Educational Outreach
We are proud to host a group of 20 students and their teachers at each of our meetings. These guests receive a copy of the featured author’s book in advance of the luncheon meeting and participate in a special one-hour discussion with the author, followed by lunch and the author’s presentation. THIS PROGRAM IS FACILITATED THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF OUR SPONSORS AND STUDENT BENEFACTORS.
January 2025, Guest Author, Marjan Kamali, with students from Indio High School. Ms. Kamali also met with Palm Valley High School students. Thank you to our Student Benefactors for giving us the opportunity to host ten student groups each season.
January 2023, Guest Author, Paulina Bren, with Student group from Xavier Prep. (Above) Professor Bren ( Vassar College) also met with students from Shadow Hills. Thank you to our Student Benefactors for giving us the opportunity to host ten student groups each season.
Xavier College Preparatory Students with 2022 Guest Author Michaela Carter.
Students and faculty from Rancho Mirage High School with Guest Author Michelle Dean, March 2019, Toscana Country Club
We have hosted students from the following schools:
- Amistad High School
- California State University, San Bernardino, Palm Desert Campus
- Cathedral City High School
- Coachella Valley High School
- College of the Desert
- Desert Hot Springs High School
- Desert Mirage High School
- Indio High School
- La Quinta High School
- Palm Desert High School
- Palm Springs High School
- Palm Valley School
- Rancho Mirage High School
- Shadow Hills High School
- Summit High School
- West Shores High School
- Xavier College Preparatory
The program is coordinated by LSD Board Member, Danielle Granath, and we are proud to say that many of the authors tell us that the time spent with the students was the highlight of their visit to the desert.
Library Outreach: In Support of Literacy and the Love of Reading
Last season, thanks to the generosity of our members we provided $33,000 in grants to the Coachella Valley libraries.
WE ARE PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL TO OUR LIBRARY BENEFACTORS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THIS INITIATIVE.
It enabled the following programs:
Cathedral City Library: Grant funds will be used to expand the adult and young adult fiction sections of the library.
Coachella Library: The funds will be deployed to upgrade the library’s digital materials including the digital Storytime series. The library also purchased more baby board books to help parents read to their youngest children.
Desert Hot Springs Library: The grant provided the summer reading program with a gaming room for children, teens, teens with board games and creative literary programming and outreach.
Indio Library: This library is expanding in size and is in the midst of new construction for a fall 2025 opening. The funds will be used for children’s programs, books, and new craft supplies.
Lake Tamarisk Library: The grant supports the purchase of new adult, teen and children’s books and creative displays.
La Quinta Library: The LSD grant provides the summer reading program for children, Spanish classes and creative writing programs for children and adults..
Mecca Library: This library was recently renovated, and the funds will be used for new children’s programming and supplies.
Palm Desert Library: The LSD grant funds the summer reading program with a Level Up , competitive, gaming theme for children to increase literary comprehension and skills.
Palm Springs Library: Funds are used to support the summer reading program serving almost 300 children with book distributions totaling over 1600 books.
Rancho Mirage Library: The grant will be used to bolster the E book offerings through the Libby app as the Riverside County Library system has reduced the service in the branch.
Thousand Palms Library: Funds were used for the El Dia de Las Ninas children’s summer reading program, including costumes, sensory toys, puppets, and other crafts to enhance literary and love of reading for children.
