PA Forward Commons

Our After School Program provides numerous opportunities for students of all ages. The program provides homework help, arts and Crafts, a host of stem and steam education and fun programs, projects and activities, not to mention lots of Fun. This year it celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards.

A Peer group for both parents and children. It’s designed to help parents with children struggling with social interaction, developmental delays and sensory weaknesses within the community. The program includes supervised fun for the kids, resources, counseling services and much more!!

The Wissahickon Middle School Library created a BreakoutEDU (https://www.breakoutedu.com/) for Constitution Day. We invited all classes to come and crack the code and save the Constitution. The BreakoutEDU platform is Social Literacy at its best, allowing students to work together to solve codes and open locks. This supports Civic Literacy because it enhances understand of the way our government works and the role the Constitution plays in government.

In partnership with Hefren-Tillotson, Inc., the library hosted a free discussion on social security and medicare. This event was targeted for adults. Attendees received an overview of the benefits and eligibility requirements for services.

Bibs n’ Books and Wee Reads are weekly storytimes for young children from ages 0-5 which develop early literacy skills through books, songs, and fingerplays/movement games.

Curiosity Club is a weekly STEM program for school-aged children in which they learn new scientific concepts while doing experiments or making crafts.

These events are free of charge.

New social group that is able to utilize books as part of a craft. Many ideas are from Pinterest and other craft sites.

Invite a local fireman (from the Wilcox Volunteer Fire Department) to explain fire safety at home and how to create an escape plan that would work best for attendees. Open to all ages. Event is free of charge.

We may have entered a new period in geological history where humans dominate the Earth with uncertain consequences—the “Anthropocene.” How did we get to this point? Are we failing our sister and brother species? Where do we go from here? This program will include an informal talk by Dr. Spence Stober of Alvernia University with time for questions and discussions afterward.

This event was hosted to assist individuals interested in learning more about how to decrease their cable bills. The session highlighted alternatives to cable including the basics of streaming services (Netflix, Hulu, etc), how to determine which option is best for your household and included an open dialogue around the pros and cons of any of the services. The presenter was with Main Line Night School. The event was geared toward adults and cost the library about $150 to host.

The Dingman Township branch of the Pike County Public Library now has a new harvest community garden open to locals and visitors to water, weed, and harvest, or just enjoy. Five raised garden beds have been installed with themes; including two pizza themed gardens, a sensory garden, and two pollinator garden beds that the bees and butterflies will make use of. Local Master Gardener, Carol Padalino, helped to design and plan of each of the beds, and many of the plants where donated by the Delaware Township Community Garden.