PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT RELAUNCHING SUMMER ADVENTURE PROGRAM
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) The Pikes Peak Library District (PPLD) is rolling out its Summer Adventure program again for the 2021 summer. The reading program will start on June 1.
PPLD has held Summer Adventure for decades. This year it will run an additional two weeks, until Aug. 14.
Readers up to 18 years old will be able to read books and participate in interactive activities with a chance to win prizes like a Chromebook, or a gift certificate to KiwiCo crates.
PPLD says programs like this are important to make sure kids don t have the so-called summer slide, which is a reduction in reading skills due to inactivity.
Local community pushes forward one year after George Floyd s death
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and last updated 2021-05-25 21:06:34-04
COLORADO SPRINGS â Exactly one year after the death of George Floyd, communities across the country are still mourning and feeling the impacts of what happened, including communities local to southern Colorado.
However, several people that KOAA News5 spoke to said despite what happened, the tragic events have helped open doors for larger conversations about inclusiveness and diversity in our area. After the Black Lives Matters, people wanted to be more inclusive and learn more, so of course they re going to come to their library to get books, videos, and periodicals, said Shirley Martinez, who works for the Pikes Peak Library District. People wanted all of those things to better understand what s happening around them and what s trending.
Since the COVID-19 vaccines became first available for use in December, policymakers, health providers, prominent officials and celebrities across the country have worried over vaccine hesitancy.
Initial polling pointed to a country that was leery but not fully resistant. A national survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation in December found that nearly 40% of respondents nationwide had adopted a wait-and-see approach. Nearly a quarter were either entirely opposed or would only be vaccinated if it were required.
In Colorado, a September poll found 34% of respondents were waiting-and-seeing, a higher share than the proportion who said they d get it as soon as possible (32%).
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