Professional Development - American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences 109th AAFCS Annual Conference and Expo

While there have been extensive topics and resources presented at AAFCS conferences, funding opportunities and consumer health information resources, especially those from NNLM, have not been addressed in recent years. Presenting the results of the Laurel Public Library's Outreach to Consumers Award program will demonstrate an innovative, successful way to support individuals in where and how to find reliable health information, promote NNLM institutional membership and resources, funding opportunities, and consumer resources. Together with the NNLM resource instruction, using a cooking demonstrations as part of health information education demonstrates an innovative way FCS professionals can collaborate with library professionals in public libraries, another underrepresented area in AAF-CS conferences, to improve people's lives with support from NNLM.