The document discusses various community engagement initiatives organized by the Westerville Public Library, including a pen pal program called 'Leaping Letters' that connects elementary school children with senior citizens. It also highlights upcoming events such as a local author book festival, a health and fitness day, and a cookbook club at the senior center. Additionally, it provides information about utilizing library resources from other Ohio libraries and upcoming summer reading programs.

1. Have you ever had pen pals?
This is our third year doing Leaping Letters, the letter writing program between
an elementary school class and senior citizens. This year, we paired up with a 1st
grade class at Hanby Elementary and everyone is enjoying getting to know each
other. We’re even hoping to bring the two groups together to meet!
If you would be interested in writing letters to an elementary school child next
school year, just let us know and give us a call at 614-259-5034. It is a great way
to connect with the community and keep up on your letter writing skills. And
we do all the delivering for
you, so no postage re-
quired!
Wester ville
Public
Librar y
The Outreach
M a y / J u n e 2 0 1 5N e w s l e t t e r 6 9
 Leaping
Letters
 Did You
Know
 Manager’s
Corner
 New
Programs
 Upcoming
Events
 Summer
 Staff Picks

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Outreach Dept. has started a new book club at the Westerville Senior
Center? Do you enjoy cooking? How about eating? Well, then you’re in
luck! Outreach presents: Cookbook Club. This group meets every 4th
Monday of the month, from 1:30– 3:30 pm at the Westerville Senior Cen-
ter. Not a member? Call them at 614-901-6560 to get info on how to
...that June 18th is
also known as
International Picnic
Day? So grab some
food and head out-
doors!
DID
YOU
KNOW?
Have you ever received an item from us that had a
sticker on it entitled either “SearchOhio” or “OhioLink”?
Those stickers indicate that the item you received is
from an Ohio library other than Westerville’s.
SearchOhio items come from public libraries; OhioLink
items come from college libraries. In most cases, these
items are not renewable so please check with Outreach if you want to
keep them more than one month. If you need us to reorder something
for the next month’s deliveries, just let us know. Please note that if you
want to order your own material on-line from SearchOhio or OhioLink,
please place your order exactly two weeks prior to your delivery date.
That allows plenty of time for the items to come in and be ready for us to
bring them right to your front door.
@Westerville
Public Library:
Outreach
*Julie Kerns is also a NOTARY and will be glad to come to your home to notarize items for
you. Please call us if you need this service. 614-259-5034.
Julie Kerns,
Outreach
Manager*
Great Decisions Discussion
Group
Created by the Foreign Policy Association of
America, Great Decisions is America’s
largest discussion program on world affairs.
Their goal is to promote greater understand-
ing and knowledge of foreign affairs, as well
as to learn from and respect the wide variety
of opinions presented in each
discussion. Currently, we are hosting one of
these discussion groups at the Westerville
Senior Center every 4th Monday from 1-
2:30pm.

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N e w s l e t t e r 6 9
Upcoming Events
Fresh Fish to the Front
The Westerville Historical
Society presents this reader’s
theater story of the Civil War’
s 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
directed by Leslie Blankenship.
This event free and open to the
public
May 15: 7:30pm at the
Westerville Public Library, 126
S. State St.
Upcoming Events
Local Author Book Festival
Come check out (and buy) vari-
ous works from authors right in
your own city!!
June 6: at the Westerville
Public Library. Call 614-882-
7277 for more details.
Upcoming Events
National Senior Health & Fitness
Day
Westerville Parks and Rec will
offer various activities to join
more than 1,000 other locations
throughout the U.S. to celebrate
the 20th anniversary of this
event. Join in the fun with
health exhibitions, giveaways,
food and much more!
May 27: 9-11am. Westerville
Community Center, 350 N.
Cleveland Ave.
Book ratings, weekly prizes, and grand prizes, oh my! The summer months are closer
than we think, and you know what that means! Yes, another year of Summer Reading.
We will be handing out more information in your delivery bag next month– bonus
points of you can guess what our theme is this year from the picture. So get ready,
set, READ!!

4. HEATHER
Brutal Telling
by Louise Penny
A stranger is found murdered
in a village bistro/artisan store
and all signs point to the
owner. Once again, Chief
Gamache is called in to peel
back the layers of lies,
exposing both treasures and
secrets long buried but not
forgotten.
Being Mortal: Frontline Ep. 3
(2015, NR)
MEREDITH
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
From the highly acclaimed,
multiple award-winning
Anthony Doerr, a stunningly
ambitious and beautiful novel
about a blind French girl and a
German boy whose paths collide
in occupied France as both try
to survive the devastation of
World War II.
Hatari
(1962, NR)