Public Safety employee holding a pouch containing naloxone and a bookmark with instructions

Opioid awareness on August 31 & all year

This August 31 is the 25th anniversary of International Overdose Awareness Day. At the Main Library, the Oak Park Township and River Forest Township Opioid Task Force will screen the film Recovery City, followed by a Q&A panel with local … Read more

Three people pose in front of a backdrop reading Northwestern Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine. Two hold framed certificates.

Partnering for teen mental health

American teens are in a mental health crisis, according to the Office of the Surgeon General and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—and it began even before the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s why, since 2019, assistant professor and researcher Ashley … Read more

Cabinet in restroom stocked with hygiene supplies and toiletries

Free toiletries for youth at Main Library, thanks to partnership

The library is partnering with the Oak Park Township to offer free personal hygiene supplies for youth at the library. Kids and their families can help themselves to soap, shampoo and conditioner, toothbrushes and toothpaste, floss, deodorant, lotion, and menstrual … Read more