Global Maine special story time event at Monson Public Library

MONSON — A team of five youth ambassadors will be coming to Monson to lead a special “Global Maine” story time event in collaboration with the Monson Public Library at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 15. This event is free to the public and designed for children under the age of 8. The event will include three stories and a craft. All children who attend the event will receive free globally-themed prizes, an arts and craft piece to take home, and their own personal copies of the books.

Global Maine is a project/road trip that empowers Maine youth to increase global engagement in their state. In addition to collaborating with Maine Public Libraries to lead story times, the Youth Ambassadors will visit Maine organizations to investigate how and why people in Maine are globally engaged. Some of the organizations they will visit are the World Affairs Council of Maine, MCD Global Health, and the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. Their five-night road trip concludes in Monson with visits to Monson Arts, the Monson Historical Museum, and a special talk from award-winning chef, Marilou Ranta of The Quarry.  

Global Maine is a project created and facilitated by the mother/daughter team Bobbie and Kylie Thibodeau of Raymond. Global Maine is funded through an Alumni TIES small grant from the U.S. Department of State. You can find more information at globalmaine.com. To follow the trip and learn more about how and why Mainers are globally engaged, follow on instgram@globalmaine207 and twitter@globalmaine.