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Provides job and small business resources at most branches, including free classes on resume writing, job searching, networking, and interviewing.

- Mobile workPLACE: Offers computer access and job skills training in multiple languages throughout the community. 

In addition, the Rondo Community Outreach Library hosts a Small Business Resource Center with materials and assistance for starting or growing a business.

Provides opportunities for older adults to stay involved in their community and a place to meet and socialize. Services include: - Arts and crafts instruction including quilting - Recreational activities including bowling, cards, and intergenerational programs - Coffee Talks: Casual group discussion with community members - Recreational activities including bingo, bridge, and book clubs - Educational opportunities including fall prevention, oil painting, technology classes, and cooking classes - Fitness programs including aerobics - Vision loss support group Services are part of Community Thread's THRIVE program.

Offers a wide range of services and resources including books, eBooks, audiobooks, government documents, and digital magazines, as well as internet access, computer classes, and notary services. 

Specialized services include homebound delivery, a Deaf and Hard of Hearing collection, GED and ESL classes, and adaptive technology for individuals with disabilities. Also provides online databases, downloadable music, and a mobile Bookmobile service with scheduled stops throughout the community.

- Computer Classes: Business Resources, Computer Basics, Internet Basics, Word 2010, Your Library Online, and more

- Copier and scanner

- Home library service

- iLab with makerspace technologies

- Interlibrary loans

- Online research tools

- Print and non-print materials including regular and large print books, books on CD, paperbacks, music CDs, video games, audio tapes, DVDs, described videos, newspapers, pamphlets, and magazines

- Public meeting rooms

- Reference and information services including Internet and web access

- Sponsors and hosts book clubs

- Streaming and downloadable media (audiobooks, eBooks, movies, music, and television programs)

- Storytimes and summer reading program for youth

- Healthy Movement Programming includes:

• Athletic programs: Individual/teams including basketball, flag football, soccer and baseball
• Open gym and physical activities
• Outdoor and environmental education

• Conflict resolution

• Counseling

• Education/Computer Learning Center includes computer driving stimulation program to practice safe driving, basic instruction, and avoiding risky behaviors while driving

• Nutrition program includes:
• Healthy meal/snack served daily
• Nutrition education and meal preparation
• Gardening opportunities

• K - 8 Reading and literacy enrichment program for youth who have been assessed as needing focused reading support, and numeracy enrichment to assist youth in transition from "learning to read" to "reading to learn" skills with a focus on building math proficiencies

• K - 12 Academic enrichment program for youth to promote academic growth Offers 1:1 academic support including tutoring, skills to become self-directed learners, STEM focused activities and Mentoring program

• Leadership/citizenship groups

• Life skills education

• Teen Pathways College Readiness Program: Individualized support and assistance preparing youth for ACT/SAT exams, college applications, college visits and other assistance as needed to ensure student's progress

• Teen Pathways Employment Readiness Program: Individualized and mentoring support to enhance working and life skills including managing a checking account, creating a budget, saving and investing, career plans and mentoring, vocational exploration, interviewing techniques and additional services as needed to ensure a student's success beyond high school

• "Smart Moves" drug and alcohol use prevention program and premature sexual activity prevention

Services include job counseling and career planning; job training and retraining, including basic computer skills, classroom training and on-the-job training

Provides employment services that help with resume writing, build computer skills, find employment, and make and follow a plan to increase income through education and training. Services are personalized to meet clients' individual needs. 

Provides a full spectrum of learning options for community members in person and online. Adult Education services include: - Basic skills (math, reading, and writing) and computer training - Budgeting and financial literacy - GED preparation - Interview skills - Citizenship - College and career preparation - Creating a resume - English Language Learning (ELL)/English as a Second Language (ESL) -Industry-specific training such as entrepreneur training, carpentry, pre-apprenticeship, ServSafe food manager certification, and para-professional certification Adults set their own goals and work at their own pace. Instructors help adults explore and achieve their education goals.

Provides free technology workforce training for students with general computer literacy skills and credentials that lead to careers in networking, security, software technology, or hardware support.

