Burbank READS Finale — Party of 100 Thanks!

Saturday, October 29

1:00—4:00 PM

Buena Vista Branch Library
300 N. Buena Vista St.
818-238-5620

Burbank Public Library would like to thank our community for so many years of support. Join us for an afternoon of fun activities for the whole family. There will be games, special guests, crafts, door prizes and giveaways. Bring your camera for a photo opportunity with Max from Rosemary Wells’ picture books. Last chance to donate to our Gratitude Food Drive! Watch us unveil the World’s Largest Gratitude List.

Burbank Public Library is EXTREMELY grateful to the Friends of the Burbank Public Library for funding this event!

Burbank READS Finale 

Party of 100 Thanks!



Dinner & a Movie - The Blind Side

Monday October, 3, 2011

6:00 PM
Buena Vista Branch Library

300 N. Buena Vista St.

818-238-5620

Join us on Monday, October 3rd for "Dinner & A Movie" featuring a showing of  The Blind Side (PG-13 /129 minutes) at the Buena Vista Branch Library.

You bring your favorite picnic-style dinner and we'll provide beverages and dessert!

The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.  Featuring Sandra Bullock in her 2009 Best Actress Oscar winning performance!

Burbank READs in the news!

A big thank you to BURBANKLIFE.net for a nice article about last week's Burbank READs kick-off event.  Click this link to read more.

Program cancelled....An Afternoon of Gratitude with James Morrison & Friends

Due to unforeseen filming commitments, Mr. Morrison is not available and this program has had to be cancelled.

2:00 PM

Saturday, October 22, 2011
Buena Vista Branch Library

818-238-5620

Gratitude List.

Help us make the World's longest Gratitude list!

What are YOU grateful for? Help us create THE WORLD’S LARGEST GRATITUDE LIST! Submit a Gratitude List at any of the Burbank Libraries or online at http://www.burbanklibrary.com/ or http://www.thegratitudelist.org/. We will share it, then add it to our list. Let’s Circle the City with Gratitude!

Now It's Your Turn!

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

– William Arthur Ward.

Between September 21 and October 29, here are some ways to share your attitude of gratitude:

• After you’ve read On Gratitude, be sure to encourage your friends and family to read the book.
• What are YOU grateful for? Help us cre-ate THE WORLD’S LARGEST GRATITUDE LIST! Submit a Gratitude List at any of the Burbank Libraries or online at http://www.burbanklibrary.com/  or http://www.thegratitudelist.org/  We will share it, then add it to our list. Let’s Circle the City with Gratitude!
• Write a letter to a member of the United States military deployed overseas or to a Wounded Warrior. Pick up a flyer describing the program and writing paper at the Burbank Public Library. Turn in all letters or artwork to the Library and they will be sent to Operation Gratitude. Letters are needed for the 100,000+ care packages Operation Gratitude sends to deployed troops each year.
• Send a postcard or greeting card to a friend or family member to let them know how grateful you are to have them in your life.
• Share your gratitude with those less fortunate in our community. Pick up an extra can or package of food next time you shop. During Burbank READS, the Library will collect food items for Burbank Temporary Aid Center (BTAC), Salvation Army, and Family Services Agency. Collection bins will be available at all locations of the Burbank Public Library.

Burbank TEEN Reads Contest September 21 - October 14

Essay Writing Contest for Teens in Grades 6-12

Take a look at Todd Aaron Jensen’s book On Gratitude, for ideas and guidelines.

• Write a 500-word essay "On Gratitude."
• Turn your entry in at the Reference Desk of any Burbank Public Library OR attach your Word doc to an email and send it to mygratitude@earthlink.com  by October 14.
• Mr. Jensen will choose the winners. Prizes will be awarded. Got questions? Call 818-238-5589. 

Operation Gratitude

Join us for Coffee & Gratitude!

Monday September 26, 2011

7:00 PM

Burbank Central Library

110 N. Glenoaks Blvd.

818-238-5600

A representative from Operation Gratitude will show a short DVD and talk about this worthy organization. Learn how to get involved! Show your gratitude by writing a letter to our deployed troops or a Wounded Warrior. Find out how we can all ensure that our military personnel know his or her sacrifice is appreciated. Light refreshments and writing paper will be provided. On Gratitude will be available for purchase and/or donation to Operation Gratitude.

Burbank READs Kick-off Event - Author talk and World Gratitude Day!

Join us for the big kickoff event for this year's Burbank READs program.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

7:00 PM

Buena Vista Branch Library

300 N. Buena Vista St.

818-238-5620

Join us as we kick-off Burbank READs with a special World Gratitude Day Celebration. Todd Aaron Jensen, Burbank resident and author of this year's book selection, will be sharing stories of thanksgiving from ON GRATITUDE and tell how to write your own gratitude list.

ON GRATITUDE will be available for purchase and signing along with refreshments and giveaways!

How to Write a Gratitude List

Are you ready to start your own gratitude list?

Here is a simple how-to for grateful people of all ages.

Science has proven that keeping a gratitude list—even if its only three things daily—creates healthier, happier people. Gratitude’s not only good; it’s good for you! You don’t have to be rich or fa-mous for gratitude to matter. It’s important to count your blessings, and to share them with others, no matter your station in life, no matter how young or old you are.

Don’t know where to start with gratitude? That’s easy. Start with your heartbeat or with your breath. Those are things we take for granted, but without them we are nothing. Think about your friends, your family, an amazing memory all of your senses: the things you see, hear, smell taste, and touch. Your favorite foods and flavors. A book or a song that opened your heart or changed your life.

Be open to it all. Write it down without judgment. There are no wrong answers here. Just write down your memory. (Gratitude, it is said, is the memory of the heart). Be complete. Write the entire feeling or memory. One of the wonderful things about your gratitude is it introduces others to new things.

Do it today. Then do it again tomorrow. It takes such a short time, but the results are powerful.

Still feeling stuck? Try answering these questions to get your heart moving and your brain feeling:

• Who gave you life?
• What flavors do you love?
• What film or book or song changed your life?
• That perfect day…? The best gift you’ve ever received?
• Your favorite teacher/mentor, and why?
• The most amazing moment from your favorite vacation?
• The moment when you realized you were more powerful or capable than you thought.
• The moment when you felt smaller than you were, but were elevated by faith or friendship.
• The smallest, most trivial thing for which you are grateful.

Share your gratitude list with the Burbank Public Library. We’ll display it… measure it… and let the world know that Burbank is the Most Grateful City in America!

You can find hundreds of gratitude lists at http://www.thegratitudelist.org/

Gratitude list

Help us make the World's longest Gratitude list!

What are YOU grateful for? Help us cre-ate THE WORLD’S LARGEST GRATITUDE LIST! Submit a Gratitude List at any of the Burbank Libraries or online at http://www.burbanklibrary.com/  or http://www.thegratitudelist.org/  . We will share it, then add it to our list. Let’s Circle the City with Gratitude!

What are you grateful for, part 2.

Have you thought of what you are grateful for?  You never know when it will be your turn on camera!

Burbank Close-Up with Todd Aaron Jensen.

Straight from the Burbank Channel, a new seqment of Burbank Close-Up with Todd Aaron Jensen, author of On Gratitude.



What are you grateful for?