Most girls look forward to their special prom night. Aside from all the final exams they will need to face, graduation is just around the corner along with prom.

If you need idea for your dress, this is the perfect opportunity for you to come out to see the variety of prom dresses we've collected! You will get tips from a designer so that you can alter the dress to make it your very own.

Mark the date on your calendars!

Saturday, March 9th

1:00- 3:30pm

Registration required

On a side note: If anyone have any gently used dresses that they would like to donate for this program, please drop them off at the Forest Lawn Library before March 7th.

The Teen Afterschool Series launched again for Winter/Spring with a BANG! Over 90 teens attended the event that included video games, board games, button-making, pizza and freshly made on-site waffles.

The Teen Afterschool program is held at the Forest Lawn Library every Monday - Thursday after school hours in collaboration with Calgary Afterschool. This time around we've changed things up a bit. Every Thursday we will be hosting a Food Challenge. We're not talking about Fear Factor style, but whether or not can you cook and decorate? Let the creative one win!

Here's a little sneak peek of our first challenge on Jan 31st. Each teen had to decorate their cupcakes in a very unique way. We supply the items, all you have to do was get messy!

Some notable programs we will be offering for the teens includes First Aid certification, a bike mechanics course through Two Wheel View, a tobacco awareness workshop, a budgeting workshop through Momentum, and a DJ guest speaker.

We hope to see you at some or all of our programs!

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The Forest Lawn Blog has been up and running since October 2011, we've been live for about a year and few months! Wooo Hoo!

When people ask me "What happened in 2012?", I usually answer "It was all a blur..." However, now that we have this little blog, I thought I might take this opportunity to highlight some of the events that has happened in the past year.

• Community Garden: The Books 'n Worms Community Garden was officially launched on June 21st. With our ground breaking celebration, there is now a Community Garden in the Forest Lawn area. By mid-July people had a chance to harvest some zucchini, lettuce, beans and radishes. I can't wait till Summer 2013 to be able to walk through the garden again! This will be THE MEETING PLACE in Forest Lawn!

• Teen Afterschool: A program geared towards teens between the ages of 13-17 to explore, learn, and have fun outside of school hours. The program has been a great success in attracting teens of all different ages and skill levels. The library has offered programs from Yoga, Zumba, Cookie Decorating, Wii, Xbox, Drawing, and Drama just to name a few.

• First Ever Hunger Games Challenge: Our teens were starving for a hunger games challenge, and we did just that to meet their needs! We made our own little cornucopia challenge incorporating themes and resources from the novel. Since the Hunger Games was a great success, we came up with Hunger Games Part 2! In this challenge the teens had to reenact a scene from Catching Fire in along with learning how to write a script, design costumes and much more!

• Taste of Cultures: Every year the Taste of Culture has attracted over hundreds of people throughout the community. This was a great opportunity for everyone to learn about the diverse culture we have within this neighborhood. It was by far my favorite event to look forward to each year. I loved trying all different types of ethic food, and their outfits were amazing!

• Refugee Experience Series: The Refugee Experience Series has really taught the teens what it's like to be a Refugee. Our biggest event was a simulation of a Refugee Camp. Even now when I see the teens they talk about how they really enjoyed that process and that they gained so much from the program. We even had the honor to have Carol Huynh share her own personal Refugee Experience.

We hope you all had a chance to participate in some of these events. If you have a story about the library in 2012 and would like to share, we would love to hear it in the comments!

Back by popular demand! After one short week, the Forest Lawn Library Winter Community Chain is already half-way around the branch. Last year, it started at the entrance to the branch and reached the fish tank, so our goal this year is to complete the circle. We’re already half-way there!

This is a wonderful way for you to add to your community spirit. Just come into the branch and ask one of us to see how you can be a "link" to the communtiy!

Might there be a way to continue this interactive activity throughout the year, with a different spin?

If you have any suggestions, please let us know in the comment area!

The Forest Lawn Teen Afterschool program held a Cookie Decorating event as one of their many afterschool programs. Before the program started all the teens were patiently waiting to get messy. Who wouldn't want to decorate some cookies and then enjoy their scrumptious treat? Check out some of their decorations!

After a few rounds of cookies, our Teens needed to burn off their energy. Why not play a game of Twister?

Can you say "ouch" ?	How flexible are you?

Since the weather is getting chillier these days, why not host your own Cookie Decorating event? You can start by browsing through our baking books to fulfill all your baking needs and more! Also, if you have an awesome Cookie receipe you would like to share, feel free to post it in the comments!

Over 400 people gathered at the Forest Lawn Library to enjoy our 5^th annual Taste of Cultures on October 20^th. Displays from the 15 ethnic groups were supplemented this year by displays from CPL’s Diversity Services and the Calgary Police Service’s Diversity Unit.

The participants were once again treated to a variety of ethnic food, and more performers than in previous years. For the first time, we offered some light opera (courtesy of the International Avenue Arts & Culture Centre, a new partner on the planning team) and a thunderous performance by a Japanese drumming troupe.

This year's Halloween was a little different at the Forest Lawn Library. We teamed up with the Teens to decorate the basement for our own little scarefest. Those who were brave enough walked through the doors of doom.

Teen AfterSchool programs for the month of November also included a Fear Factor Challenge, a zumba class, a cupcake decorating class, weekly meetings of the Hunger Games Club and the Knitting Club, and a First Aid Certification course funded by the Bob Bahan Pool.

Library. What is the first thing that comes to mind? Books? People? Computers?

Now try to wrap your head around this...

Now you can exercise at the Library. We aren't talking about mental exercises or finger exercises you do the computer.

The Forest Lawn Library has partnered up with Bob Bahan Pool in providing Youth Yoga and Youth Zumba.

Never done Yoga or Zumba before? No worries, all levels are welcomed.

Here are the dates:

October 4th

October 11th

October 25th

November 14th

November 22nd

December 6th

We listened, we planned, we got it together, now here it is... HUNGER GAMES CLUB!!

So instead of having a one day event (since you guys complained last time that one day was not enough!), we now launched our Hunger Games Club. Joining the club is easy, just come into the Forest Lawn Library to sign up. Also, if you do so now, you have a chance to win a moive poster prize by submitting your name as tribute. Do you dare...?

The club will meet every Monday from October 1st until December. I won't spill any information on here, so you must come into the Library to ask for details. But I can tell you one thing, this will definatetly put your skills to the test!!

"May the odds be ever in your favor..."