout (see kidshealth.org)
  2. Burns, cuts, allergic reaction, broken bones, falls insect stings, sunburn, sprains, seizures, nosebleeds, and Heimlich maneuver information.
  1. Certificate of completion
  2. Approximately $80.00 for
  3. Supplies
  4. Food
  5. Photocopying and advertising

A Positive You

Presentations:

  • Diet vs. Nutrition (20-30 minutes)

Making Healthy Choices

Fad diets

Exercise

Possible Presenter: a nutrition teacher from a local school or a University Nutrition Grad Student (last year’s presenter was Nichole Vance from USU)

  • Healthy Snacks (15 minutes)

Snacks Veggie sticks or crackers & cucumber slices with humus

Hand out recipes and healthy snack ideas (see sample handout)

  • Body Image & Fashion (20-30 minutes)

Learn to love your body

Dress to accentuate the positive things about your body (Balance Your Body Type)

Finding clothes that look good on a budget

Possible presenter: Alicia Richmond from Good Things Utah

(She did this last year)

Cost: $50.00 to $125.00 per presenter

Note: Nutrition handout for “A Positive You” is on next page. Original was in publisher, two column format.

Nutrition and Teens: A Guide for Parents

Family members can play an important role in helping teens to become healthier. It is much easier to cook, shop, and prepare delicious and nutritious meals and snacks when everyone is working on the same goals.

1. Be a good role model.
It is important for family members to follow a healthy lifestyle. Teens are influenced by what they see. If the entire family is active and eating well, teens are likely to follow!

2. Keep healthy foods in the house.
Stock the kitchen cabinets, refrigerator, and freezer with nutritious foods, like fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy products (yogurt, cheese, and milk), and whole grains (whole oats, brown rice, whole wheat cereal, or whole grain bread). Place healthy snacks in the front section of your refrigerator. If nutritious foods are available, your family is likely to make healthier choices. For example, if you have fresh fruit in a bowl on the kitchen table, your teen is more likely to choose it over a less nutritious snack food.

3. Grocery shop together.
Plan a trip to the grocery store with your teen. Start by making a list of the things you will need to buy. This will help keep you on track when you are at the store. Be sure to include items for breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks, and treats. Choose foods from all the food groups (grains, fruits, vegetables, proteins, and dairy). This way, the family will have all the ingredients for healthful eating.

4. Cook and eat meals together.
Learning how to cook is an important life lesson. Involve your teen with preparing healthy meals. Instead of frying, try: baking, grilling, steaming, or using the microwave to prepare foods. Although eating together can be a challenge because everyone has busy schedules, try to make it a priority. Talking and connecting with your teen is an important part of family time and it will also help slow down the pace of the meal to prevent overeating.

5. Eat healthy portion sizes.
People often eat all the food on their plate regardless of hunger. Provide a range of foods (including protein, grains, and vegetables) and start your teen with smaller portions initially. Try serving a well-balanced plate that is about 1/2 vegetables, 1/4 protein, and 1/4 grain such as pasta, rice, potatoes, or bread. If your teen is still hungry, then he or she can have an additional serving of the nutritious foods provided.

6. Eat at home most of the time.
Eating less fast food is an important step for the health of your family and your teen. Fast food is higher in fat, salt, and calories than most meals prepared at home. Also, portion sizes at fast food and other restaurants are too large and can lead to weight gain.

7. Watch for hidden calories in drinks.
Drinks like juice or regular soda are high in calories but are not very nutritious or filling. Buy sugar-free beverages such as Fruit2O, Crystal Light, seltzer, and diet soda. Drinking high-fat milk also adds excess calories; choose low-fat milk like skim or 1%.

8. Have treats in moderation.
Extreme dieting or fasting can be dangerous and is not successful for long term weight control. Healthy eating involves balancing nutritious foods with occasional treats. Having treats in the house can be very tempting for some people, so talk to your teen about what feels comfortable to him or her. It may be better for your family to go out for treats or buy them in single serving packages.

9. Make small behavior changes.
Permanent changes in health happen with small steps, not with strict dieting. Focus on making concrete small changes, such as drinking less regular soda and juice, eating more fruits and vegetables, or eating less fast food. Making small changes as a family can produce great health benefits.

10. Pick a food goal for the week or month.
Help your teen select a health-related food goal for the week or month. Examples include: packing a portable backpack snack instead of buying a candy bar at the convenience store after school, or bringing a healthy lunch to school instead of buying the cafeteria pizza and soda.

