The February 2024 Library Trustee Board meeting will be held February 20, 2024 at 6:00 PM at the Menlo Public Library. Please see the attached agenda.

Please join us for story time tomorrow at the Menlo Library to help us celebrate National Girls In Sports Day. We will read the book Bat's Big Game, talk about different sports everyone can play, and each participant will leave with their own sports medal!

Please join us for toddler/preschool time on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 from 10:00-11:00 AM.  We will read a book to learn about Groundhog Day, make a groundhog craft, and get some movement playing some fun groundhog related games. Hope to see you!

We will be opening late the 9th, due to County directors' meeting in Guthrie Center. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Join us for Story Time every Monday at 10 a.m. in the Menlo Library!

Menlo Public Library Hours
Monday 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Tuesday 10:00 am-12:00pm,  2:00pm – 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Thursday CLOSED
Friday 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Sunday CLOSED

​Media Release-Immediate Release            March 1, 2021
 
 
5-2-1-0 Healthy Choices County!!  For Early Childhood
Partnerships 4 Families, Early Childhood Iowa Area- Audubon, Carroll, Greene and Guthrie Counties
Cindy Duhrkopf, Area Director  [email protected] or 712-790-7437
 
Partnerships 4 Families is partnering with IDPH and other early childhood providers in Audubon, Carroll, Greene and Guthrie Counties to promote the 5-2-1-0 Healthy Choices Count! initiative to families with young children in our four county area. 
5-2-1-0 Healthy Choices Count! is part of the Healthiest State Initiative and has resources for Early Care & Education to promote 5 fruits and vegetables a day, 2 hours or less of screen time, 1 or more hours of activity a day and 0 sugary drinks.  Communities, businesses, schools and individuals across Iowa have promoted the 5-2-1-0 Healthy Choices Count! it is also a nationally recognized and evidence based prevention framework to promote healthy habits.
Partnerships 4 Families the Early Childhood Iowa (ECI) area for Audubon, Carroll, Greene and Guthrie Counties worked with Iowa Department of Public Health and many local early childhood programs to fill a 5-2-1-0 bag with information and items for parents to increase the physical activity and healthy eating of their young children.  Local early childhood providers also included information about their services and other initiatives focused on young children. 
Bags were recently delivered to early childhood programs, child care centers and registered child care providers in the four county ECI area for direct distribution to children two-three years of age.  Bags are also available at local libraries where families with children ages two or three can stop by and pick up a bag. Families must live in one of the four counties served by Partnerships 4 Families.
On March 31st at 5:00 a live drawing will take place on the Partnerships 4 Families Facebook page for 10 baskets filled with more fun activities and a $20 gift certificate to a local grocery store for the purchase of fruits and vegetables.  Information is provided in the 5-2-1-0 Healthy Choices Count! bags for information on how to sign up.
Partnerships 4 Families encourages healthy behaviors and wants “All Children beginning at Birth to be Healthy and Successful.” Find out more about Partnerships 4 Families at partnerships4families.org and Early Childhood Iowa at earlychildhood.iowa.gov