All Library locations will be closed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day.
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Monday, March 11, 2024
Thank our community's volunteers. AmeriCorps Week is March 10-16, 2024....
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Thursday, November 30, 2023
For the fifth year, the Kansas City Public Library’s AmeriCorps VISTA Project is collecting donations of travel-sized personal care items for a hygien...
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Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Every day, AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers act on their values to make a difference in communities, focusing on where the need...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Thanks, Kansas City, for stepping up. You responded in record numbers to the annual MLK Day of Service Hygiene Kit Drive conducted by...
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Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Nobody talks trash like libraries. That’s too bad, really. Look at the gentle back-and-forth on Twitter between Los Angeles’ and Cincinnati’s pub...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022
In keeping with the civil rights leader’s spirit of service, the Kansas City Public Library’s AmeriCorps VISTA Project is collecting...
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Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Two decades ago – on September 11, 2001 – nearly 3,000 people lost their lives in the deadliest terrorist attacks in history. This year, thousand...
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Thursday, December 26, 2019
In the spirit of service embodied by the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. the Library’s...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019
The Library salutes its AmeriCorps VISTA members and the vital work they've done the past four-plus years in areas ranging from refugee and immigrant...