YAAPity YAAP, Please Come Back

Next Wednesday (September 10th @ 4 PM) we will be having our first YAAP meeting of the 2008-2009 year. I'm SO excited! We're going to be adding lots of cool stuff this year that I really think everyone is going to find fantabulous.

YAAP, for those of you that are curious, is the Young Adult Advisory Panel. It is comprised of teens in the 8th - 12th grades. YAAP meets once a month and is responsible for making sure that Young Adult programming at the Marshall County Public Library rocks. They also hang out and eat junk food.

Why should you consider joining YAAP? Here are 5 of my favorite reasons:

1. You get a say in what kinds of activities are planned for you and your friends. How am I suppose to know what teenagers consider fun if you don't tell me? I still find the original Nintendo and Super Mario Brothers to be an excellent way to pass an afternoon.

2. You can meet people with similar interests. Do you like books? Do you like hanging out at the library? So do YAAPers! They also like manga and swimming and music and tons of other stuff, because YAAPers are cool people. You should be one.

3. YAAP looks good on college applications. Also, Miss Tammy can write an awesome letter of recommendation.

4. You gain valuable life experiences. No, really, it's a good thing. Learning how to work in groups and how to be comfortable expressing your thoughts and ideas with others is really important.

5. YAAP is fun. Like, real fun. Not just "fun for a library". We eat junk food. We watch random, hysterical YouTube videos. We have inside jokes. Good times.

So, if you're in grades 8-12 (well, not at the same time, but you get the idea), please join us September 10 from 4 PM - 5 PM in the Calvert City meeting room. I hope to see lots of you there!