information about the situation the St. Joseph Public Library is in. Our plan was
to gather information on the situation, do a presentation at Upton Middle School
and Lake Michigan Catholic Middle School, and have the 8th graders do an essay
contest. We started out by interviewing board members of the library, St. Joseph
Charter Township, and the City of St. Joseph to gather information from different
point of view. We then took the information and mad packets for the 8th graders
and a packet for them to take home to their parents. We then asked them to do
and essay on how a community is affected by a library. We judged the essays,
gave back results, and announced the top three winners to each school. We hope
that our presentation inspired them enough to have them talk to their parents about
the funding situation the library is in and maybe they will go to the library more
often. overall, we hoped we accomplished spreading out awareness about the St.
Joseph Public Library.