September is Healthy Aging Month
Every September, we recognize Healthy Aging Month as a time to focus on the health and well-being of older adults. It’s never too late to find a new career, sport, passion or hobby or to work on improving your health….
Fall Into Fun on the Bookmobile
Can’t get to the library? We are where you are! Our Bookmobile—a full-service mobile branch of our library—provides scheduled stops around the community at convenient locations around town, such as Target, IKEA and Best Buy. On the Bookmobile, you can:…
Summer Fun with Outreach and the Bookmobile
Summer looks good on the Bookmobile! Join our Outreach staff and the Bookmobile for exciting activities for the whole family at these fun events. Remember, attending an event, exploring the Bookmobile and visiting a park each count as one point…
Visit Your Local Parks on Fridays this Summer
Join us and the Bolingbrook Park District on Fridays, June 3–July 29, from 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., to take a ride on the trackless train, scale the climbing wall and visit the Bookmobile. Don’t miss your chance to check…
What’s Happening on the Bookmobile this Summer
Did you know that the Bookmobile is a full-service mobile branch of our library that provides scheduled stops around the community at convenient locations like Target, IKEA and Best Buy? You can join us for some fun monthly activities and…
National Day of Unplugging March 4-5
March is around the corner, and that means the National Day of Unplugging is coming up! National Day of Unplugging is an awareness campaign that promotes a 24-hour respite from technology, annually observed the first weekend in March. For more…
Student Success Library Cards for Valley View Students
“Your library card is your ticket to opportunity… What other card in your wallet gives you free access to books and magazines, DVDs and videos, computers and Internet access?” Suzanne White Last year at Fountaindale Public Library, we initiated the…
StoryWalk® Week: Celebrating StoryWalks and Story Strolls
Next week, November 15–19, the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services (ABOS) and Let’s Move in Libraries will host a week-long event celebrating the inspiring work of libraries that spearhead StoryWalk® programs*—promoting literacy, reading, health, exercise and movement in communities…
Memory Care Kits on the Bookmobile
According to the American Alzheimer’s Association, over 50 million people worldwide suffer from or are living with Alzheimer’s or other dementia diseases. Alzheimer’s and Dementia, at times, are used interchangeably, but they are two very different things. Dementia describes a…
New! Wi-Fi Hotspots and Rokus on the Bookmobile!
Our Bookmobile has more than just books and movies on its shelves. We recently added mobile Wi-Fi hotspots and Rokus to our Bookmobile collection. These are the same great devices we’ve had in our main collection, but now we’re taking…