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Summit County WIC at Main Children's Library
2024-06-26 11:00:00 2024-06-26 12:30:00 America/New_York Summit County WIC at Main Children's Library Summit County WIC (Women, Infants, and Children Program) is providing on-site office hours, where you may learn more about nutrition during pregnancy or for children from birth to age 5. Main Library -

Wednesday, June 26
11:00am - 12:30pm

Add to Calendar 2024-06-26 11:00:00 2024-06-26 12:30:00 America/New_York Summit County WIC at Main Children's Library Summit County WIC (Women, Infants, and Children Program) is providing on-site office hours, where you may learn more about nutrition during pregnancy or for children from birth to age 5. Main Library -

Summit County WIC (Women, Infants, and Children Program) is providing on-site office hours, where you may learn more about nutrition during pregnancy or for children from birth to age 5.

Find assistance with:

  • Nutrition education and support
  • Nutritious foods for your family 
  • Breastfeeding promotion, support and education
  • Referrals to Healthy Start, maternal, prenatal and pediatric care
  • Manual or electric breast pumps for those who qualify
  • Immunization screening and referral

Summit County WIC (Women, Infants, and Children Program) will visit our Baby Time programs in the Children's Library from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Wednesdays, June 26, July 24, and August 28.  WIC staff will be able to sign up people for the program, schedule appointments, and load WIC cards. WIC is an income-based nutrition education program that provides nutritious foods that promote good health for pregnant people, people who just had a baby, breastfeeding or chestfeeding parents and infants and children up to age 5. 

Contact the Children's Library & Teen Division at 330.643.9050 or cldiv@akronlibrary.org for more information.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Education | Community Event |

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Main Library
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Main Library, located in the heart of downtown Akron, combines compelling public space with meaningful and relevant public library services for all members of our community. Since opening in 2004, the downtown library welcomes more than one million visitors each year.

Subject divisions include: Business, Government & Science, Culture & AV, Magazines & Newspapers, Special Collections (local history & genealogy), TechZone@Main, Teen, and a 12,000 square feet Children's Library.

Special services available at Main Library include: a Patent & Trademark Resource Center; U.S. Passport and Notary services; a Microbusiness Center; a Maker Space; a resource lab for early childhood educators; and regularly scheduled computer training classes. Also available at Main Library are more than 125 public access computers, color photocopiers/printers, laminating, scanning, faxing, and free Wi-Fi.

Specialized spaces include a 425-seat auditorium, public meeting rooms, and a used bookstore. An interior glass block walkway leads to a 600-space parking garage owned by the City of Akron. An outdoor amphitheater and landscaped park complete the complex.

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