Broward Public Library Foundation

🚀 Ready to help your child become a confident reader? 📚

📚 Kindergarteners and children aged 5-6 are invited to practice and improve their reading skills at the Broward County Library fun L.E.A.P. (Literacy Enrichment & Advancement Program) workshop!

During each weekly session, attendees will explore interactive activity centers focusing on the five core practices of early literacy: reading, talking, singing, writing, and playing. It is highly encouraged that parents bring their children every week to continue building on these foundational skills.

📅 Monday, June 29, 2026
⏰ 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
📍 Lauderhill Towne Centre Library

Save your spot today at the Broward County Library website
here: https://ow.ly/UeQX50ZeoKO

This event is sponsored by the Albert and Ann Jacobs Trust Fund, a fund of the Broward Public Library Foundation.

🗣️ ¡Evite la pérdida de aprendizaje durante el verano con “English for Families: un programa de Alfabetización familiar”! 📚

La Biblioteca del Condado de Broward (Broward County Library) le invita a una serie de clases interactivas para padres e hijos (ideal para niños de 5 a 11 años) enfocadas en el desarrollo del vocabulario y las habilidades de lectoescritura a través de la lectura estratégica y divertida de cuentos.

Las clases están a cargo de un especialista en Alfabetización capacitado (bilingüe en inglés y español), quien enseñará lectura y lectoescritura a nivel multigeneracional mediante la lectura compartida de libros, juegos educativos y actividades didácticas. El programa promueve una experiencia familiar compartida y fomenta la lectura continua, así como el compromiso con el aprendizaje del idioma inglés a través de la práctica de la lectoescritura en el hogar.

📅 Fechas: A partir de este sábado 27 de junio, el programa se llevará a cabo los sábados de verano de 11:30 a.m. a 1:30 p.m. hasta el sábado 15 de agosto. (No habrá clase el sábado 4 de julio).

📍 Ubicación: Lauderdale Lakes Branch Library/Educational and Cultural Center, 3580 West Oakland Park Boulevard, Lauderdale Lakes, FL, 33311

🔗 Inscríbase hoy: https://broward.libnet.info/event/16706429

"English for Families" es un programa desarrollado por el Sistema de Bibliotecas del Condado de Orange ( Orange County Library System) con fondos del Fondo Nacional para las Humanidades (National Endowment for the Humanities). Florida Blue y la Fundación de la Biblioteca Pública de Broward (Broward Public Library Foundation) patrocinan este programa de verano de 2026 en las bibliotecas del condado de Broward.

🗣️ Prevent the Summer Slide with “English for Families - A Family Literacy Program” 📚

Join the Broward County Library for a series of interactive classes for parents and children (best for ages 5-11) focusing on developing vocabulary and literacy skills through strategic and fun story reading.

Classes are led by a trained literacy coach (bilingual in English and Spanish) who will teach literacy and reading on a multi-generational level through shared book reading, literacy games, and educational activities. The program promotes a shared family experience and encourages further reading and engagement in English language learning through literacy at home.

📅 Dates: This Saturday, June 27, the program runs on summer Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. through Saturday August 15. (No class on Saturday, July 4.)

📍 Location: Lauderdale Lakes Branch Library/Educational and Cultural Center, 3580 West Oakland Park Boulevard, Lauderdale Lakes, FL, 33311

🔗 Register Today: broward.libnet.info/event/16706429

English for Families is a program developed by the Orange County Library System (FL) (OCLS) with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Florida Blue and the Broward Public Library Foundation sponsor the Summer 2026 program at Broward County Libraries.

🎓 Is the college admissions process feeling a bit confusing or stressful? It doesn't have to be!

Join the Broward Public Library Foundation at the Stirling Road Branch Library for an interactive seminar with Beth Barteletti, Senior Director of College Advising at International College Counselors, and learn exactly how to navigate the process, stand out to top schools, and build a strong college list.

This program will cover the real role of grades, test scores, and course rigor, how to choose extracurriculars that make colleges notice you, and what to look for when selecting the right school.

📅 Sunday, June 28, 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
📍 Stirling Road Branch Library (Meeting Room)
Register here: https://ow.ly/w9TE50ZeoCX

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Stirling Road Branch Library & International College Counselors.

In observance of , all Broward County Library locations will be closed Friday, June 19, 2026, except for the NSU-Alvin Sherman Library, which will remain open.

While physical branches are closed, online resources remain accessible 24/7. Library customers can utilize digital services at any time here: broward.org/Library/Research/Pages/default.aspx

🦖🔍 Travel back in time this summer with the Broward County Library and unearth a story! The Hallandale Beach Branch Library is hosting "Dinosaurs," an interactive workshop presented by Mad Science of Palm Beach and Broward County, FL designed to help attendees learn STEM. 🦕📚

Kids (ages 5-7) will get hands-on experience examining real fossil casts and exploring the fascinating differences between herbivorous and carnivorous dinosaur teeth. Participants will even join a mini dinosaur excavation and craft their very own dinosaur tooth cast to take home!

Space is strictly limited and registration is required for each attendee.

