Teens, Find Your Way This Summer

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Find Your Way with CPL this summer to explore, imagine and challenge the status quo! Here are a few ideas to get you started:

Read

Transport yourself to places you’ve never imagined!

  • * Read books, magazines, comics, news, articles and/or blogs
  • * Review books, interview the authors or create video book trailers
  • * Write fanfiction or cosplay as your favorite character

Go

Experience the world right here in Chicago!

  • * Document a music festival or street fair
  • * Take a field trip to a museum or cultural center
  • * Learn about the challenges facing your neighborhood and design your own solutions
  • * Explore a new neighborhood, park or historical site

Make

Contribute to our online Teen Chicago Travel Guide and shape the story of our city!

  • * Review restaurants or food trucks
  • * Take pictures of landmarks and hot spots
  • * Interview locals about neighborhood history and create a biographical sketch
  • * Submit your work to our Teen Chicago Travel Guide

Share

Tell us your story!

  • * Document your experience this summer with photos, video, music, mixtapes and more
  • * Share your creations on social media with #cplteens or email teenservices@chipublib.org
  • * Submit your art or photos to be considered for a special showcase at the Harold Washington Library Center in December 2016
  • * Chicago Public Library reserves the right to share #cplteens content and select Teen Chicago Travel Guide submissions on our website and social media (submissions may be edited for content and clarity)

Earn

Develop your skills and be recognized for your work!

  • * Attend workshops, explore your interests and follow your dreams
  • * Gain service learning credit for Chicago Public Schools by building your digital badge portfolio through Chicago City of Learning
  • * Enter your name in a weekly raffle for every Teen Chicago Travel Guide submission
  • * Raffle prizes are reserved for high school students ages 14 - 18 who reside in the City of Chicago
  • * Prizes will be awarded at random and distributed by CPL Teen Services at Harold Washington Library Center, including 24-hour Divvy bike passes, Segway Experience Grant Park tour tickets, Wendella architecture boat cruise gift certificates, books and selfie sticks

Find Your Way is made possible by the Chicago Public Library Foundation through gifts from lead corporate sponsor Boeing, and iHeart Media; KPMG; Dr. Scholl Foundation; Helen M. Harrison Foundation; Walter E. Heller Foundation; United Airlines; Hyatt Hotels; Field Foundation of Illinois, Inc.; Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Foundation; and Verizon.