The grant project manager communicated with contacts at Dr. Mary Giella Elementary School and Shady Hills Elementary School to determine the details of promoting the grant programs to kids in grades 3-5. Although the schools weren't able to host the grant programs as originally planned, contacts at each school were willing and eager to promote the grant programs at the county park, located next door to one of the schools and just a few miles from the other school. Both before the grant programs kicked off in January 2021 and monthly throughout the course of the grant programs, the contacts accepted flyers advertising the mobile makerspace and its programs and distributed the flyers to teachers and students in grades 3-5. They also hung up flyers on bulletin boards at their schools. 

The grant program manager met with the Pasco County Library Cooperative's Communications Team to discuss advertising the mobile makerspace and its programs. After determining that advertising specifically to those living in the 34610 zip code would be difficult to do with a press release or TV promotional spot, the grant program manager created social media posts targeted toward people living in the 34610 zip code. These posts went up both before the initial month of grant programming and at least once a month before each subsequent month of grant programming.

The grant program manager also posted flyers about the grant programs at other local parks and spread the word about the programs to other county staff members.

The grant project manager toured the available shelter at the partner county park, Crews Lake Wilderness Park, to determine where power outlets and tables were and what kind of arrangements would work for the grant programs. The grant project manager then met with the library team members who would be assisting with the initial month of mobile makerspace programming to review the plans for the programs and supplies needed. While the grant funds paid for the majority of supplies needed, the food items needed for the first month of mobile makerspace programming, which focused on cooking and baking,were paid for by Pasco County Library Cooperative's makerspace budget. 

Before each subsequent month of mobile makerspace programming,the grant project manager met with the library team members who would be assisting with that month of programming to explain the mobile makerspace as a concept and the plans that had been approved for the programs that month. The grant project manager helped the team members procure and ready supplies for their month's programs. 

This month, four weekly programs were held. The programs and summaries of them are listed below -- 

1. Week one: Healthy toaster-oven pizzas. This was a sixty-minute activity; while the activity was advertised, no kids showed up this first week. The plans for the activity had been to discuss the recipe and food safety guidelines for ten minutes, have the kids follow instructions to prepare the food for twenty minutes, have the kids cook their food with direction from library staff for twenty minutes overall -- discussing kitchen basics while the food cooked --, and have the kids eat their pizzas and discuss the recipe for ten minutes. 

2. Week two: Microwave cookies. This was a sixty-minute activity; one family with several kids showed up this week. The kids listened to team members discuss the recipe and food safety guidelines for ten minutes, followed instructions to prepare their individual cookies for twenty minutes, microwaved their cookies with direction from team members for twenty minutes overall, and ate the cookies and discussed the recipe for ten minutes. 

3. Week three: Easy, tasty soup. This was a sixty-minute activity. The recipe and food safety guidelines were discussed for ten minutes. Volunteers from the kids in attendance helped prepare, stir, and test the soup for thirty minutes. The kids ate portions of the soup and discussed potential improvements to it and the cooking process for twenty minutes.

4. Week four: Smoothies galore. This was a sixty-minute activity. The recipe and food safety guidelines were discussed for ten minutes. Volunteers from the group of kids in attendance helped measure, cut fruit for, and blend the smoothies for twenty minutes overall. The kids drank and discussed potential improvements to the smoothies and other possible uses for blenders for thirty minutes.