<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Hello, Michigan librarians!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><br aria-hidden="true"></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Your library is invited to participate in the Summer 2023 MiLibraryQuest for teens.  It is SUPER easy for a library to participate and provides a fun activity for your teens. Recent quests have had between 110 and 175 teens from across the state submit entries. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><br aria-hidden="true"></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Our Quest this summer will be in the format of a digital escape room about Haunted and Mysterious Michigan. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><br aria-hidden="true"></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Teens will be challenged to “Survive Together” as they face all manner of ghasts and ghouls to solve the mystery of their appearance in our state. Puzzles and riddles will aid them in the quest.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><br aria-hidden="true"></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Details: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><br aria-hidden="true"></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Summer Quest will begin on July 1 and end on August 5 or August 12. The ending date will be updated as soon as it is finalized.  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><br aria-hidden="true"></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">All you have to do as a participating library is:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Promote the event to your teens (Promotional material templates will be provided by the Quest team.)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Award at least one prize to a teen from your library who completes the Quest (The prize is entirely up to you, and you can award more than one if you like.)</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">OPTIONAL things your library can do:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">OPTIONAL: If you would like to have a part of the Quest on your website, you can sign up to have a clue on your library’s website. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">OPTIONAL: You can host an in-person program for teens to solve the Quest.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Libraries can sign up to participate at </span><a href="https://bit.ly/QuestLibrarySignup2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:none"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:underline">https://bit.ly/QuestLibrarySignup2023</span></a><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> by May 15. If you want to be one of the handful of libraries who posts a unique clue on your library’s website, you’ll need to sign up prior to May 1.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><br aria-hidden="true"></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p><div dir="ltr" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.38;font-family:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Teens will:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Access the Escape Room on the MiLibraryQuest website.<br aria-hidden="true"></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Complete the Quest (on their own or with friends) either online or in-person at a library. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">After completing the Quest, fill out the online form provided by the Quest to enter to win a prize from their local library.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Additional information is in our FAQs here:<span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/SummerQuest2023FAQs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:none"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:underline">https://bit.ly/SummerQuest2023FAQs </span></a><br aria-hidden="true"></span></p></div><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">A little history:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><br aria-hidden="true"></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Following library closures in spring 2020 and a shift to virtual programming, a group of librarians from throughout the state began meeting to collaborate on virtual teen programming.  We created MiLibraryQuest, a virtual scavenger hunt, for all teens throughout the state as a summer event. We have now offered six Quests with more than one-fourth of Michigan libraries systems and hundreds of teens participating.  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><br aria-hidden="true"></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">If your library would like to participate, please sign up by May 15 (or May 1, if you’d like to have a clue on your website) here: <a href="https://bit.ly/QuestLibrarySignup2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://bit.ly/QuestLibrarySignup2023" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">https://bit.ly/QuestLibrarySignup2023</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><br aria-hidden="true"></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">If you have any questions, please let us know at </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="mailto:MiLibraryQuest@gmail.com">MiLibraryQuest@gmail.com</a></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><br aria-hidden="true"></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">We hope you will be a part of MiLibraryQuest this summer!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.38"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p></span><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">The Quest Team</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MiLibrary-Quest-101788845136786" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Facebook</a> ~ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/milibraryquest/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Instagram</a> ~ <a href="https://milibraryquest.wixsite.com/quest1" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Website</a></span></font></div></div></div></div></div>