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Virtual: Teens Making History

Grades 7-12
2021-10-07 17:00:00 2021-10-07 18:00:00 America/Chicago Virtual: Teens Making History Niles-Maine District Library -

Thursday, October 07
5:00pm - 6:00pm

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Join Miss Rachel online each month to earn 2 volunteer hours learning about an event in history and discussing how it connects to what’s happening now.

Registrants will receive an email with reading materials concerning the historical event they’ll be discussing that month and earn 2 volunteer hours for participating in the program. 

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Phone: 847-663-1234
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Fri, Aug 14 9:00AM to 7:00PM
Sat, Aug 15 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Aug 16 12:00PM to 5:00PM
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