Project Name: Adulting 101
Purpose: To provide social and learning connections for new adults, who may be feeling lonely and insecure in new environments and life situations.
Grant Funding Amount: $3,000
Key Elements: Interactive, conversational workshops on a variety of subjects; shared experiences; social connections with new people; bring a friend; comfy, informal space; open to shared intergenerational experience
Target Audience: Young adults, ages 23-29
Community Support: Local businesses such as Soapstone Valley Equipment Repair, United Bank, Big Y, Wells Fargo, Wallace and Tetreault Realty
Use of grant funds: Paid instructors, signage, program materials, comfortable seating
Why:
- Not offered anywhere else
- Library is a trusted institution
- Where multigenerations meet
- Free!