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(c) Senior Center -many of those whose lives were greatly affected by the Vietnam War participate in activities at the senior center. (d) Community College -the community college has served as an active partner in the "One Book One Community" program for the last two years. Both students and faculty have been involved with the program. (e) A local high school - a teacher in one of the local high school has already committed to involving her students in the program and reading the book. Library staff and other discussion leaders will help with this group. The Teacher's Guide provided on the Big Read website will be implemented as well. (f) Veteran's Museum -the local veteran's museum is an ideal location for a book discussion group. (g) Local book clubs -the library has been advertising the book selection and many local book clubs have been adding the title to their reading lists for 2010. Many of these groups invite library staff to join them for these discussions to help with the facilitation. 3) Special Events. (a) Theater production. The local community theater is currently looking for an appropriate related production to be presented as part of this project. This will be their third year of participation. (b) Film. Several films are being considered for showing in the auditorium of the main library. Among the choices are the film "A Soldier's Sweetheart" which is based on one of the stories in the book. (c) Tribute music. An evening of live music from the era is planned. (d) Middle school book clubs. The library's middle school book clubs will not read "The Things They Carried," but will read a book dealing with the same theme such as "In Country" by Bobbie Ann Mason. They will be able to relate to the other activities and events that are part of the program. (e) Children's program. The libraries will all host a program for elementary school children centered around "The Wall" by Eve Bunting. 4) Author Visit. The grand finale of the program will be a visit from the author, Tim O'Brien. He will lead two events - a Q&A event at the community college for students and those in the community interested in creative writing; and alecture/reading at the main library. The library currently has 22 copies of the book. The North Carolina Center for the Book has another 100 copies that they will loan to us for the program. Library staff are all currently reading the book as well as any library patrons who wish to get started. F-5 Attachment number 1 Page 142