FRIENDS OF LINEBAUGH LIBRARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP RUTHERFORD GROUP PROJECT 2015 Group members Group Leader: Mac Bouldin Communications Leader: Melanie Brumfield Leya Franklin Olivia Arnold Brennan Woodall Sam Williams A look at the organization Friends of Linebaugh Librarys Goals (aka FoLL): Promote reading and literacy Provide additional funding for the public library Encourage relationships between the library and the community of Rutherford county as a whole Introduce special programs and exhibits to attract residents to the library Revamping the website FoLLs website was extremely outdated which inhibited its effectiveness. The board asked our group to redesign it for them! Added several new articles to the site Added multiple photos and other visuals to make site more appealing Added page to subscribe to FoLLss Improved overall quality of site Check out our work on the website at Articles on the websiteSubscriptions Starting anNewsletter The FoLL board wanted to send out annewsletter to keep the community up-to-date on their work, but they needed some content help. Launch article series following Rutherford countys finest private librarys Began by submitting an article (complete with photos) about the library at Oaklands Mansion Newsletter is set to be sent out later this Spring Spreading Awareness The group wanted to reach out to kids in the community to spread awareness about all the great services the library has to offer! Read to Ms. Saupes 1 st grade class Shared favorite childrens books, explained how to open a library card, showed various medias that can be checked out of the library Presented to Mrs. Monroes 5 th grade class Detailed the research resources available, showed online sources on Linebaughs website Leya and Melanie read some of their favorite books they checked out from the library to the class! The kids ask questions about the types of books they can check out! The 5 th graders learned about eBooks available for checkout and online resources for research! Learning from the experience Each member of our group took away something different from this unique experience. I was surprised about how excited both age groups of kids were about reading and finding the hidden treasure that is the Linebaugh Library! Melanie Brumfield Sometimes fixing complex problems just takes simple solutions like updating the website and reading in schools. Sam Williams Learning from the Experience I learned that we have unique historic books in our hometown that really allow you to see the way people lived 100+ years ago and the way we have advanced technologically is astounding. Olivia Arnold Fight the fire thats burning the fastest Mark Pirtle Mac Bouldin Learning from the experience I enjoyed being able to see FoLL enable others, at all ages, to read and provide them with a place to not only read but learn, too! Brennan Woodall It was interesting to see how much influence we had over the young children in the classroom setting. Leya Franklin