📅 Thursday, June 25 | ⏰ 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
📍 Hallandale Beach Branch | Multipurpose Room
Register here: broward.libnet.info/event/15866114

The Broward Public Library Foundation proudly sponsors this program.

The Broward Public Library Foundation would like to congratulate Joey Crawford, Chair of the Library Foundation's Board of Directors, for being recently re-elected to the Urban Libraries Council's Board of Directors! Crawford will serve as the ULC's Immediate Past Chair for 2026-2027 after serving as Chair for the past year.

“It has been an honor to serve as Chair of the ULC Board of Directors,” Crawford said. “Connecting with directors, foundation leaders, and trustees from library systems across North America has been incredibly rewarding. I look forward to continuing this important work and bringing these insights back to our community.”

With nearly 200 members across the U.S. and Canada, including Broward County Library, the Urban Libraries Council is dedicated to strengthening and advancing the essential role of public libraries as dynamic, accessible places for opportunity, learning, and innovation.

The Broward Public Library Foundation would also like to congratulate Heidi Daniel, Executive Director of the King County Library System, for being elected as ULC's new Board Chair.

Thank you, Joey and Heidi, for your service and commitment to our libraries and communities!

⛏️🦖 Unearth the power of giving today and support Broward County Library's Summer Learning Program, which is currently underway! 🦕📚

Running from June through August 8, the "Unearth a Story" Summer Learning Program invites children, teens, and families on an inspiring journey of exploration across all Broward County Library locations. This vital program is key to combating the "summer slide," a critical period where students can lose up to two months of reading and math skills over the summer months.

Your gift makes hundreds of learning opportunities possible this summer. Contributions ensure that our community has access to educational programs that sharpen critical thinking and stimulate young minds. By donating today, you fund meaningful awards, exciting learning challenges, and educational workshops that help youth expand their horizons and build essential literacy skills.

•$50 will provide ten children with books of their own to read over the summer and years to come

•$100 will provide a collaborative intergenerational art workshop from the Arty Van Gogh mobile art bus

•$300 will provide six grand prizes to motivate teens to read more throughout the summer

•$500 will provide three hands-on STEAM workshops for preschoolers presented by Mad Science of Palm Beach and Broward County, FL

•$750 will provide two interactive "Roaring into Summer" kids programs led by Museum of Discovery and Science

•$___ will provide a summer of “Unearth A Story” education and reading programs

Donate today to make an impact: bplfoundation.org/summer-learning

🗣️ ¡Evite la pérdida de aprendizaje durante el verano con “English for Families: un programa de Alfabetización familiar”! 📚

La Biblioteca del Condado de Broward (Broward County Library) le invita a una serie de clases interactivas para padres e hijos (ideal para niños de 5 a 11 años) enfocadas en el desarrollo del vocabulario y las habilidades de lectoescritura a través de la lectura estratégica y divertida de cuentos.

Las clases están a cargo de un especialista en Alfabetización capacitado (bilingüe en inglés y español), quien enseñará lectura y lectoescritura a nivel multigeneracional mediante la lectura compartida de libros, juegos educativos y actividades didácticas. El programa promueve una experiencia familiar compartida y fomenta la lectura continua, así como el compromiso con el aprendizaje del idioma inglés a través de la práctica de la lectoescritura en el hogar.

📅 Fechas: A partir de este sábado 20 de junio, el programa se llevará a cabo los sábados de verano de 11:30 a.m. a 1:30 p.m. hasta el sábado 15 de agosto. (No habrá clase el sábado 4 de julio).

📍 Ubicación: Lauderdale Lakes Branch Library/Educational and Cultural Center, 3580 West Oakland Park Boulevard, Lauderdale Lakes, FL, 33311

🔗 Inscríbase hoy: https://broward.libnet.info/event/16706428

"English for Families" es un programa desarrollado por el Sistema de Bibliotecas del Condado de Orange ( Orange County Library System) con fondos del Fondo Nacional para las Humanidades (National Endowment for the Humanities). Florida Blue y la Fundación de la Biblioteca Pública de Broward (Broward Public Library Foundation) patrocinan este programa de verano de 2026 en las bibliotecas del condado de Broward.

🗣️ Prevent the Summer Slide with “English for Families - A Family Literacy Program” 📚

Join the Broward County Library for a series of interactive classes for parents and children (best for ages 5-11) focusing on developing vocabulary and literacy skills through strategic and fun story reading.

Classes are led by a trained literacy coach (bilingual in English and Spanish) who will teach literacy and reading on a multi-generational level through shared book reading, literacy games, and educational activities. The program promotes a shared family experience and encourages further reading and engagement in English language learning through literacy at home.

📅 Dates: This Saturday, June 20, the program runs on summer Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. through Saturday August 15. (No class on Saturday, July 4.)

📍 Location: Lauderdale Lakes Branch Library/Educational and Cultural Center, 3580 West Oakland Park Boulevard, Lauderdale Lakes, FL, 33311

🔗 Register Today: https://broward.libnet.info/event/16706428

English for Families is a program developed by the Orange County Library System (FL) (OCLS) with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Florida Blue and the Broward Public Library Foundation sponsor the Summer 2026 program at Broward County Libraries.