Rachel Carson "Sense of Wonder" Contest

2012 marks the 40th anniversary of the world changing Clean Water Act. To commemorate this legislation and Rachel Carson's involvment in raising awareness and appreciation for the natural world, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced an intergenerational "Sense of Wonder" project.

This year's project will celebrate a "Sense of Water." Teams 2 or more, composed of an older adult and young person, will express the beauty and wonder of lakes, rivers, streams, oceans, and waterfalls through either poetry, essay, photography, or dance.

Visit The Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder Contest webpage for more information about the contest, and this webpage for more information about Rachel Carson!

Senior Celebration in the Park

May 5th, 2010

10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

@ the South Park Fairgrounds.

Join us at ACLA table #58, located in the Home Economics Building near the Nature Center, which will feature countywide programs and services in addition to information on this year's One Book One Community initiative. The theme of this years event is Live Strong! Live Long! Almost 40 organizations will be present to offer health screenings and demonstrations, on-going LIVE entertainment, dancing, and much more will be available for the 61 Allegheny County Senior Centers participating in the event. Morning refreshments and enhanced boxed lunches will be provided.

Join ACLA and your library colleagues in the celebration!

If you or your library in interested in participating in the Senior Celebration in the Park please contact Charity Leonette at 412-921-1123 or leonettec@einetwork.net for more information.

Go Red For Women

To raise awareness about heart disease as the number one killer of women local Pittsburghers, men and women are featured in a wonderful and informational video. The video discusses how lifestyle modification can really reduce one's chance of having heart disease and may even prevent heart disease. Take action for your own health and the health of someone you love!Please share this video with your friends and family!

To learn more about Go Red For Women, please visit http://www.goredforwomen.org/

A very special thank you goes out to all the volunteers who participated in the video and to Eventures Live for giving so generously of their time and talent to the American Heart Association.

Thank you to Wendy McCabe the Go Red for Women Director of the American Heart Association

Dance as Exercise

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette featured this video in their multimedia center in September showing how a local company called Touchtown has created an exercise system for seniors that combines video and music to keep folks moving.

This connects with our recent visit from Michael Stephens and Thomas Frey the idea of libraries using space for innovative services such as exercise, video production, small theaters and the list goes on. Imagine what you would do with a library flex space...