Hit the Gym or Hit the Library: How to Improve Health and Wellness at Your Local Library

07/31/2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM ET

Admission

  • Free

Location

PCI Webinars uses the Zoom platform for this webinar.

Summary

Libraries offer a variety of health-related resources for anyone looking to improve their health and wellness. Libraries also host programs focusing on fitness, nutrition, and mental health. The challenge is deciding which programs and resources are best for their communities and library users. Join Tiffany Williams as she shares how the library can support and promote healthy living in their communities.

Description

To register for this webinar please follow this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/7117112281382/WN_Kak0TC6ZSaqqvHxaHR0Bzg. Sessions are free and available only to members of the Michigan library community. Registrants will receive instructions and a link to attend the session directly from PCI after they register.

Libraries offer a variety of health-related resources for anyone looking to improve their health and wellness. Libraries also host programs focusing on fitness, nutrition, and mental health. The challenge is deciding which programs and resources are best for their communities and library users.

Join Tiffany Williams as she shares how the library can support and promote healthy living in their communities.

Attendees will complete this program with:

  • Ideas for programming
  • Resources to support healthy living
  • Knowledge of how health and wellness programs benefit the community

Instructor: After teaching preschool for a decade, Tiffany decided to pursue a passion for literature and attend the University of North Carolina, Greensboro to become a librarian. After graduation, she was hired as a Media Specialist at the same elementary school where her mother also worked in the same role. Currently, Tiffany is the Children's Services Manager at the Cynthia Graham Hurd Library, where she enjoys creating engaging programs for the community and witnessing the joy and excitement that patrons experience while visiting the library. Tiffany is from Starr, South Carolina, and currently resides in Charleston, South Carolina with her daughter Asia and beagle, Lulu.

PCI Webinars are recorded and available to members of the Michigan library community in the Library of Michigan's Niche Staff Skills Academy about a week after they air. New webinars will be in the New category for several weeks. You do not need to register for a webinar in order to view it later in the Staff Skills Academy.

This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Library of Michigan.