A six-week workshop designed for the family caregiver.
Classes are for a caregiver or their care recipient, age 60 and older.

Join us to learn: 

• Tips to reduce stress
• Improve self-confidence
• Caregiver/recipient communication
• Making tough decisions
• Navigating family dynamics
• Resources for your specific needs

Classes run every Monday for 6 consecutive weeks, April 28-June 9, no class on Memorial Day
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED REGISTER HERE

Powerful Tools for Caregivers Weekly Class Descriptions

Powerful Tools Workshops are held once a week for 6 consecutive weeks. Please note that each weekly class builds on the next class. Your registration is for the entire 6-week series. The workshop and all materials are supplied at no cost. New workshops are announced monthly, and we offer both online and in-person formats.

Week #1: Take Care of You
This class sets the stage for the entire course. It emphasizes that the focus is on “YOU, the caregiver, not on the family member receiving care,” and that caregivers will develop a “box of self-care tools.” The challenge of caregiving and significance of caregiver self-care are dramatized through video. Beginning in this class, caregivers make a weekly action plan for self-care.

Week #2: Identifying and Reducing Personal Stress
Four steps are presented for effective stress management: (1) Identifying early warning signs, (2) Identifying personal sources of stress, (3) Changing what you can change and accepting what you cannot change, and (4) Taking action. Tools to reduce stress are discussed. Participants learn how to change negative self-talk which increases stress and erodes confidence—to positive self-talk. Beginning in this class, caregivers learn f ive relaxation activities that are easy to incorporate into their daily lives.

Week #3: Communicating Feelings, Needs, and Concerns
Participants learn how to communicate their feelings, needs and concerns more effectively by using “I” messages. Through brief dramatizations, participants experience the impact of both “I” messages and “You” messages (which tend to sound blaming and put people on the defensive). They practice changing “You” messages to “I” messages, and identifying when statements beginning with the word “I” are actually “Hidden You” messages.

Week #4: Communicating in Challenging Situations
Participants practice two communication tools—assertiveness and Aikido—which are helpful in difficult situations. They learn a four-step process, called DESC (Describe, Express, Specify, and Consequences) for using the assertive style of communication. With Aikido, participants learn how to align and find “common ground” with a person who is distressed. A segment highlights guidelines for communicating with a person who is memory-impaired.

Week #5: Learning From Our Emotions
The overriding theme of this class is “our emotions are messages we need to listen to”. It emphasizes that feelings occur for a reason and that feelings are neither good nor bad. Focus is on identifying constructive ways for dealing with difficult feelings—especially anger, guilt, and depression—and resources for professional help.

Week #6: Mastering Caregiving Decisions
Focus is on the internal emotional process caregivers go through when they experience a life change. Tools for dealing with changes and for making tough decisions—including a seven-step decision-making model and the family meeting– are discussed.

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Mark your calendar for our Friends Only Spring Book Sale Preview Night! 

Wednesday, April 30, 2025, from 5 pm – 8 pm if you are a paid member of the Friends of Kuna Library, this is your chance to get first dibs on fantastic books at great prices!

Annual membership is only $5 for an individual or $10 for a family!

Not a member? Complete your application today and get in on the sale! We offer online registration or you can print a copy and return the application to the library circulation desk.

Volunteer opportunities are available to help with the sale! 

Opportunities are available from Monday, April 28, to Saturday, May 3.  We ESPECIALLY need volunteers to help take down and deliver books to our charity partners on Saturday after the sale.
Volunteers receive FREE BOOKS with each two-hour shift they volunteer! 
Schedule your volunteer shift online or contact Marissa; you can email her at friendsofkunalibrary@gmail.com, text or call her at (208) 841-1732.

The purpose of the Friends of the Kuna Library is to promote the library and to provide financial support for library collections and programs through the management of the Library’s twice-annual book sales.

Join us for our annual Friends of Kuna Library Spring Book Sale! 

Hours
Wednesday, April 30, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Friends Only Sale
Thursday, May 1, 9:30 am – 8 pm
Friday, May 2,  9:30 am – 6 pm
Saturday, May 3, 10:30 am – 3:00 pm Half Price Day! 

Prices
Fill a bag: $10*
Fill a box: $20
Hardcovers: $2*
Paperbacks: $1*
Young Adult/Children: $1*
A/V Media: $1
Board Games and Puzzles: $1
Periodicals and Sheet Music: .50¢

*Vintage and rare books are priced and marked separately and not included in the above prices.

Volunteer opportunities are available to help with the sale! 

Opportunities are available from Monday, April 28, to Saturday, May 3.  
Volunteers receive FREE BOOKS with each two-hour shift they volunteer! 

Check back to sign up online for your volunteer shift. 

Friends board member: Marissa: email friendsofkunalibrary@gmail.com, text, or call  (208) 841-1732.

How to Become a Friend of Kuna Library
Annual membership is only $5 for an individual or $10 for a family!
Complete your application today and get in on the sale! We offer online registration, or you can print a copy and return the application to the library circulation desk.

The purpose of the Friends of the Kuna Library is to promote the library and to provide financial support for library collections and programs through the management of the Library’s twice-annual book sales.