The 2021 Kent County Teen Film Festival has just wrapped up its first-ever virtual event, and we are extremely pleased to announce this year’s winners. Best Live Action Short Summer Days Best Documentary New Abnormal Best Screenplay Tori Shannon for False Awakenings Best Cinematography Up North Best Original Music Pandemic (Original Score by Alex Bruce…
Black History Month – Black Community.
As Black History Month comes to an end, we want to reflect on how we can continue (outside of 28 or 29 days a year) to support the Black community. These are a few Black-owned places in our community that we wanted to celebrate this month! A Glimpse of Africa: https://www.aglimpseofafrica.org/ Founder: Fridah Kanini “I…
Introducing the 2021-2023 Strategic Plan
We are pleased to announce our 2021-2023 Strategic Plan. The plan guides our purpose to further all people by highlighting three strategic focuses: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Engagement and Service Sustainability This strategic plan also outlines our purpose, vision, 3-5 year business goals, annual operational initiatives and core values. It serves as a lens to…
A 1KB4K Success Story
Makena recently completed the One Thousand Books Before Kindergarten (1KB4K) program at the Walker Branch. That means she has read over 1,000 books! By the end of the program, she was reading the books to her family, instead of having them read to her. We are so proud of you, Makena! As a thank you…
An Easy Way to Win a $50 Gift Card to Meijer
***Congrats to Katie D. from our Caledonia Twp. Branch, the winner of this contest. Hi friends! We want to get to know our patrons a little better, and we have a fun prize up for grabs in the process. Fill out this quick and easy form and upload your photo by March 15 and you…
Black History Month – Books Matter
As we stated in the first post, we will be celebrating Black History and wanting to add Black Authors who have created their work to represent Black excellence. These are just a few of books that I chose but there are so much more, please check out our Black History Month page that has recommendations…
KDL Free Library: “It’s Been a Big Hit”
Mark is a Librarian at our Krause Memorial Branch in Rockford. Even though he spends all day in a library, he wanted more. For the last three or four years, he has also had a KDL Free Library at his home. The Little Library was built by Mark's friend, and sits just outside of his…
KDL Receives Priceless Partner Award from Affinity Mentoring
We are so pleased to be the recipient of the 2021 Priceless Partner Award from Affinity Mentoring. What an honor! Affinity Mentoring partners with local businesses, organizations and schools to match students in K-8th grade with a caring adult role model to journey alongside them one hour a week. Several KDL staff members serve as…
Get to Know KDL: Sara from Alto and Englehardt
Meet Sara! She is a Branch Outreach and Programming Specialist. Her position gives her the opportunity to work behind the scenes and on site to ensure that KDL is providing patrons with the best outreach and programming available. "One thing I love about my position is getting to work with so many different individuals --…
Black History Month
Join us in celebrating Black History Month throughout the month of February with the following programs and resources: Blog posts Black History Month - Books Matter, by Misgana Kurban Black Arts, by Misgana Kurban Black History Month reading lists Picture Books Middle Grade Recommendations Teen Recommendations Adult Recommendations Programs Celebration of African American Life …
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