Film Making for Teens

Time: Various times. 6:30 the first two sessions, 4:00 last session

Place:CTV auditorium

Intended Audience:Youth ages 13 – 18, but anyone may attend.

Program duration: 90 - 120 minutes for two or three sessions.

Cost: $150 for the speakers ($50.00 per session, per person)

$25.00 for snacks on filming day, when the session is several hours long.

Materials: DVD player, TV,

Presenters will also bring in their own cameras and equipment.

July 15: Craig Nybo will present "how to come up with a great story concept and write a screenplay".

July 22: Russ Relyea will explain how they will shoot the music video on July 29th. He figures it will take about 60 - 90 minutes to prepare them for the following week. He will talk about different ways to use the camera.

Russ suggested one short program to get the students ready, and a long session to film and edit the music video. Russ will bring in his editing equipment, and show them how to use it.

July 29: 4 PM - 8 PM Shoot and edit an original music video.

Note about music: Russ suggested he'd find a group – possibly high school band – or someone- to provide original music. The focus will be on participants shooting film outside the library, and then coming back in to the library to edit it. He will bring two cameras help the patrons use them.

Express Yourself @ Your Library: Duct Tape

Presenters / Activities: Three Stations (attendees pick one of the three and are welcome to go to another once they’ve finished that project.)

  1. Wallet
  2. Cell phone case and Roses
  3. Tote (this will probably take the longest)

Veronica (CTV), Liz (SOD), and Trudi (HD) will each learn how to make one of the above with duct tape and then guide the attendees through the process. We will have a handout with the instructions for each of these crafts for attendees to take home so that they can try all of the crafts we will be doing.

Materials: Colored duct tape (20 rolls), Velcro for the cell phone cases, floral wire for the roses, and paper and scissors. We won’t need many pairs of scissors because it is easier to tear the tape than to cut it.

Costs: $74.60 for 20 rolls (3.73 each) of duct tape from Office Depot (1 rolls per person planning on 20), $7 for Velcro (for the cell phone cases), $3 for floral wire (for the roses), $84.60 is the approximate total.

Scrapbooking for Teens

Featuring Summer themed- pages with the Ladies from Bo Bunny Press

Objective: Provide a fun, instructive program on scrapbooking for teens and tweens in the North End. My goal is to have at least 10 students in the target range (11 -16). Participants will leave with at least two scrapbook pages done, as well as knowing what resources (books and cd-roms) the library has to help make

scrapbook pages.

Date:April 16 from 7 – 8:30 PM

Presenters: Jeri Tanner from Bo Bunny press. Jeri and additional staff member from Bo Bunny Press will provide all the paper.

Library needs to provide rulers, scissors, and glue sticks.

Staff: In addition to myself we will need two other YA librarians or other staff members to help the presenters.

There’s a Body in the Billiard Room Mystery Theater for Young Adults

Texas State Library wrote “The Body in the Billiard Room”

Intended Audience: Ages 12 – 16, 10 – 30 attendees

Refreshments: Grapes, granola bars, apple juice, water

Props: Posters, diagrams, crime scene tape, charts, copies of clues and investigation sheets for each attendee, plastic cup

Cost: Less than $50.00 for refreshments

Preparation: Cindi and Brooke will make the diagrams and charts (two – three hours each)

Evaluation: If more than 15 people attend and enjoy the program, if the attendees are in the target age group, if we have a rise in the circulation of Young Adult mysteries, or if the attendees check out display items, it could be considered a success.

Note: We held a mystery game in the South End of DavisCounty before this program that was also fairly well attended. We found that there are people and families who love this type of activity and traveled to both programs.

See first page from “The Body in the Billiard Room” next page.

The Body in the Billiard Room

By Lisa Youngblood and Gillian Wiseman, Waco-McLennanCounty Library.

Theme: Mysteries, Forensic Evidence, Investigation.

Intended Audience: Ages 12 to 16; 10 to 20 attendees.

Program Duration: 1 hour.

Preparation

Make copies of Investigation Sheets 1 and 2 for all attendees.

Make posters representing each of the four pieces of forensic evidence. Ask co-workers to supply some of the evidence as described below. Examples of these posters are here -- Poster #1, #2, #3,#4.

