News Item The Library Thanks Kansas City’s AmeriCorps Volunteers for a Job Well Done Monday, March 11, 2024 AmeriCorps Thank our community's volunteers. AmeriCorps Week is March 10-16, 2024.... Read More
News Item 2024 Hygiene Kit Donation Drive Kicks off at the Library for Annual MLK Day of Service Thursday, November 30, 2023 AmeriCorps For the fifth year, the Kansas City Public Library’s AmeriCorps VISTA Project is collecting donations of travel-sized personal care items for a hygien... Read More
News Item Look (and Do) Good: Get a Library-Themed Charlie Hustle Tee Monday, October 16, 2023 Partnerships The Kansas City Public Library again is partnering with Charlie Hustle as part of the apparel company’s popular Communi-Tees program,... Read More
News Item Impact of Library’s Annual Hygiene Product Drive: Help to an Estimated 1,500 People Wednesday, January 18, 2023 AmeriCorps Thanks, Kansas City, for stepping up. You responded in record numbers to the annual MLK Day of Service Hygiene Kit Drive conducted by... Read More
News Item Library, Nonprofit Strawberry Week Partner on Flowvember Donation Drive Thursday, October 20, 2022 Partnerships The Library and local nonprofit Strawberry Week join for this year's Flowvember donation drive, collecting menstruation products ... Read More
News Item Library Partners with Barrier Babes for 'Flowvember' Wednesday, November 10, 2021 Library Services Partnerships The Library began a partnership in October with Barrier Babes, a local nonprofit that will deliver 1,... Read More
News Item Celebrate Welcoming Week, Sept. 10-19, 2021 Monday, September 13, 2021 Refugee and Immigrant Services During Welcoming Week, September 10-19, organizations and communities across the U.S. bring together people of all backgrounds to bui... Read More
News Item Library’s VISTA Project honors legacy of MLK with Hygiene Kit Donation Drive Monday, January 7, 2019 Outreach Martin Luther King Jr. Refugee and Immigrant Services In keeping with the civil rights leader’s spirit of service, the Kansas City Public Library’s AmeriCorps VISTA Project is collecting... Read More
News Item Dedication and Perseverance! English for Citizenship Classes Help Manufacturing Job Worker Pass Naturalization Interview Monday, July 23, 2018 Citizenship Refugee and Immigrant Services Marcos Balam toiled through two English for Citizenship courses – each taking 12 weeks – and multiple one-to-one meetings with... Read More
News Item With Library Classes, Practice Sessions, One of America’s Newest Citizens Sailed Through Naturalization Test Tuesday, May 15, 2018 Refugee and Immigrant Services Citizenship Fausto Montero prepared for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' naturalization test with the help of the Kansas City Public Library's En... Read More