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09-22-09
White Plains, NY
Westchester Library System Invites Teens
to Imagine a Greener World Through Reading
WLS Receives $2,500 Grant
from Con Edison to Promote Environmental Awareness in
Westchester Youth
This
Fall, the Westchester Library System (WLS ) begins Imagining
a Greener World Through Reading, a program offering
Westchester youth a unique opportunity. Through works of
fiction, teens will examine the environmental issues that
impact their daily lives. A $2,500 grant from Con Edison
makes participation in the program free for a culturally
diverse audience of teens.
Participants will meet at their local library over the
autumn months as part of a reading group. The groups
encourage teens to grapple with the relationship between
humans and their environment. “Through fiction, teens
experience alternative approaches to resolving issues that,
like the environment, they face in their own lives,” said
John Sexton, WLS Teen Services Consultant & Specialist.
Sexton
continued, “Reading groups provide an opportunity to discuss
the way a character in a book confronts problems and to
consider whether the choices made in fiction are applicable
to real life. We are very grateful to Con Edison for this
wonderful opportunity to reach teens.”
Over
one-third of the 38 WLS member libraries will participate in
the new program. The fourteen libraries span Westchester
County and include the Ardsley Public Library, Bedford Hills
Free Library, Bronxville Public Library, Chappaqua Public
Library, Dobbs Ferry Public Library, Field Library
(Peekskill), Greenburgh Public Library, Hendrick Hudson Free
Library (Montrose), Katonah Village Library, Lewisboro
Library, Mount Kisco Public Library, Mount Vernon Public
Library, North Castle Public Library, and the White Plains
Public Library.
“There
are a number of environmentally-themed titles written for
teens that are engaging, fun, and thought-provoking,” said
Sexton. Participants will read books selected from a list of
titles that includes everything from contemporary classics
such as T.A. Barron’s The Ancient One and Susan Pfeffer’s
Life As We Knew It to recent teen bestsellers like Suzanne
Collins’ The Hunger Games.
Con
Edison is a long-time supporter of Westchester Library
System’s programs and services. The company has been the
presenting sponsor of the annual Book & Author Luncheon
since its inception in 1990 and received the 2009
Outstanding Collaborative Energy & Support Award for their
generosity.
For more
information on Imagining a Greener World Through Reading,
please contact (914) 231-3260 or visit your local
participating library.
The
Westchester Library System is located at 540 White Plains
Road, Suite 200, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Visit the WLS website
at www.westchesterlibraries.org for a complete list of
programs and events throughout the Westchester Library
System
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