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Teen Advisory Board
Get involved with your community and joing the Teen Advisory Board!
Open to teens 12-18, group members will:
- Help plan programs for other teens
- Earn service hours
- Gain leadership skills
The group will meet the second Tuesday of the month at the Coos Bay Public Library this fall. Snacks provided; you bring ideas!
Teen BookBox
Ever get stumped finding your next read? Teens age 12-18 and can subscribe to a monthly bookbox designed specifically for teens. Each month teens will receive a library book selected based on their reading preferences as well as a goodie to keep. Boxes can be mailed to the 97420 zip code-just let us know on your form. Forms can be picked up at the Coos Bay Public Library or filled out and emailed to us!
Clubs and Regular Programs
Spanglish Virtual Conversation Program
This program is for those who wish to practice their Spanish conversational skills and help other learners in a friendly setting. Attendees will have the opportunity to converse in Spanish as a group for one hour in a casual, informal environment. This is NOT a class but we will provide ideas for conversational topics. Beginners are welcome. ¡Vamos a hablar! Program is FREE and open to everyone.
Community Yoga
Coos Bay Public Library, in partnership with yoga instructor, Kelli Bosak, will co-host Community Yoga on every second Wednesday of the month. This FREE virtual event will be held on Zoom! (Registrants will need to complete a new student & liability form.)
Community Cooking With The Co-Op: Starring Jamar (Last Thursdays at 5:30 on Zoom)
Coos Bay Library has teamed up with Coos Head Food Co-op's Outreach Coordinator, Jamar, to provide safe, easy, and healthy recipes to create at home. Join us virtually on Zoom for this fun community event!
Craft Takeout
Calling all crafty teens and adults! Have an appetite to get creative? Pick up a free monthly Craft Takeout kit in the library's lobby, then join us on Facebook Live to craft along with the librarians. Can't make it to the Facebook Live event? Don't worry! The Facebook stream will be available to view afterwards. How-to instructions and everything needed to create the monthly project will be included in each Craft Takeout kit.
Young Writer's Group
Find inspiration, connect with peers, and get tips from experts at weekly workshops for young writers. Open to all aspiring writers ages 12-18. Contact [email protected] for details.
Thursdays, 4:00-5:00pm at the Coos Bay Public Library
ASL Practice Place (Every 3rd Thursday at 12:00 pm)
This program is for those who wish to practice their American Sign Language (ASL) conversational skills and help other learners in a friendly setting. Attendees will have the opportunity to sign in ASL as a group for one hour in a casual, informal environment. This is NOT a class, but we will provide ideas for conversational topics. Co-hosted with American Sign Language instructor, Kandy Bergquist. Beginners are welcome, let’s sign!
Online Homework Help and Test Prep
For additional help with homework, visit our Resources for Students page.
DMV Practice Tests
Getting ready to take your permit or license test? We can help!
Social Media & Podcast
We are slowly but surely building up our Social Media! You can find us on:
YouTube
There are a lot of videos intended for younger kids on here, BUT there are also a lot of videos from past programs, like Community Cooking With The Co-Op! We are slowly building and organizing our videos to reach audiences of all ages.
This is the platform we are most active on currently. We KNOW it's one of the oldest platforms, don't judge us ;) That's why we are also trying to be more active on...
Instagram (@CoosBayLibrary)
Lots of pictures of recommendations, events, and library shenanigans. Maybe by the time you read this we'll have been brave and figured out IGTV!
TikTok (@coosbaylibrary)
We recently took the jump into TikTok. We think it's a lot of fun, even if we don't completely understand it yet! So far we have a few videos about library life... we may be a little snarky, but we are still #Professional :P
Swords & Starships Podcast
Join Brittney and Joshua as they chat about their favorite Fantasy and Sci-Fi reads, play games (or debate about movie scenes), and recommend books to patrons!