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If you are having trouble paying your rent due to the pandemic, you can apply for assistance through Connecticut's UniteCT Rental Assistance Program. This is a state program that can help with rent and electric utility bills. Call 844 864-8328 for information.

P2P On Wheels, the Person-to-Person mobile food pantry, which delivers emergency food assistance where needed most, has been back in service since July, visiting the South End Branch on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., among other Stamford locations.

Staffed by a P2P caseworker, P2P On Wheels features grocery items including fresh fruits & vegetables, dairy items, grains, meat & poultry and shelf-stable goods.

Looking for something to listen to? It’s easy. Just visit the Internet Archive, home to millions of audio recordings, ranging from live music and podcasts to classic audiobooks.

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.

The Ferguson Library Awarded an Institute of Museum and Library Services Grant Through Its Laura Bush 21^st Century Librarian Program to Improve the Library’s Services for People with Disabilities and Reading Barriers

Get ready for back to school with vaccines, boosters and a flu shot! Click here for information on free Stamford Covid-19 vaccine clinics.  Covid-19 vaccines are free, do not require ID or insurance, and no appointment needed! All locations have trained nurses to administer vaccines. 

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.

STAMFORD, July 29, 2021 – The Ferguson Library is pleased to announce it was awarded a $12,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) to participate in the NEA Big Read this October. The grant will support community-wide reading, programming and conversation inspired by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Beloved by Toni Morrison.

Friends of the Ferguson Library to Host an Afternoon with Author Susan Ronald
on Aug. 5 via Zoom

STAMFORD, July 23, 2021 – The prolific historian and biographer Susan Ronald will discuss her newest book, The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940, an exploration into Joseph Kennedy’s brief yet deeply controversial tenure as U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain as Europe hurtled toward World War II. The afternoon presentation will be streamed via Zoom on Aug. 5 at 2 p.m.

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.