Provides professional skills development, including:

- Alumni support services

- Adult programming includes Digital Foundations, Cisco IT Essentials, CompTIA A+, CompTIA IT Fundamentals, and Website Design and Development

- Training locations include the Minneapolis Urban League/Minneapolis, Humboldt High School/Saint Paul, and Neighborhood House/Saint Paul

- Youth programming includes Game Coding and Design, and Website Design and Development

The Hastings Senior Center, based at the Tilden Community Center, is operated through a partnership between the City of Hastings and Hastings Community Education. Seniors: - 55+ Driver Improvement Program - Art classes - Bingo - Book Discussion - Dance classes  - Foot care and foot reflexology - Games such as chess club - Hand massage and foot care - Live 2 B Healthy exercise program - Quilting, woven arts, and yarn classes - Pickle ball and corn hole - Scrapbooking - Support groups for grief, Dementia, and Parkinson's Disease - Tech Fridays Adults: - Adult enrichment classes - Adult health and recreation classes - Art, design, photography, and cooking classes - Business classes - Construction, trades, and woodworking instruction - Computer, information technology, and computer programming - Indoor home safety education - Lifeguard instruction - Musical instrument instruction - Self-defense classes - Smoking cessation - Trips and tours Ages K-12: - Baseball, basketball, and soccer day camps - New drivers education classes - SPARK summer classes for grades 5th- 8th - Youth development and enrichment classes

- Healthy Movement Programming includes:

• Athletic programs: Individual/teams including basketball, flag football, soccer and baseball
• Open gym and physical activities
• Outdoor and environmental education

• Conflict resolution

• Counseling

• Education/Computer Learning Center includes computer driving stimulation program to practice safe driving, basic instruction, and avoiding risky behaviors while driving

• Nutrition program includes:
• Healthy meal/snack served daily
• Nutrition education and meal preparation
• Gardening opportunities

• K - 8 Reading and literacy enrichment program for youth who have been assessed as needing focused reading support, and numeracy enrichment to assist youth in transition from "learning to read" to "reading to learn" skills with a focus on building math proficiencies

• K - 12 Academic enrichment program for youth to promote academic growth Offers 1:1 academic support including tutoring, skills to become self-directed learners, STEM focused activities and Mentoring program

• Leadership/citizenship groups

• Life skills education

• Teen Pathways College Readiness Program: Individualized support and assistance preparing youth for ACT/SAT exams, college applications, college visits and other assistance as needed to ensure student's progress

• Teen Pathways Employment Readiness Program: Individualized and mentoring support to enhance working and life skills including managing a checking account, creating a budget, saving and investing, career plans and mentoring, vocational exploration, interviewing techniques and additional services as needed to ensure a student's success beyond high school

• "Smart Moves" drug and alcohol use prevention program and premature sexual activity prevention

Helps people develop skills and knowledge to improve their lives and communities. Offers a variety of programs for learners of all ages.

Class offerings include cooking classes, dance lessons, driver's education, hobbies and special interests, horse riding lessons, fitness, sports and recreational activities, swimming lessons, and more.

Helps people develop skills and knowledge to improve their lives and communities. Offers a variety of programs for learners of all ages.

Class offerings include arts and crafts, baking lessons, computer classes, cooking classes, field trips, fitness classes, ice skating lessons, music lessons, swimming lessons, recreational sports, and more.

- Computer Classes: Business Resources, Computer Basics, Internet Basics, Word 2010, Your Library Online, and more

- Copier and scanner

- Home library service

- iLab with makerspace technologies

- Interlibrary loans

- Online research tools

- Print and non-print materials including regular and large print books, books on CD, paperbacks, music CDs, video games, audio tapes, DVDs, described videos, newspapers, pamphlets, and magazines

- Public meeting rooms

- Reference and information services including Internet and web access

- Sponsors and hosts book clubs

- Streaming and downloadable media (audiobooks, eBooks, movies, music, and television programs)

- Storytimes and summer reading program for youth

- Chair Tai Chi - Daily card games - Eight-hour defensive driving classes held monthly - Enrichment programs and educational classes, weekly painting classes, craft activities, community service groups, travel talks, woodcarvers group, men and women monthly breakfast, and educational coffee talks - Foot care clinic four days a month - Four-hour driving refresher courses available three times a month - Health Programs: Blood pressure monitoring; vision and hearing testing; pharmacy clinics - Hearing aid cleaning by appointment basis each month - Medicare information/health insurance counseling - Senior fitness classes - Social and recreational activities - Strength and balance classes three times a week with two sessions - Sunrise Stretch exercise classes three times a week - Trips and tours including facility tours, garden tours, memorial tours, bus tours, day cruises, festivals, theater, casino, and extended - overnight trips

