Wednesday, April 25 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Come play the card game “Go Wish,” a game that helps participants prioritize their end-of-life wishes. Tracy Grafton, Counselor at JFK Haven Hospice, will be on hand to facilitate. Light refreshments will be served.

April is National Healthcare Decisions Month and through Conversation of Your Life, the Franklin Township Library will be hosting a series of events to help members of the community begin The Conversation in fun and engaging ways.

These programs are free and open to the public.  Registration is suggested but not required.  For more information, visit the Library’s online events calendar at www.franklintwp.org or call (732) 873-8700 ext. 111. The Library is located at 485 DeMott Lane, Somerset, NJ, in the Franklin Township municipal complex.

The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute’s Mayors Wellness Campaign runs a program called Conversation of Your Life in Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Somerset Counties. The goal of Conversation of Your Life is to encourage more individuals in New Jersey to engage in fruitful dialogue – the Conversation of Your Life – to let individuals’ friends, family, or doctors understand and respect their end-of-life wishes through advance care planning. Conversation of Your Life is generously supported by The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey. To learn more visit: www.njhcqi.org/COYL.

In celebration of National Poetry Month, Actor Keith Henley from the American Historical Theatre will portray Langston Hughes on Monday, April 30, 2018 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm at Franklin Township Public Library

Langston Hughes was a poet who utilized the American language, music, slang and religious views to educate the world about African American lifestyles during the Harlem Renaissance. His jazz poetry depicted the ‘low-life’, or the real life experiences of blacks in the lower social-economic strata. His criticisms focused on the divisions, and prejudices, based on skin color within the black community.

Henley’s portrayal deals with the issue of how to be oneself, and encourages all to joy in the knowledge that ‘I too have a song to sing” and to ask the question ‘why not me?”

This is a free program and open to the public. Registration is requested but not required. Sign up via the Library’s online events calendar at www.franklintwp.org or call (732) 873-8700 ext. 111. The Library is located at 485 DeMott Lane, Somerset, NJ, in the Franklin Township municipal complex.