National Pollinators Month Programming for Public Libraries

https://www.atcllc.com/learning-center/trees-and-vegetation/grow-smart/grow_smart-library/

5/4/2022 update from Kelly Bolter, Adult Programming Coordinator @ Milwaukee Public Library:

​We're counting down the days until Melinda Myers will be celebrating Pollinator Month with your libraries and patrons! She’ll be hosting 3 live webinars and 3 youth videos with corresponding DIY projects that can be done as part of library programming with kids, tweens and teens. These projects can also be accessed online for any families or households who would like to do this at home with take home kits.

Attached (below), you will find a DIY Project Supplies List created by Melinda. This could helpful for any libraries who plan on including them in a Summer Reading Program, and any take-and-make kits. Please note that step-by-step instructions for each of these DIY projects and the corresponding videos are being produced and will be available online by 5/16 on the program’s webpage, www.atc-GrowSmart.com/library. This page is currently under development.
 
I’ve also attach(ed) a refresher of the Pollinator Month program and content that will be provided to our libraries free of charge (see the attached June 2022 Pollinator Month Factsheet) and information so you can promote the 3 pollinator gardening webinars presented by Melinda to your patrons (see Pollinator Month 2022 Webinar Registration Info).
 
If you have any questions, please contact Diana Paul at diana@melindamyers.com.
 
Thank you for getting the word out about the importance of pollinators and ways we can help them! Please note the dates of the Pollinator Month Webinars are June 1, June 15, and June 22.

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Original post: 3/21/2022
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June is National Pollinators Month. In an effort to raise awareness of the importance of pollinators and how everyone can help them, American Transmission Co. is teaming up with gardening expert and author Melinda Myers. Together, they will produce and provide libraries throughout Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with educational programming and content for National Pollinators Month.

The content and programming will be made available to the libraries at no cost and the libraries may offer the programs and content to their patrons throughout the month of June.​.. 

​​The following programming/content will be provided free of charge to the libraries:

• 3 Pollinator/Gardening Webinars (Adults& Young Adults) with garden expert & author Melinda Myers. These will be live webinars and later housed on YouTube for on demand viewing.
  • June 1,2022at 6:30p.m. central -Creating a Pollinator Paradise
  • June 15,2022 at 6:30p.m. central -Supporting Native Bees
  • June 22, 2022 at 6:30p.m. central -Maintaining your Landscape with Pollinators in Mind
• 3 How-to Pollinator STEM Videos and DIY Projects (for Kids, Teens & Families)
  • Making and Caring for a Bee House Video with DIY Project for Kids, Teens & Families
  • Growing a Sunflower for Pollinators Video with DIY Project for Kids, Teens & Families
  • Growing a Pollinator Garden in a Container Video with DIY Project for Kids, Teens & Families
• Website Icon with link to Educational Materials provided by ATC and Melinda Myers
• Hashtag (#)for pollinator month program so all participants can share ideas and inspiration
• Ideas for libraries to use pollinator month programs and content:
  • ​Promote pollinator month activities and materials at libraries on the libraries’ websites, social media platforms and to traditional media leading up to and throughout the campaign.
  • Use the program hashtag on social media platforms to create a thread/share ideas across libraries.
  • Offer pollinator-themed story times at libraries and distribute pollinator & STEM related materials.
  • Create book lists related to pollinators
  • Incorporate into summer reading program and have book(s) about pollinators count toward incentives/prizes
  • Share pollinator STEM projects for kids to do at home, where appropriate.
  • Set up pollinator month displays that include pollinator books, book lists, any educational materials and program sign with QR code for patrons to register for free webinars and access kids videos/DIY projects
  • Create take-and-make kits related to pollinator DIY project(s) during June, encouraging the use of recycled materials mentioned in how-to videos
  • Include a link on library website to ATC’s dedicated web page where all program content will be housed (how-to videos, DIY project materials, webinar registration links, and downloadable materials)
  • Host in-person programs related to the pollinator STEM DIY activities. Show the pollinators videos and have kids/teens work on the related DIY activities at the library.
  • Encourage patrons to share their pollinator projects using the program hashtag (#) to learn from and inspire others

Please refer to the file below, and feel free to share any questions with Diana Paul at diana@melindamyers.com.

June 2022 Pollinator Month Factsheet
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