• Assistance understanding and accessing transportation in the community
• Finding and keeping housing
• Help finding and keeping employment
• Learning computer and resume building skills
• Organized and informal recreational and social activities
• Using art to manage anxiety and stress

Provides multiple programs to help reduce isolation and create culturally inclusive spaces for elders. Conversations and Coffee: A cross generational weekly event for elders to connect with one another and get in tune with what's going on in their neighborhoods. Program includes: - Elder Tablet Program: Provides the elder members tablets and training on technology and having meaningful conversations together. Program offers home visits to drop off the tablet and teach them how to get connected. Tech support is provided while they have the tablet. - Elders Advocacy Program: Offers a comprehensive advocacy service tailored to the unique needs of the elder members. Support ranges from groceries to travel and medical assistance, and providing a helping hand in various areas.

Helps people develop skills and knowledge to improve their lives and communities. Offers a variety of programs for learners of all ages.

Class offerings include adult education, driver's education, facility rental, and adaptive classes and activities for adults living with disabilities ages 18 or older, from cooking and crafts to bingo and music.

Provides books, eBooks, eAudiobooks, magazines, music CDs, DVDs, audiobooks on CD, access to computers, children's play stations, Internet access, online reference databases, children's story times, law library, Spanish language materials, summer reading program for children, as well as book clubs and computer classes for adults.

Provides a full spectrum of learning options for community members in person and online. Adult Education services include: - Basic skills (math, reading, and writing) and computer training - Budgeting and financial literacy - GED preparation - Interview skills - Citizenship - College and career preparation - Creating a resume - English Language Learning (ELL)/English as a Second Language (ESL) -Industry-specific training such as entrepreneur training, carpentry, pre-apprenticeship, ServSafe food manager certification, and para-professional certification Adults set their own goals and work at their own pace. Instructors help adults explore and achieve their education goals.

Library services may include:

- Audiobooks and eBooks

- Automation

- Books on cassette collection

- Collection development

- Cooperative programming

- Database licensing

- Descriptive video collection

- Discount purchasing

- Foreign language collection

- Gateway access to library collections statewide

- Interlibrary loan

- Internet training

- Large print book selection

- Online database

- Professional consultation

- Reciprocal borrowing

- Reference support

- Song book collection

- Systemwide promotion of services and activities

- Technical support for computers

- Adult Enrichment Classes: Computers, cooking, money management, fitness, personal development, and more - Aquatics Programs: Swimming lessons for ages 6 months and older, open swim activities, lap swim, water exercise, water safety education, pool rental, Automated External Defibrillator training, and CPR instruction - Facilities Scheduling: Manages use of district facilities, indoor and outdoor, outside of regular school day for community usage - Family/Youth Enrichment: Works to strengthen families by providing parenting skills, spending time in positive activities together in classes, on tours, in fitness sessions, music and other social events; after-school programming; additional evening and weekend opportunities for children preschool age - high school to develop new skills and build new friendships - Summer Programs: Enrichment classes including painting, public speaking, entrepreneurial training, hiking, mature driver training, cooking, musical instrument instruction, tap dancing instruction, ballet dancing instruction, band/orchestra groups, golf, day camps, and gymnastics. Summer math and language arts correspondence programs offered. - Trips and Tours: Educational trips/tours for adults and families with children - Youth Services and After School Youth Enrichment: Enrichment classes including basketball, karate, Tae Kwon Do, volleyball, volunteerism, leadership training, and opportunities for youth to connect with their communities. Also facilitates Youth Connection Council, a youth-adult advisory board that addresses issues and needs related to school-age youth in the district and provides opportunities to serve the community.

- Provides computer classes - Work readiness skills - Working Assessment - Orientation: Comprehensive Orientation to Promoting Employability (COPE) - Resumes: Resume preparation assistance - GED referral

Individualized job-seeker services, including: - Academic skill testing - Career counseling - College research - Creating resumes and cover letters - GED preparation - Hands-on computer classes - Job search skills development - Life skills training - Preparing for interviews

Provides books, eBooks, eAudiobooks, magazines, music CDs, DVDs, audiobooks on CD, access to computers, children's play stations, Internet access, online reference databases, children's story times, law library, Spanish language materials, summer reading program for children, as well as book clubs and computer classes for adults.