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Get a FREE Developmental Screening App. Stamford is pleased to provide Sparkler, a free developmental screening application, available in English and Spanish, that promotes healthy early childhood development and helps you advocate for your child. With the help of Sparkler, parents and families have access to the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (a developmental screening), developmentally aligned play activities, parent forums, and early childhood coaches.

Know someone who needs help with housing assistance? The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Department of Veterans Affairs, and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development have partnered on a housing assistance website to help homeowners and renters during the pandemic.

Did you miss one of our virtual technology classes, or a Zoom chat with a bestselling author? No need to worry. All you have to do is visit our You Tube page, where you will discover a catalog of professional talks like lessons on upping your virtual professional image, and tech classes on anything from the basics of PowerPoint to video editing with Lightworks. You can even revisit CrimeConn Express, Connecticut's own mystery lovers conference held earlier this year. The kids?

Join us on Thursday, August 5 at 2 p.m. for a Friends Virtual Author Series event featuring biographer Susan Ronald. From rural England via Zoom webinar, the author will be talking about her new book, The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940, where she examines Joseph P.

The South End Branch, in partnership with Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut, is offering free meals for kids this summer every Wednesday through August 25. For kids up to age 18. Just drop by the South End Branch at 34 Woodland Avenue. No registration needed.

Did you miss our Friends Virtual Author Series event on July 14 with Laurie Gelman? Laurie talked about her new book, Yoga Pant Nation, the third book in the Class Mom series.

Interested in the arts? The Stamford Arts & Culture Commission is looking for input to help them develop a mission statement and strategic plan. If you want to make your voice heard about arts and culture in our community, you are invited to attend one of two public sessions on July 7 at 6 p.m. or July 11 at 4 p.m.

Step back in time with another fascinating exhibit from the Stamford History Center. Streetscape, now on view in the Main Library lobby, presents images of Stamford over time, including the many neighborhoods that are part of our community. 

June is a month for celebrating our animal friends! Connecticut has many wonderful ways to learn about nature. Get more information on visiting Beardsley Zoo, the Maritime or Mystic Aquariums or Stamford Museum and Nature Center among others, with park passes here, and more places to go and things to do here.

The Ferguson Library will host a variety of special events to mark Black History Month (BHM) in February.