This Week's Facts:
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Hoosiers' Money Smarts Put to
Test Next Week
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LoC Honors Baseball Legends
through Online Galleries
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Environmental Challenge
Offers Tips on Going Green
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Help Raise Children's Health
Awareness in October
State
Library Opens New State Parks Exhibit
Curious about Indiana State Parks? The
Indiana State Library has
a State Parks exhibit showcasing some of the early sketches and
pictures of some of Indiana’s beautiful historic State Parks
such as Brown County, Shakamak and Pokagon. If you can’t make
it to one of our beautiful State Parks yourself, this is a way
to experience the picturesque beauty and landscape of our parks.
The exhibit will be displayed from October through December, so
there’s plenty of time to visit. For more information on
Indiana’s State parks, visit the
Indiana Department of Natural Resources website.
If you’d like information on materials and resources on
Indiana’s State Parks, the State Library has
subject guides to enrich
your experience.
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Friday Facts Editorial Team:
Katharine Springer
State Data
Center Coordinator
Elisabeth
O’Donnell
Federal Documents Librarian
&
Kim Brown-Harden
State
Documents Coordinator
 
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Hoosiers'
Money Smarts Put to Test Next Week
 More
than 175 businesses, organizations, financial institutions,
libraries and schools have come together for
Money Smart Week on October
16-23. During this week, more than 200 mostly free events will
take place to help Indiana residents with their financial
literacy skills. Financial Literacy is a basic understanding of
financial concepts like budgeting, credit cards, investing,
saving, retirement planning and other finance-related concepts
to help you become a smarter investor, a wiser consumer and a
better saver. This week’s
events are located
throughout the State and there are a variety of topics for you
to choose from. In case you can’t make it to any of these
events,
The Secretary of State has
news you can use to help
you reach your financial goals and protect you from scams and
fraudulent activities. Click
here
or call 317-233-3985 for more information about the events or to
host a financial literacy event. Becoming Money Smart is an
excellent way to learn new habits or break old ones about money
and finances.
LoC Honors Baseball Legends through Online
Galleries
 Those
who follow baseball know that October is a big month for the
sport. Today in particular was a big day in 1972. On that day,
Jackie Robinson threw the ceremonial first pitch at game two of
the World Series in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his
being the first African-American to play modern Major League
Baseball. He had begun playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers in April
of 1947. The American Memory Project from the Library of
Congress has a lot of information about both Jackie Robinson and
baseball in general. If you’re interested in images and stories,
be sure to check out
Jackie Robinson and Baseball’s Color Line,
1860s-1960s and
Early Baseball Pictures, 1860s-1920s.
Both of these collections are available for viewing online.
Another collection that’s pretty neat is
Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball
Highlights, 1860s-1960s. Be sure to check out the
LOC’s
This Day in History feature
on him and other baseball players, including
Cy Young and
Satchel Paige.
Environmental
Challenge Offers Tips on Going Green
  As
Indiana gets ready to host the 2012 Super Bowl, we can kickoff
by participating in the
1st
and Green Environmental Challenge! 1st
and Green offers tips and resources to offset the impact of the
2012 Super Bowl. There are ideas on how to
go green,
reduce carbon and
save water. They have tips
on collecting rainwater for later use and on fixing leaky
faucets. If you want to make positive changes to the environment
and reduce carbon emissions,
join the challenge! For
more information and ideas on recycling, visit the
Indiana
Department of Environmental Management’s
website. Remember, there’s no penalty flag for caring for the
environment!
Help Raise
Children's Health Awareness in October
 October
is
Children’s Health Month.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, children eat,
drink and breathe more than adults do in proportion to their
body weight. In fact, while engaging in heavy exercise, they can
take in up to 50% more air than adults. When the air is
polluted, they are consuming that many more contaminants. This
is why Children’s Health Month was established and continues.
The EPA works to educate parents and schools about ways to keep
children as free from external contaminants as possible. By
bringing attention to problems such as poor air quality, lead
poisoning, pesticides and even exercise levels, the EPA hopes to
ensure that today’s children are healthy. Their website has a
lot of great sources for promoting Children’s Health Month. You
can download logos, brochures and posters on a variety of
topics. Some are also available in Spanish. Finally, the EPA
provides a
list of events related to
the month. Be sure to check it out to see if any are near you!
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