Community Calendar

Dip into Jacksonville history at your leisure! Want a quick sample? Then check out our daily Facebook and Instagram posts. Want an overview? Watch our new 30 minute video tour of Jacksonville. Want to dig deeper? Check out historic sites at our Walk through History Blog or learn about early settlers at Pioneer Profiles. Posts! Blogs! Video! It's Jacksonville's history at your fingertips right here at www.historicjacksonville.org!

Rebuilding lives, livelihoods, and a sense of personal safety isn’t something anyone needs to do alone. COVID-19 and the 2020 Oregon wildfires have changed our lives. There are resources and supports available for you and the ones you love, and Lines for Life will help connect you to the right ones for you! This FEMA-funded outreach program is designed to connect individuals with compassionate assistance and resources to ease the burden of COVID-19 and the Oregon wildfires, strengthen community networks, and foster resiliency. We help individuals obtain housing/shelter assistance, food assistance, COVID-19 assistance, legal assistance, behavioral health assistance, transportation, small business relief, and more.  These services are free, confidential, and have no eligibility criteria — anyone who needs support gets support! Anyone can be connected with a member of our team by calling 971-420-1028, or for Spanish call 971-420-1018, or by email at FEMAhelp@linesforlife.org.

Modeled after the Oregon Humanities "Dear Stranger" project, our letter exchange invites Jackson County residents to write a letter to a stranger. Each letter writer will be matched with another, ideally from a different zip code. If you write a letter, you will receive a letter. You may write about anything you choose, but possible prompts include: What does community mean to you? How are you a leader in your community, or how would you like to be? What are your favorite things about living in Southern Oregon? What is one of your favorite books? You should address your letter "Dear Stranger." Please include your name and return address on the envelope, but not in the content of your letter. Letters will be removed from their original envelopes to keep letter writers anonymous. Please remember that what you share in the letter (such as details about yourself, photos, etc.) may contain information that could identify you. When you receive a letter, instructions will be provided if you are interested in further communication. Please note, JCLS staff will read all letters before they are exchanged. JCLS accepts no responsibility for the content of correspondence exchanged through the Dear Stranger program. Letters must be received by JCLS by June 30th. Return letters will be mailed to participants in July. Please complete this release form online (here) or by printing it (here) and sending it with your letter. Letters can be delivered to staff at any of our 15 JCLS branches, or can be mailed to: Dear Stranger c/o Adult Services Ashland Library 410 Siskiyou Blvd. Ashland, OR 97520

AARP Tax Aide will offer free tax preparation services this year using a process intended to keep taxpayers and volunteers safe in accordance with COVID-19 guidelines. This service is by appointment only. The process this year is designed to minimize physical contact while allowing AARP volunteers to prepare complete and accurate returns. You will be asked to: Pick up a packet at the Ashland Branch during regular hours. This includes documents that you will need to bring to your appointment (see below) as well as documents to fill out so that volunteers have all of your information for the 2020 tax year. Request an appointment. Once you have all of your information compiled, you will use the AARP site to request an appointment for a brief meeting with one of the tax counselors. Add yourself to the Wait List (instructions inside packet). Meet with a tax counselor. Bring your information packet to the Library for a brief review with a tax counselor, who will then scan your documents and return them to you. At that meeting you will schedule a time to come back and pick up your return. Follow-up appointment for tax return. Your return will be prepared and reviewed by tax counselors working remotely. Then the return will be printed out and reviewed with you by a tax counselor at the library. You must wear a face covering (nose and mouth) and maintain social distancing at all times.

Visit the Ashland Library on Tuesday, June 22 and Wednesday, June 23 from 12-6 p.m. for a special Summer Reading kick-off. This is an all-ages Summer Reading celebration so patrons can visit any department--children's, teens, and adults--to sign up for the program. Staff will be on hand to help folks navigate through Beanstack and answer questions about upcoming in-person programs and other exciting Summer Reading events. Best of all, we will be handing out Summer Reading goody bags to help get the summer fun started! Already signed up? You can still stop by for a goody bag! Good bags are available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.

Pick up a Take & Make tote bag with information on local resources to strengthen your job seeking strategies and skills. Tote bags are available while supplies last at the Medford, Ashland, Eagle Point, or Rogue River Libraries. Be sure to check Library hours. Be sure to also attend Job Seeking: Local Help and Resources programs. Register Here. Wed, June 9 - Job Searching Wed, June 23 - Resume & Cover Letter Writing Wed, July 7 - Research for Career Change These kits are made possible through partnership with WorkSource Rogue Valley, Rogue Community College, BBSI, and Jackson County Library Services.

The Jackson County Syringe Exchange Program (SEP) is part of a comprehensive public health approach, that is evidence-based, to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and other bloodborne pathogens among people who use injection drugs, their families, and the larger community. On Friday events, we also offer HIV and Hepatitis-C test for no-cost. Services are anonymous and include: -Exchange used points for new points, 1 for 1 exchange -Safe injection supplies -Wound care supplies -Safer sex supplies -Risk reduction counseling -Referrals to medical care, HIV and STD testing and treatment, naloxone, mental health, alcohol and drug treatment, and medication assisted treatment -Naloxone kits are provided twice a month through HIV Alliance -Fentanyl Test Strips

Welcome to all job seekers! In this three-part series, you will learn where all the local tools and resources for job seeking can be found, and who to talk to for support. You will hear from experts at WorkSource Rogue Valley, BBSI, and Rogue Community College. Once you have attended at least one program in the series, be sure to book an appointment for a mock interview, and pick up a Job Fair in a Bag. Bags can be picked up at Medford, Ashland, Rogue River, and Eagle Point branches. Wed, June 9 - Job Searching Wed, June 23 - Resume & Cover Letter Writing Wed, July 7 - Research for Career Change

Dip into Jacksonville history at your leisure! Want a quick sample? Then check out our daily Facebook and Instagram posts. Want an overview? Watch our new 30 minute video tour of Jacksonville. Want to dig deeper? Check out historic sites at our Walk through History Blog or learn about early settlers at Pioneer Profiles. Posts! Blogs! Video! It's Jacksonville's history at your fingertips right here at www.historicjacksonville.org!

Rebuilding lives, livelihoods, and a sense of personal safety isn’t something anyone needs to do alone. COVID-19 and the 2020 Oregon wildfires have changed our lives. There are resources and supports available for you and the ones you love, and Lines for Life will help connect you to the right ones for you! This FEMA-funded outreach program is designed to connect individuals with compassionate assistance and resources to ease the burden of COVID-19 and the Oregon wildfires, strengthen community networks, and foster resiliency. We help individuals obtain housing/shelter assistance, food assistance, COVID-19 assistance, legal assistance, behavioral health assistance, transportation, small business relief, and more.  These services are free, confidential, and have no eligibility criteria — anyone who needs support gets support! Anyone can be connected with a member of our team by calling 971-420-1028, or for Spanish call 971-420-1018, or by email at FEMAhelp@linesforlife.org.