The recipe for a healthy diet can be found at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, and now the ingredients can be too! The library, in partnership with the Capital City Wellness Initiative, announces the launch of Monday Market @ your library. Licensed vendors will set up in our parking lot (10th and Garfield) from 7:30am-11:30am each Monday morning from July 6 to October 12.
The main goal of Monday Market is to increase access to fresh, locally grown, high-quality fruits, vegetables, herbs, whole grain products and honey.
Carol Mongold, library representative to the Capital City Wellness program, said the primary goal of the Monday Market is to encourage the estimated 35,000 employees who work within a 2-mile radius of the State Capitol to walk to the market and include fresh produce in their diets.
"Once again, we are looking at ways to better serve the community. A farmer's market is a perfect extension of our library services. It has a natural tie in to our popular cookbook and health and wellness collections," Mongold said. "Working in partnership, we are able to foster a healthier Topeka.
To our knowledge, we know of no other libraries that have offered that to their customers and neighbors, and we are so grateful we can."
Monday Market @ your library• is part of Kansas Department of Health and Environment's Capital City Wellness program.
In response to the health-conscious environment we live in, the library offers a consumer health collection housed in the west wing. Our massive selection of cookbooks can be found in the library's west wing in the 641.5s. The library also offers one-on-one appointments to discuss health and wellness with a consumer health librarian. Call 785-580-4555.
