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1. Establish Senior Day during Older Americans Month in May

2. Host tax counseling during tax season

3. Start an oral history project on community life in the 1950’s, 1960’s and 1970’s

4. Celebrate Veterans Day with oral history events from the Korean and Vietnam Wars

5. Develop inter-generational genealogy projects

6. Establish a Senior Services Advisory Board including Baby Boomers to develop ideas

7. Host a program during Older Americans Month for the five oldest community residents

8. Organize a great issues discussion group, including Boomers and older adults

9. Develop meaningful volunteer opportunities for Baby Boomers at your library

10. Host a book discussion program on best sellers of the 1960’s and 1970’s.

11. Develop a community bulletin board where people can post volunteer options

12. Organize a “Lifelong Learning” institute at your library with peers teaching peers

13. Develop a “SENIORNET” type computer lab utilizing older adults and Baby Boomers as peer-to-peer instructors

14. Partner with a local bank to offer pre-retirement financial programming

15. Develop “fun” programming for Baby Boomers, such as,  “Remembering the Beatles”

16. Organize monthly cultural programs that reflect the community’s diversity

17. Utilize active seniors and Baby Boomers to assist with homebound delivery of books

18. Invite the local garden club to exhibit samples of flowers each month

19. Develop booklists for distribution that focus on senior & Boomer issues and concerns

20. Utilize seniors and Baby Boomers to volunteer to give tours of the library to groups

21. Encourage the local historical society to partner with the library on programming

22. Develop an area with the library for older adults and Baby Boomers to “chat”

23. Designate a library staffperson as a “Senior & Boomer Services Librarian”

24. Develop a library marketing plan to “target” older adults and Baby Boomers

25. Develop relationships with other local agencies that serve older adults and the Baby Boomers