Looking for a way to help out in the wake of the devastating earthquake in Haiti? Check out these links from the Arlington Heights Community Information site to help you decide where to direct your donations:
Better Business Bureau page on evaluating Haiti relief charities
CNN's list of national/international organizations
Daily Herald's list
Scroll down to the "How and Where to Help" section on the lower right. Includes local organizations.
Date and time: Tuesday, January 26, 7 p.m.
Location: Hendrickson Room
Learn about the latest high-tech techniques available for putting a dazzling smile in your life. Joseph Favia, D.D.S. will cover such topics as dental implants, teeth whitening, gum contouring, and even extreme makeovers. Register online or at the Reception Desk on the second floor, 847-392-0100.
Date and time: Wednesday, January 27, 2–4 p.m.
Location: Hendrickson Room South
If you made a New Year’s resolution to start researching your genealogy, this class will help you get started. You will learn what records to look for and where to find them. Jump start your research now and bring lots of questions. Register online or at the Reception Desk on the second floor, 847-392-0100.
Looking to change your career? Careers Internet Database can help you decide what your next step might be. It gives detailed reports on 21st-century professions from accountants to zoologists. Careers Internet Database also permits browsing for career personality traits such as creating, helping, organizing and more. It even features a brief, basic career test that will match interests to specific professions. In addition, it links to salary calculators and education planners.
Careers Internet Database is a helpful resource for students and adults - - especially job seekers as well as career changers. It is available through our web site under Research. Click on Databases by Subject, then Jobs & Careers.
Dates: December 19-January 31
Location: Kids' World Desk
Join the Winter Reading Program and get the new year off to a great start. Beginning December 19, you can pick up a booklet at the Kids' World Desk to keep track of your reading time. When you are finished, bring the booklet in for a prize. You can read or be read to. For children ages infancy-13.Arlington Heights is truly a community of good neighbors. Thanks to your generosity, the Library's first food drive collected more than 1,100 pounds of food for the CEDA and Wheeling Township food pantries. In addition, we collected more than 400 pounds of pet food and items for the Buddy Foundation.
This was our 12th year of collecting new children's books for Wheeling Township's Adopt-a-Family holiday basket program. And once again our community of readers responded generously, donating 600 books and bringing our total to 10,293.
We would like to thank everyone who participated - the many individuals and families who visited the Library; local book groups; staff at Toshiba Business Solutions, Rosseland Construction, and Arlington Heights Memorial Library; and community groups including Post 208 American Legion Auxiliary and the Professional Women's Council of the Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce. Our sincere thanks to everyone who took time to shop for books and food to donate and share this holiday season.
Thanks to a generous donation from the Friends of the Library, we now have Blu-ray Discs available for checkout. Blu-rays have greater storage capacity than regular DVDs and offer a high-definition viewing experience. Blu-rays cannot be played in regular DVD players—you do need to have a Blu-ray player (or a PlayStation 3 console) in order to use them.
This new collection is located with the “New DVDs” and is available to AHML cardholders only. They may be reserved, and there is a limit of two per cardholder. The checkout period for blu-rays—like regular DVDs—is one week. You can see a list of those we own by searching Blu-ray as a subject in the online catalog.The Library will be closed on January 1, New Year's Day, and will close at 5 p.m. on New Year's Eve, December 31 .
Date and time: Saturday, January 9, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. and Sunday, January 10, noon–3 p.m.
Location: Lower lobby of core entrance
Stock up on children's videos and nonfiction books at this sale sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Fiction paperbacks for adults will also be on sale.
Thanks to a $2,000 grant from Rotary Club of Arlington Heights, the Library is once again offering workshops to help job seekers. A series of programs will be offered through April beginning with the following. You can register for these programs, and many more, online using the events calendar. For information about all the programs, pick up a brochure at the Answer Center on the first floor or check the events calendar.
Sell Yourself in Any Interview
Saturday, January 9, 1–3 p.m. / Hendrickson Room
Get Linkedin to an Effective Job Search
January 13, 10–11:30 a.m. / Hendrickson Room South
Uncommon Sources of Job Opportunities
January 27, 2–4p.m. / Hendrickson Room North