1. Sports & Games | Read for the Win! Summer 2016 November 5, 2015 1919: Birmingham, Alabama Public Library welcomes returning World War One veterans.

2. Public Library Programming for Active Duty Service Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families November 5, 2015Sports & Games | Read for the Win! | Summer 2016

3. Why is this part of Summer Reading? November 5, 2015Sports & Games | Read for the Win! | Summer 2016 o Began as resources, websites, and bibliographies, primarily for families of Reservists and National Guard deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq o Has evolved to include returning veterans o Once California’s work on Outreach was introduced to iREAD, that evolution has continued

5. OUTREACH, SUMMER 2016 November 5, 2015Sports & Games | Read for the Win! | Summer 2016

6. OUTREACH, SUMMER 2016 o Library sponsored sports competition between local veterans from different branches of the service o Social reading groups for veterans o Family reading groups November 5, 2015Sports & Games | Read for the Win! | Summer 2016

7. ALA volunteer librarians in Paris, 1919 November 5, 2015Sports & Games | Read for the Win! | Summer 2016

8. Contact: jill@ireadprogram.org Jill Donovan June 22, 2012Sports & Games | Read for the Win | Summer 2016 The California Summer Reading Program is a project of the California Library Association, supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.