Visit Our Event Campaign Page   Celebrating Library-Afterschool Partnerships Public libraries and afterschool programs share the common goal of providing safe and enriching environments for participating children and engaging families in their communities. Across the country, 10.2 million kids attend afterschool programs where they have access to a healthy snack or a meal, academic help, and enrichment activities like reading, STEM, and art. Lights On Afterschool is the only nationwide event celebrating afterschool programs and their important role in the lives of children, families, and communities. This year afterschool-library partnerships are continuing to be celebrated as an official theme for Lights On Afterschool! [...]

Visit Our Event Campaign Page   Constellations: Science and Stories in the Sky Summer is the finest part of the year for stargazing because it offers warm nights and the beauty of the Milky Way running straight overhead. The constellations we see have been passed down to us across generations with patterns that reflect different stories from around the world. As part of STAR Net‘s Sky Stories campaign, the American Museum of Natural History’s own Carter Emmart demonstrated how to identify the constellations and introduce you to a few of these stories while exploring some of the science behind the familiar patterns in the sky. This [...]