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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1D2129;background:white">Don't have </span>
<span class="5zk7"><span style="color:#1D2129">#SolarEclipse2017</span></span><span style="color:#1D2129;background:white"> glasses? Host an Eclipse Watch Party with LIVE stream from NASA!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-live-stream">https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-live-stream</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pretty cool & safer on those eyes…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Don’t forget, if your library is out of glasses, check out these other fun programming ideas to do with families! Such a great way to connect to those in your community that may not have used the library in the recent past: <br>
• Check with a local shoe store to get boxes to have families make a shoebox viewer <br>
• Offer supplies to do the Projection Method to view the sun – a simple & easy way!<br>
• More resources: <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Feclipse2017.nasa.gov%2Feclipse-who-what-where-when-and-how&h=ATO8nPf6vtWk2qB0rIJa97a50VHDPVvOffOQ-NHhBQrBp7BzrQNGYGrBZavSGFSFpms6WdRLZFRuDIwIQDr-BBLnfAzucmENfSqZTsHQ8Hpo-chDPNQhF3-l3SUP_gDFGrUkCHGFp5U" target="_blank">https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-who-what-where-when...</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="color:#1D2129;background:white">For more information on the August 2017 solar eclipse and solar eclipses in general, you can search </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mel.org/?fref=mentions"><span style="color:#365899;background:white;text-decoration:none">MeL.org:
 Michigan eLibrary</span></a><span style="color:#1D2129;background:white"> at</span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmel.org%2F&h=ATO5N59oPY2xJcFphIxiwnVEE0QNsgWVsUQkWivnaaQN7i35Rfd2briLSRuT-nKiI3S8I4vzFyYtEySsPdFQc5KyUEx8AiMdj8uWZoAS6ic-XqJ85N6X2yojaprwTDGWIKNBPHtL1NV81mjV83A6Yg&enc=AZOp626kJ587DNuz9fGQbX9ixX_wMQ6RdiSdZc02D0HSXkkopxopUitLyfiQWy1buvODbUe1SErwzhE57nJKIE2vwBw5xjC8FeJ2ubCSpygOSEM242rhnqogPCVVv_gBvBoA8HhFfgC867oRw6UnH2xME_KfVUHc4_hwPZXtH65T5E1GoiOgYftReZIkL7kPiFkTPpa0IkRui0X0ph2B1yhX&s=1" target="_blank"><span style="color:#365899;background:white;text-decoration:none">http://mel.org.</span></a><span style="color:#1D2129;background:white"> Just
 type: "August 2017 solar eclipse" in the search box on the MeL homepage to retrieve books available at participating MeLCat libraries around the state as well as full-text articles from magazines, journals and newspapers.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We libraries have so much more than glasses to offer.  <span style="font-family:Wingdings">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">Cathy Lancaster</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Nourishing Michigan’s Future…during school and during the summer!  Find a Summer Food Service Program site nearest you and encourage Michigan’s children to Meet Up and Eat Up!</span><span style="color:red">    </span><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/meetupeatup"><span style="color:blue">www.michigan.gov/meetupeatup</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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