Draw a diagram of a billiard room with a door that leads into a hall and a door that leads to the back garden. In the room should be a billiard table, a few chairs and a rack for pool cues. Draw an outline of a body near the pool table. Use colored Xs to denote where forensic evidence was found. The fingerprint is on a pool cue in the rack. The lip print is on a glass that was dropped on the other side of the pool table. The handwriting is on a note in the victim’s pocket. An outline of victim’s body is of course, on the diagram. Use the example diagram included in this section as a model. Have four employees or four program attendees play the parts of the suspects. Give each an information sheet for his or her character. Include the specific suspect information found on the Investigation sheet side 1 and on the “Truth Sheet. “

Program Description

This role-playing program allows attendees to pretend to be investigators in a murder case. Investigators interrogate witnesses, analyze forensic evidence and solve the crime. Sides 1 and 2 of the Investigation Sheet and the Truth Sheet provide background to the mystery. Here is a summary of the events in the script: A billiards player was murdered on the night of a ball. His body was found the next morning in the mansion’s Billiard Room. Investigators found four clues: a fingerprint on a pool cue, a lip-print on a glass, a note in Nathan’s (the victim) pocket, and the condition of his body when discovered.

Let the mystery begin!

Start Your Motor

Location: Library back lawn/auditorium in case of inclement weather

Audience: Teens, and anyone else, interested in motorcycles

Activities:

  • On the back lawn by the footpath, the presenters will talk about their area of expertise and showcase the motorcycles and ATV’s they brought. They will talk about the different types of riding and safety and how to be a responsible driver. Kim and Rae talk about packing for a road trip, how to protect your body from the elements, and planning the trip. We will have the auditorium as a back-up in case of inclement weather.

Presenters:

  • Driving Regulations: Kurt Stromberg from Driver License division.
  • Harleys: Kim and Rae Eggleston, Harley owners and enthusiasts.
  • Racing and Recreation: Robert Archibald, owner of ATM – All Terrain Motors in Bountiful, and former national champion-level pro rider, father of world champion-level semi-pro rider turned pro, will show some machines and talk about what type of machine is best for what you want to do. He can also speak about safety, conditioning and training for riders, and competing. He will include information about motorcycles as well as ATVs.

Materials Needed: None

Program Outline:

  • Presenter: Kurt Stromberg
  • Getting licensed
  • Safety classes
  • Laws, etc.
  • Presenters: Kim and Rae Eggleston
  • Harley culture
  • Types of Harleys
  • Planning trips
  • Packing
  • Presenter: Robert Archibald
  • Racing ATV’s
  • Racing culture
  • Discipline and conditioning
  • Q&A

Special Considerations: We will have the motorcycles and ATV’s parked on the lawn/sidewalk behind the library and the audience will be seated on the lawn above them. The audience will be able to ask questions and inspect the machines after the presenters have finished talking.

Cost:$0

REAL Soccer Fun

Dustin Kirby and one other REAL Soccer club member came and spoke about becoming professional athletes, the importance of school and reading, and soccer. Dustin and his colleague were enthusiastic and charming with those who came, primarily elementary aged soccer players. We had about 30 – 35 attendees.

Prom-O-Rama Program Proposal

Intended Audience: Young Adults

Time Frame / Men / Women
6 – 6:30 / Fashion Show
6:30 – 7:15 / Cooking Tips (until 7:02) / Hair/Makeup (switch stations at 6:52)
Flowers / Makeup/Hair
7:15 / Dating Panel
7:30 / Basic Dancing Instruction

Intended Presenters:

  • Teresa from Men’s Warehouse providing the fashion show. She has the connections to set it up and knows plenty about suits, etc.
  • MaryKay representative, Trisha Grant, will do makeup on volunteers in attendance.
  • Students in cooking from the DATC will present the cooking tips.
  • Bill Shanks will do a presention about flower options (corsages, bouquets, flower costs, matching flowers to date’s dress). He previously owned and worked at Shank’s Floral in Bountiful. If not him then some other local floral shop.
  • Students of FranBrownBeautySchool will be showing the women basic hair styling techniques.
  • The dating panel will only be made up of two individuals this year, one man and one woman. We will collect questions in boxes at all of the branches and then help these panel members prepare their answers to the questions when necessary. Also, we will provide a short time for the audience to ask their own questions, keeping in mind that we have only allotted at most 15 minutes to the panel. Note: We ran out of time for the dating panel!
  • Social Dance class from BountifulHigh School will provide demonstration and instruction.

Materials Needed: The DATC students will need to use the stove.