The document discusses various types of programs, groups, and outreach for seniors at public libraries. It mentions Friends groups, senior advisory boards, clubs for different age groups, partner organizations, optimal times for senior programs, travel programs, crafting programs, book clubs, radio theater ideas, international cooking classes, marketing strategies, coloring clubs, and outreach to senior centers and nursing homes. Suggestions are provided for engaging older adults and millennials in the community through library programs and groups.

1. FriendsGroups:
 We have one andI thinkwe are tryingto get more people inthe communityinvolved
 All 9 locationsof MadisonPublicLibraryhave a Friendsgroup
 Our friendsgroupisagedand verycontrolling.How toendwithoutoffending?
 Do youhave any advice onhow to separate outa Friendsgroupwithoutcausingoffense?
o **Discussedinwebinar(bothabove questions) –ThishappenswithmanyFriends
groupsthat my neednew peopletojoinaftera longtime.Tryputtingdifferentpeoplein
charge of differentprojects,havingthe grouptake a breakovera busytime like
summer,startinga youngerMillennialsFriendsorfoundation,havingdifferentstaff take
turns workingwiththem.
 Wilbraham(mass.) libraryhasaveryactive Friendsgroup
 We have a friendsgroupof about4 people
 Love the ideaof havinga youngerfriendgroup
 We have a veryactive Friendsgroup,thatdoesvolunteerwork,fundraisers,special events
 LincolnCountyhasa FriendsGroup
 We have a teenadvisorycommitteethatfunctionssomewhatsimilarlytoaFriendsgroup - butI
love the ideaof a youngerFriendsgroupformillennials
SeniorAdvisoryGroups
 We call the SeniorAdvBoard SAGE
 SAGE isthe name of our SeniorsProgram
 We have one monthlyprogramthatwe specificallyadvertise toseniors - we runthe seniors-
specifictopicsatit (like benefits,seniorshousing).We offercoffee andencourage socializing
and try to buildinactivitiestofightisolation.Othertopicsthataren'texclusivelyseniors-focused
are advertisedgenerally(andgetlotsof seniorsatthem!)
ClubsforAll Age Groups
 We have a makersClubforfamilies
 One of ourlibrarieshasa multi-generationalRPGclub.
Partners:
Countyextensionoffice hasmanyhelpfulprogramstheywill offeratthe library
Good TimesforSeniorPrograms
 Have you observeda"best"time of dayto have seniorprograms? - Generally

2.  A lotof our seniorsdon'tlike todrive orbe out at night
 10:00 am worksfor the seniorsinourarea
 Here in Florida,it'smore of a time of year than the time of day.
 10:00 am or 2:00 pm
 Winteriswhenall the snowbirdsare here.
 We findthatseniorscome toprograms at 6:30 at nightor morningsfortechnologyprograms
 We’re a smallerrural city. We see a preference fordaytime. Notmuchmasstransitand they
wouldrathernot drive afterdark.
 Alsorural,not greattransitto the country,sogeneral preference fordaytime andnotdriving
afterdark.
 Time of year isimportant- seniorsare lesslikelytocome outon coldwinterdays:)
 weatherhashad a bigimpact onour programs - have hadto postpone some programswhen
snowfall ispredictedthe daybefore because roads/sidewalkswon'tbe clearedafterwards
Travel Programs
We Call Ours"MeetMe In...",Meet Me inBangladesh,MeetMe in Mexico,etc
Crafting,EspeciallyforCharities
 Our craft clubfor seniorsiscalledCrafternoon.
 we do knitting/crochet
 We doPurple Hats forBabies(ShakenBabySyndrome).Ourseniorsmade over1000 babyhats
distributedthroughoutthe state.
 The Red Scarf Project collectsscarvesforyoungadultsthathave agedout of the fostercare
system.TheysendthemasValentine'sDaycare package.
Movies?
 Moviesdonot do well inthe KingwoodCommunity.
 Moviesdonot workfor us either
 LincolnCenterstreamsrecorded events,we are goingtodo Lunchat LincolnCenterandhave
sandwichesandchips.Moviesworkwhenfoodisserved
 Our chairsaren't comfortable enough!
 I've heardthat havingclosedcaptioningwiththe moviehelps
 We have a movie discussiongroupwhere theywatchtheymovie before andthencome tothe
libraryto discussit
 Showingmoviesdoeswellwithyoungfamilies
 We have a discussiongroupthatreadsthe bookand watchesthe movie basedonthe book,
bothon owntime,then getstogethertodiscussboth. Meetsonce a month.

3. BookClubs
 We doBYOB - bring yourownbook
 NeedLarge Printbooks
 CollectionDevelopmenthassetaside $750 per library bookclubto purchase paperbacksof
titlesthatwe don't have enoughcopiesof inthe system.
 We doa dayand eveningfictionbokoclubanditseemstoworkwell because if theymissone,
theycan come to the other
RadioTheatre Ideas:
Do youhave any radiotheatre scriptsfor seniors?
We have done reader'stheaterprogramsforseniors.We have usedChildren'sbooks,alsofoundsome
online,usedthemedpoetry.
International Ideas
Indiancookingclassesverypopular!
Marketing& Surveys
 to reach seniorswe advertiseinplacesseniorsgoto(McDonalds,TimHortons,pharmacies,
healthclinics) andinthe local paper.Interest...we wordsadvertisementstofocusonoutcomes
that will interestthem(ie-chatwithyourgrandkids,notlearnhow to use skype).
 Suggestmaybe alsoreachingoutto local VAs,JuniorLeague,Women'sClubs...
ColoringClubs?
 Doesanyone else doColoringClubs?We startedone anddidn'tseemtohave verygreat
attendance.
 ColorMe Calm
 ColoringBookmarks
Outreachto SeniorCenters
 Has anyone everdone abook clubat a seniorcenter/nursinghome/etc?
 I'm startingone nextmonth
 Travel programs in nursinghomes