Join us on October 6^th to hear from returned Peace Corps volunteer Tilyian Phannenstiel about her experiences volunteering for the Peace Corps in Costa Rica!  The event will begin at 6:30 PM and will be held virtually over Zoom.  A Q&A session will be held at the end of the presentation where Tily will be answering questions about her experiences and the Peace Corps application process.

Tilyian Phannenstiel served as a Peace Corps Community Economic Development Volunteer in Costa Rica from 2016 to 2018. During her service, she worked closely with a 15-member women’s group to secure $5,750 to develop rural tourism initiatives and enhance the group’s organizational capacity. Additionally, she partnered with another volunteer to implement a two-week women’s leadership camp, Camp GLOW, for 21 female high school students. During her second year of service, she was elected as treasurer for the Volunteer Advisory Council (VAC) and participated in a week-long Let Girls Learn-funded workshop to draft STEAM Camp curriculum.

Tilyian earned her bachelor’s from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she served in an AmeriCorps Jumpstart early education program for four years. Prior to joining the Peace Corps, Tilyian lived near Lake Tahoe, California where she worked as a Program Manager for a nonprofit business association and developed a passion for community planning and development. Following her service, she spent a year working for a microfinance nonprofit organization, Accion, as a bilingual loan officer before rejoining the Peace Corps as a regional recruiter.

If you are interested in attending this presentation, register with this link: https://peacecorps.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItf-uhrD4uGq6q-qpcxc7_YTKltQUywGk

Email Brittany Morton at [email protected] or stop by the Powell Library if you have any questions about Zoom or the event.

 

We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting a Story Walk in collaboration with local Powell businesses throughout the month of September.  The Story Walk will be held in conjunction with National Library Card Sign-Up Month.  Pages from the book Snail Crossing by Corey R. Tabor will be installed in business windows along Bent Street.  The Story Walk will begin at the Powell Library and end at American West Realty. Story Walks are fun ways for children and adults to enjoy reading while getting outdoors and interacting with their community.    Participants can pick up a map showing the locations of the book pages at the Powell Library.  When participants are finished, they can sign up for a library card and check out their very own book!  Participating businesses include Northwest Trading Post, Big Horn Design Studios, 307 Real Estate, Wild Paintbrush Studios, Basin Law, the Powell Tribune, Heart Mountain Realty, Uncommon Grounds, Heritage Health, Engineering Associates, Powell Family Dental, Wilkerson Law Group, American West Realty, Plaza Diane, Heartworks, and Powell Drug.