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Grandparents Day
 
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SUNDAY, SEPT. 13 • 12:30–3:30 P.M.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 13 • 1–2 P.M.
 
You Matter. Suicide Prevention Month.
 
September is suicide prevention month. You matter. Your community is here for you. 988 Suicide and crisis lifeline. Click here to learn more.
Geneva Public Library District is proud to share our annual “YOU MATTER” campaign to raise awareness about suicide prevention this September.
 
Visit gpld.org for mental health resources or stop by the Library to see our Messages of Hope display in the lobby. Anyone who needs it can take a Message of Hope or contribute one for others. Remember, help is available to you no matter where you are.
 
Local Resouces
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The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the United States. The Lifeline is comprised of a national network of over 200 local crisis centers, combining custom local care and resources with national standards and best practices. Call 988 or Text 988 to be connected with a trained counselor.
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Wellness Tip
 
September is suicide prevention month. wellness tip of the week. Stay connected. Maintain regular contact with friends and family. Social connections can provide emotional support and a sense of belonging.Geneva Public Library District logo.
Partnered Event
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MONDAY, SEPT. 14 • 5:30–6:30 P.M.
Learn more about how to create meaningful connections to help reduce isolation and loneliness for older adults.
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage
 
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TUESDAY, SEPT. 15 • 10:30–11:30 A.M.
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by playing Lotería, a traditional game of chance played throughout Mexico that resembles BINGO but with pictures!
 
Book Recommendations
 
by Elena Armas
The Spanish Love Deception
Catalina Martín agrees to fake-date her coworker and bring him to her sister’s wedding to keep up her white lie about having a handsome American boyfriend—and avoid embarrassing herself in front of her family and her ex.
 
by Eva Longoria
My Mexican Kitchen
A celebration of Mexican ingredients and traditions—plus 100 favorite recipes—from Eva Longoria.
 
by Isabel Allende
In the Midst of Winter
New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende returns with a sweeping novel that journeys from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil, offering a timely message about immigration and the meaning of home.
 
by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford
Forget the Alamo
Three Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths, and exploring what really happened that day.
 
by Cynthia Gòmez
Muneca
A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process.
 
by Jonathan Blitzer
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here.
An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the southern border told through the lives of the migrants forced to risk everything and the policymakers who determine their fate, by New Yorker staff writer Jonathan Blitzer.
 
 
Browse more Fiction and Nonfiction books for Hispanic Heritage Month.
 
Explore, Learn, and Connect.
 
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MONDAY, SEPT. 14 • 10–11 A.M.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16 • 10:30–11:30 A.M.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16 • 1:30–3:30 P.M.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 17 • 3–4 P.M.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 17 • 6:30–8:30 P.M.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 18 • 10–11:30 A.M.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 18 • 11:30 A.M.–12:30 P.M.
 
All Ages Fun!
 
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TUESDAY, SEPT. 22 • 6:30–7:15 P.M.
Dogs are wonderful listeners! Books and new words become something exciting to share when you read to a pet.

READ WITH US
FAMILY STORYTIME (ALL AGES)
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16 • 9:30–10 A.M.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16 • 10:30–11 A.M.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16 • 6:30–7 P.M
BABY STORYTIME
(BIRTH TO 24 MONTHS W/CAREGIVER)
FRIDAY, SEPT. 18 • 4–4:45 P.M.

EXPLORE WITH FRIENDS
SATURDAY, SEPT. 12 • 9 A.M.–2 P.M.
MONDAY, SEPT. 14 • 10:30–11:15 A.M.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 17 • 10:30–11:30 A.M.
 
 
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