Grand Marais Public Library seeks input from the residents of Cook County outside Grand

Marais. The library hopes to create an opportunity to engage in conversation with you on your

home turf about library services and how best to meet your needs.

To foster conversation, the library will be conducting an outreach activity called sPARKit! at

various points around the county during the week of June 18-22. sPARKit! is a project sponsored by Springboard for the Arts in the Twin Cities, and features fun activities for adults and children.

The “sPARKit” mobile trailer invites the public to come, play games, and engage in

conversation. Participants may learn about online security, parental controls, electrical safety,

energy efficiency, lung cancer, colon cancer screening and more! There may be a variety of arts

activities, such as felting a lung with the American Lung Association, or playing games with the

YMCA staff. The event will be a little different each day, with fun activities also planned for

every site.

Besides the library, the partners for this event include: Arrowhead Electric, True North, the

American Lung Assocation of Minnesota and the Sawtooth Mountain Clinic. Those who attend

will have opportunities to engage with all the partners, to learn how to be safe online, and to have some good summer fun!

Events are scheduled for the following times and places:

Monday, June 18, 10-2pm at Ryden’s Border Store

Tuesday, June 19, 10-2pm at Hovland Town Hall

Wednesday. June 20, 10-2pm at Trail Center

Thursday, June 21, 10-2pm at Lutsen Town Hall

Friday, June 22, 10-2pm at Birch Grove School

Please join us at a location near you!