Books on Wheels – Call For Volunteers

Do you love to read and are you looking for a challenging and rewarding volunteer opportunity? The Pima County Public Library has a Books on Wheels (on bikes) program in Tucson and is looking for volunteers to help select books for homebound community members.

We invite you to attend a training session to be held at the Joel D. Valdez Main Library. At the training session you'll hear more about the Books on Wheels program and learn the process of selecting books for participants.

Please fill out the application found here and bring it with you to the orientation. In order to reserve a spot at this orientation or if you have any questions, please e-mail Karen.Greene@pima.gov or call Infoline at 791-4010.

Digital Download Help Session

Discover the free downloads offered by your library! This class will help you find the information you need to download free e-books, audiobooks and videos to your e-reader or tablet.

Please bring: your device, your Amazon (Kindle users), your Barnes and Noble (Nook users) or Apple account information account information, and your library card and pin. (You will also need your email address and password to set up an Adobe ID.)

This class is limited to six participants. Please call 594-5345 to register. Registration begins January 14, 2013.

Looking at Windows

Refresh the skills you need to work with the Windows operating system or just learn some helpful things about Windows. In this course, you will learn skills that are useful for beginning computer users including resizing and manipulating Windows, changing the mouse properties, using toolbars, rearranging the Desktop and getting support online.

Part 1 of 2, Register at the desk or call 520-594-5275.

Yoga Classes

Start your morning off with a peaceful and energizing yoga class! We recommend wearing loose clothes and bringing a yoga mat. This class meets before the building opens, so please knock to be let in.

AARP Tax-Aide Tax Preparation/Asistencia con la preparación de impuestos del AARP

Free volunteer-run tax preparation and assistance serving low- and moderate-income taxpayers, with special attention to those over age 60. Additional tax preparation sites can be found using the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide locator.

Visit our Tax Info Guide for more information.

Asistencia con la preparación de impuestos del AARP

Asistencia gratuita con la preparación de impuestos dirigido por voluntarios, dirigido a personas de bajos ingresos o ingresos moderados y en especial a personas mayores de 60.

Para más información visite nuestra Guía de Información de Impuestos.

AARP Tax-Aide Tax Preparation

Free volunteer-run tax preparation and assistance serving low- and moderate-income taxpayers, with special attention to those over age 60. Additional tax preparation sites can be found using the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide locator.

Visit our Tax Info Guide for more information.

Asistencia con la preparación de impuestos del AARP

Asistencia gratuita con la preparación de impuestos dirigido por voluntarios, dirigido a personas de bajos ingresos o ingresos moderados y en especial a personas mayores de 60.

Para más información visite nuestra Guía de Información de Impuestos.

Food Stamp Application Assistance

Let an employee from the Community Food Bank help you apply for SNAP (“food stamps” or the government nutrition assistance program), AHCCCS (health care) and TANF (cash assistance). To find out what documents that you will need, please call the Community Food Bank at 520-622-0525 extension 275.

Visit the Bookmobile

Visit the Bookmobile at the Ghost Ranch Lodge, 801 W Miracle Mile, on the third Friday of the month.

Great Decisions

Community meeting. This is not a library-sponsored event and is subject to change without notice.

Drop-in eReader Help

Are you wondering how to use your new ereader? Want help downloading free library books? Stop by one of our Drop-in eReader Sessions @ Joyner-Green Valley Library.

Friends of Kirk–Bear Canyon Library

This board meeting is open to the public.

Senior Art Class - Color Basic

At each meeting senior students will be presented with some simple drawing exercises that train the eye and the hand to look and record a single aspect of something we are looking at. Gradually step by step you will learn how to draw based on seeing and have fun in the process. An important part of our program is exhibition as an integral part of the learning process.

Friends of the Kirk - Bear Canyon Library Board Meeting

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Quiet Zone / La Zona de Silencio

We are designating a Quiet Zone for those customers who would like an area where they can have a peaceful place for study, contemplation, reflection, productive thinking or to just read, with minimal disturbances.

La Zona de Silencio está reservada para clientes de la Biblioteca quienes están leyendo, estudiando, conduciendo investigaciónes u otras actividades sin ruido.

Free GED Preparation and Tutoring

At this drop-in session, get help from our tutors to get started preparing for the GED at your own pace. All classes are taught by Pima County Public Library tutors with Adult Education Certification, and will be taught in English. Students ages 16 and older can attend classes.

Please note that children cannot attend these classes. Parents must make their own child care arrangements for children under age 8.

Wheeler Taft Abbett, Sr. Branch Library, 7800 N. Schisler Dr. Registration is not required.