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St. Louis County Library and Operation Food Search will provide lunches to children this summer at nine SLCL locations starting on June 5. Participating branches will offer a nutritious lunch along with activities for kids from 12:00–1:00 p.m., Monday–Friday. Meals will be available free of charge for children ages 18 and under.

St. Louis County Library, in partnership with the St. Louis County Children’s Service Fund and Epworth Children & Family Services, will launch the Community Resource Initiative in May 2023. The program will bring social workers to five SLCL branches to help remove barriers of accessing social services. The program will provide referrals to trusted community partners, case management and individualized assistance for patrons of all ages. Information on how to schedule an appointment is available at www.slcl.org/using-the-library/social-worker-services or by calling 314-994-3300. 

St. Louis County Library’s Summer Reading Club starts June 1 and runs through August 5. This year’s theme is: All Together Now. All ages are invited to participate, registration begins June 1. New to the program this year, everyone who registers for Summer Reading Club will receive a free book. Visit www.slcl.org/summer-reading for details.

St. Louis County Library Foundation presents architect John C. Guenther, author of “The Gateway Arch: An Illustrated Timeline.” An icon of Structural Expressionism, the Gateway Arch expresses both a timeless monumentality and a contemporary dynamism. The story of how this monument came to be is remarkable. John Guenther, architect and historian, seeks to “connect the dots” of history and take readers through the key events which led to the building of the Gateway Arch, assisted by historic images. Enjoy a chronological look at the historic foundations of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, starting from the very beginning: when the Louisiana territory was controlled by France. Architect JOHN C. GUENTHER has produced a distinguished body of architecture that contributes significantly to the built environment. Guenther has been a Lecturer in the College of Architecture, Washington University in St. Louis, where he taught Introduction to Design Processes and co-founded and taught Mid-Century Modernism in St. Louis 1930-1970.

St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Arthur Gale Medical Arts Lecture Series presents physician and bestselling author Sandeep Jauhar for a discussion of his book “My Father’s Brain: Life in the Shadow’s of Alzheimer’s.”

St. Louis County Library will offer Pickleball Kits for check out starting May 15. Anyone with a valid SLCL card can check out a kit. Each kit contains a set of 4 graphite pickleball paddles, 4 balls (two for indoor and two for outdoor play), and a carrying case.