PORT MOODY
Summer Brain Drain?: Get your brain ready for heading back to work or back to school by checking out Learning Express Library. Learning Express provides online tutorials, practice tests, skill-building courses and eBooks to help you learn at your own pace on a variety of topics including courses on popular software, GED preparation, job search and career information, and much more. You can find this great resource at library.portmoody.ca under Digital Content.
For more information, visit library.portmoody.ca or call 604-469-4577. Port Moody Public Library is located at 100 Newport Dr., in the city hall complex.
COQUITLAM
Parlez-Nous Français: Improve your French in the library's after-school French homework and conversation club. French immersion students in elementary or middle school are invited to practise with French-speaking volunteers from high school. Kids should bring homework assignments, or come prepared to work on their French conversation skills. Teen volunteers will earn community service hours. The next session of Parlez-Nous Français will run Fridays, Sept. 20 to Nov. 1, from 3:45 to 4:30 p.m. in the Nancy Bennett Room at the Poirier branch. Teens or kids who are interested in joining should e-mail Chris Miller, young adult services librarian, at [email protected].
For more information about any of these programs, visit www.library.coquitlam.bc.ca. The City Centre branch is located at 1169 Pinetree Way and the Poirier branch at 575 Poirier St.
TERRY FOX
TAG, you're it: The Teen Advisory Group (TAG) advises and helps plan and develop teen-oriented programs and services at Terry Fox Library. TAG members organize programs for teens, volunteer as reading buddies and help with other library events. The meetings are fun and always include snacks, and TAG membership looks great on resumes and college applications. Volunteer hours are granted for attending monthly meetings and volunteering at library events. Membership is open to all teens and meetings take place on the third Tuesday of each month from 7 to 8:30 p.m. If you'd like to join, attend the next meeting or visit the library to pick up an application.
For more information, visit www.fvrl.bc.ca or the Fraser Valley Regional Library Facebook page. Terry Fox Library is located 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo. Phone 604-927-7999.
