Sallie Logan Public Library

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Sallie Logan Public Library is partnering with the
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale School of Social Work
to assist people in our community.
If you need assistance, please stop in and our intern can help!

We can help you fill out paperwork for benefits and services and connect you to resources!

Intern Hours

Monday 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Tuesday 11:30AM to 5:30PM
Wednesday 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Thursday 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Friday 11:15AM to 5:00PM

For more information: https://sallieloganlibrary.org/social-work-intern-program/

For a list of resources: https://sallieloganlibrary.org/assistance/

Sallie Logan Library is holding a Food Drive!

Bring canned goods and non-perishable foods the library and we'll donate them to the Murphysboro Food Pantry.

Ask for our Social Worker Intern at the front desk Mondays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays 9am to 5pm and Fridays 12pm to 5pm.

Upcoming Events

The Neighborhood Forest will be delivering Red Oak trees to Sallie Logan Public Library!

The trees will be available to pick up on Earth Day: Tuesday, April 22nd.

Information on your tree

*You must have registered to receive a tree*

Back by popluar demand!

Little Yogis: Mindfulness and Me will have 4 sessions this spring on the following Thursdays at 4:00 PM:

March 20th, March 27th, April 3rd, and May 1st.

Join us for Yoga, Mindfulness, crafts, and tea with a snack!

Classes are taught by Tammy L. Davis MSEd

Do you like music and want to see what it's like to play an instrument but don't know where to start?

You're in luck! Y'all Rock Carbondale is partnering with Sallie Logan Library on Friday, May 2nd at 2:00 PM to bring you an Instrument Petting Zoo! There will be electric guitars, bass, keyboard and drums set up in the Logan Room from 2:00-4:30 PM ready to be played

Try out some instruments and learn about Y'all Rock Carbondale as they get ready for their 11th annual summer rock camp!
For ages 8+

Join us on Fridays, September 5th, november 7th, and January 2nd at 10:30 AM for free and fun nutrition lessons that bring together art, stories, and music for preschoolers and their caregivers!

For more information, contact: modrusic@illinois.edu

If you need reasonable accommodations to participate in this program, please contact: modrusic@illinois.edu

This institution is an equal opportunity provider. This material funded by USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - SNAP. College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. University of Illinois | United States Department of Agriculture | Local Extension Councils Cooperating.

Art and Adventures with Author/Illustrator Dan Santat

Join bestselling author and illustrator Dan Santat for an afternoon event all about books and art with friend and collaborator, author Minh Lê on Saturday, May 3rd at 2:00 PM.

More Information

Copy of Family Vacation Nights are sponsored by the Positive Youth Development Coalition (PYD), a coalition of organizations serving area youth. For more information on Family Vacation Night or PY

Family Vacation Night is taking place Monday, May 5th at 5:30 PM!

Wear your favorite superpower costume and join us at Carl Lee Park (right next to the library) for GAMES, SNACKS, and GIVEAWAYS!

Poverty: A Discussion with Matthew Desmond

Tuesday, May 13th at 7PM on Zoom

Join us to close out our fourth season with bestselling author Matthew Desmond in conversation with award-winning journalist, Natalie Moore.

Desmond is a professor of sociology at Princeton University and author of the award-winning book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. The recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, Desmond was named one of “fifty people across the country who are most influencing the national political debate” by Politico 50 in 2016. His research focuses on poverty in the United States, city life, housing insecurity, public policy, racial inequality, and ethnography.

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Fiction Book Club at Sallie Logan Public Library (SLPL) (1)

Sallie Logan Public Library is starting a Fiction Book Club!

We will meet the last Wednesday every month at 5:00PM.

Our Selection for Wednesday, May 28th is Georgia Hunter's One Good Thing, a beautiful story of love and survival during World War II in Italy.

Join us for a friendly and interesting discussion! Register at https://bit.ly/3EyaTGB

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