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Little Free Libraries – Free Community Birthday Celebration

BY5 is the leading organization for early childhood awareness in Muncie and Delaware County, Indiana. Through a variety of task force and volunteer efforts, BY5 improves opportunities for children aged 0-5 to reach their developmental potential. BY5’s Little Free Library Task Force is working to empower a joyful culture of literacy by supporting a network of Little Free Libraries in Delaware County, Indiana. Please join BY5 in celebrating the “birth” of the Delaware County Little Free Library Network.

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For more information about the local Little Free Library initiative and how you can get involved, please visit the BY5 website.

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Muncie High School Consolidation Oral History Project

During the 2014-15 academic year, the Center for Middletown Studies completed an oral history project that focused on the consolidation of Muncie Central and Muncie Southside High Schools. Center staff completed 25 interviews and developed a supporting archive. The interviews are available online athttp://libx.bsu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/MncHSCnsOHP.

Center staff will present a summary of the project’s findings on Wednesday night, October 28th, at the Muncie Public Library’s Kennedy Branch. The event will take place at 6:30 pm in the library’s meeting room.

The project was supported by the Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County and the Muncie Public Library. The presentation is free and open to the public.

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East Central Neighborhood Display @ Kennedy Library

A note from Annie Poole, ECNA resident and association board member:

If you have a chance, please stop by the Kennedy Branch Library this month and check out the East Central Neighborhood display in the cases along the north wall.  Mike Mavis and I filled all 4 cases with Emily Kimbrough books and memorabilia and they look wonderful, if I may say so myself. We also were able to work in education about our neighborhood and the Washington Street Festival into the displays. In fact, the table display is mostly centered around the Festival. A big thank you to Mike who was able to provide some really unique and interesting Emily items and to Dawn for the complete collection of Emily’s books. It really looks fantastic…. Emily’s books have never shined more brightly since they were published.

Go check it out!!!!

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Won’t you be our neighbor?

WIPB-TV is planning its first BE MY NEIGHBOR DAY for Sept. 12 at Canan Commons in downtown Muncie!

The free family event will focus on the importance of being a good neighbor, based on the PBS program “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” which is an animated tribute to Fred Rogers (“Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”).

The day will include appearances by Daniel Tiger himself and live performances by Ruditoonz.

But at the heart of this event will be the booths and activities that foster a neighborly spirit, including support of the arts and culture, and learning about and getting involved with our neighborhoods/community.

This is where YOU come in.

We would love for you to come and set up a booth in our “neighborhood.” The booths and activities will be lined up like neighborhood streets (complete with street signs), and children will be given maps for this neighborhood, where they will not only learn about their great neighbors at each stop, but participate in some activities designed to give back to our community.

Parents will be encouraged to learn about each organization, join in the fun with their children and, hopefully, sign up to volunteer or help in some other way.

And that’s just the beginning. There’s so much more! (Can you tell we are excited?)

That’s Sept. 12, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Canan Commons.

For more information about how to get involved, please contact Michelle Kinsey, WIPB-TV & IPR Community Engagement Coordinator, at  765.285.5887 or mkinsey@bsu.edu.

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Neighborhood Conversation Series – Building Blocks for Development

Join the Whitely Community Council as they host a series of conversations on What Kids Need to Succeed. Sponsored by BY5 and the United Way of Delaware County the sessions will immediately follow the Whitely Community Council meetings which begin at 6:00 pm at the Muncie Area Career Center. Taking place over the course of four months, the conversations are scheduled for April 13th, May 11th, June 15th and July 13th. Cash prizes will be given to a handful of attendees at each event and those who come to at least three of the four conversations will be eligible for a $500 cash prize. All are welcome to attend!

WCC Building Blocks for Development Flier (pdf)

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Storer Elementary Town Hall Meeting

The March 11, 2015 edition of the Star Press reported on a public meeting in which Superintendent of Schools Tim Heller proposed the possibility of closing Storer Elementary School as a cost-cutting measure. Mr. Heller will meet with the neighborhood and the community to continue this discussion on April 08th at 6:30 pm in the Storer Elementary gymnasium. This meeting is open to to the public and all are invited to attend.

UPDATE – This meeting was cancelled after the school board determined that Storer would not be closed at the end of the 2015 school year.