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What?

Health Teaching Kits assembled by Region of Waterloo Public Health staff
Provide you with a hands-on way to teach about health
Topics include healthy eating, hand washing, dental health, physical activity, injury & substance misuse prevention, and more
Many kits include games, models, and ideas for activities
Resources for all ages
Available to borrow free of charge from the library

How?

Region of Waterloo Library card required;
- No membership card? Get one here
- Please note: if you sign up for an online membership, you will receive a plastic library card when you pick up your first kit
Kits must be booked in advance
Browse the list of available kits here
When you’re ready to reserve a kit, follow these steps:
Have your RWL membership card ready
- No membership card? Get one here
- Please note: if you sign up for an online membership, you will receive a plastic library card when you pick up your first kit
- Click the link to “Reserve Public Health Kit”, then click “RESERVE THIS KIT” to begin the booking process
- Select your desired start date
- Enter your library barcode
- Fill out your personal contact information in the fields as required (i.e., Name, Phone, Email)
- For pick-up at RWL branches, select the desired branch as the “Pickup Library”
- For pick-up at other Region locations:
  - Enter the required pick-up location in the “Patron Notes” section of the Reservation Form
    - Note: non-Library pick-up locations must be selected from the list provided below
  - Select “Library Headquarters” as the Pickup Library
  - Click “Reserve this Kit”
  - You will be contacted when your kit is ready to be picked up
  - All kits can be returned to any Library branch location. Kits that were picked up from a Library branch may ONLY be returned at a Library branch.

Kits may be picked up and returned at any Region of Waterloo Library branch, or at one of the following Region locations: