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          Summer Reading Challenge 2025
        
        
        
        
       
     
              
      
      
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          Library Branch: 
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
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          Ames Public Library
         
           
    
          
                              
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   LEVEL UP your summer fun with Ames Public Library!Do you love free stuff? Are you between the ages of 0 and 120?  
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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          Library Branch: 
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room: 
          Vestibule
         
           
    
          
                              
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 Stop by the Library and participating businesses in Downtown Ames to see posters featuring local and national African American history.  Bring your completed scavenger hunt card to the Library's Welcome Desk for a free prize!  
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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          Self Advocacy and Nutrition Program with Story County Extension and Outreach
        
        
               
     
          
        
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          Library Branch:
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room:
          Danfoss Room
         
           
        
          
        
          Purpose of Meeting
         
        
            We will host a program that accents nutrition and self advocacy for participants with disabilities and IEP's.  
       
       
    
       
   
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          Library Branch:
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room:
          Nancy Divine Study Room - 1st Floor
         
           
        
          
    
       
   
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          Swift Youth Writers Workshop
        
        
        
        
       
     
        
      
      
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          Library Branch: 
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room: 
          Rotary Room
         
           
    
          
                              
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                              Teens
                           
                  
                  
            
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                          Author/Writing, 
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          Library Branch:
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room:
          Study Room #3 - 2nd Floor
         
           
        
          
    
       
   
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          Library Branch: 
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room: 
          Storytime Room
         
           
    
          
                              
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Children of all ages and their grown-ups are invited to this storytime to build listening, language, and literacy skills through music, movement, song and action rhymes. Each week will feature a new theme. 
   
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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          Free Summer Meals for Kids and Teens
        
        
        
        
       
     
        
      
      
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          Library Branch: 
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room: 
          Farwell T. Brown Auditorium
         
           
    
          
                              
              Age Group:
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   Having a full stomach of good food is important! Eat a free lunch weekdays this summer from 11:30am-12:30pm in the Library's Auditorium.  
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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          Library Branch:
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room:
          Study Room #3 - 2nd Floor
         
           
        
          
    
       
   
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          Library Branch: 
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room: 
          Farwell T. Brown Auditorium
         
           
    
          
                              
              Age Group:
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              Program Type:
            
                          Special Event, 
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   Kids in 1st-5th grade are invited to have a blast with the Library! This week's feature: BINGO Location: Library Auditorium  
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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          Library Branch:
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room:
          Dale H. Ross Board Room
         
           
        
          
    
       
   
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          Bolivian Immigrant Family Support and Planning
        
        
               
     
          
        
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          Library Branch:
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room:
          Rotary Room
         
           
        
          
        
          Purpose of Meeting
         
        
            ASIP is the only known organization in Ames sponsoring asylum seeking Immigrants who have passed the "credible fear" interview for border legal entry.  
       
       
    
       
   
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        Jun
      
    
          
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          Library Branch: 
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room: 
          Teen Space
         
           
    
          
                              
              Age Group:
                              Teens
                           
                  
                  
            
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                          Meetup, 
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   Need a brain break? Teens are invited to hang out and play videogames in the Teen Space! A virtual reality system will be available to try out too.    
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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        Jun
      
    
          
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          Library Branch: 
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room: 
          Lisa Fawcett Nilsson Study Room - 2nd Floor
         
           
    
          
                              
              Age Group:
                              Teens, 
                              Adults
                           
                  
                  
            
              Program Type:
            
                          Social Services
                       
               
    
    
            
          
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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          Ames Quilt Guild,  Native American Quilting Traditions
        
        
               
     
          
        
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          Library Branch:
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room:
          Farwell T. Brown Auditorium
         
           
        
          
        
          Purpose of Meeting
         
        
            This is a monthly meeting of the Ames Quilt Guild.  It will be a special topic presentation on Native American Quilting Traditions.  The speaker will be April Martin, Executive Director, Wild Rose Center, Busby MT.
   
       
       
    
       
   
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          Library Branch: 
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room: 
          Storytime Room
         
           
    
          
                              
              Age Group:
                              Family
                           
                  
                  
            
              Program Type:
            
                          Meetup, 
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        Jun
      
    
          
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          Library Branch: 
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room: 
          Storytime Room
         
           
    
          
                              
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                          Arts/Crafts, 
                          Summer at the Library
                       
               
    
    
            
          
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   Drop in and enjoy a fun craft or activity for children and their grown-ups.    
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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        Jun
      
    
          
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          Story County Democrats Central Committee Meeting
        
        
               
     
          
        
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          Library Branch:
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room:
          PEO Room
         
           
        
          
        
          Purpose of Meeting
         
        
            Monthly Committee Meeting 
 
       
       
    
       
   
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