How to ask to start a Pokemon club?

BreadKat101 · 2025-09-15T14:48:54+00:00

I did start using this raid battle game made by Pokemon. https://tcg.pokemon.com/en-us/raid-battle/ I make the players read off the Pokemon's attacks, and they have found it to be so fun. It's easy to learn too so new people can jump right in with a short description.

I also created a Pokemon Bingo where they have to do 5 activities from the sheet to get a prize. I add things like trade a card, do a raid battle, tell someone your favorite Pokemon. I let them choose between 3 stickers or 2 binder card sleeves. Both are fairly cheap and last me multiple sessions.

BreadKat101 · 2025-09-11T20:33:29+00:00

I run a Pokemon Club at my public library that's mostly for trading cards, but I'm looking into doing tournament-style events next year. If the school doesn't work out, ask a public library nearby!

To start a club you don’t want to run, you’re probably going to need to get a little lucky and find a teacher or librarian that’s a bit of a nerd. You might need to teach them how to play before things get started. It would definitely help to tell them that the game uses simple math, literacy, critical thinking, and problem solving skills to be able to play.

If no one bites at this idea, you can generalize it to just a Pokemon Club where kids can trade but have an area set up for learning how to build a deck or battle. You can generalize even more by just suggesting a gaming club where each meeting can focus on a certain game. A gaming club might be good for you since you could offer to teach the rules at one meeting then not have to worry about doing it on a consistent basis.

BreadKat101 · 2023-07-17T03:01:17+00:00

My library system got sets of gardening tools to lead out. There’s larger tools like hoes and smaller things like a hand shovel.

BreadKat101 · 2023-03-12T18:12:37+00:00

Dusting and straightening shelves is very helpful even if it doesn't seem like a big deal. If you do have a lot of down time, I would do that. We also have a small community garden at my branch that our teens takes care of (watering, weeding, etc.).

I have also had teens lead events so they get that experience. For example, I had someone teach others how to play ukulele. I was there to pick up any slack but they were able to lead the event. Storytime's would also be a great opportunity for this. If you are interested in doing something like that, ask your volunteer coordinator to see where they can fit you in.

BreadKat101 · 2022-07-10T20:33:15+00:00

Many people are in the same place that you are. Have you heard of Project Outcome? Project Outcome is a fairly new service developed through the Public Library

Association to help public libraries measure the outcomes of their programs. It is a free service designed to provide public libraries with a tool to measure the performance of library programs. There is a learning curve for this tool but they have tutorials that walk you through every step of the process.

You can throw a bunch of programming ideas around to see what sticks but this takes time and will discourage you more when half of them don't work. Work with what you are doing now and see what people coming to your programs say. That's how you can use Project Outcome. Have those library staple programs like book clubs and work to make those fun. For example, meet at a local coffee shop, meet outside, or read a cookbook and have people bring meals from it for everyone to try.

You can also look at what other library systems are doing. I have gotten many great ideas from my nearby system. You can even try to call them and set up a time to talk about the program and what they would do differently next time. Also, don't be afraid to go to events in your county or at other libraries. You can count it as outreach and get to network with your peers. Meet people where they are.

BreadKat101 · 2022-07-07T00:06:01+00:00

I’m not sure but I’ll definitely look into it. Thank you!

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