Work toward my financial goals

Achieving your financial goals requires discipline, a plan and trustworthy information sources. The library provides a number of online tools that can help you as you work towards your goals and even learn about the basics of investing. 

Financial Fit (AHML Cardholders Only)
Offers short, easy-to-understand personal finance lessons, videos and interactive tools that empower you to make informed financial decisions and achieve your financial goals. Covers topics like budgeting, banking, borrowing, family finances, buying homes/cars, and much more. 

Weiss Ratings
Provides safety and financial stability ratings of banks, credit unions, insurers, stocks and

National Arab American Heritage Month celebrates Arab Americans throughout the past and present and recognizes their invaluable contributions to our country. Explore our booklists for adults, kids, tweens and teens:

• Arab American Heritage Month - Adults
• Arab American Heritage Month - Teens
• Arab American Heritage Month - Tweens
• Arab American Heritage Month - Kids
• Arab American Heritage Month - Littles

April is Earth Month, and the Arlington Heights Memorial Library invites the community to learn with us, dig deeper and be inspired to become an even better caregiver of the Earth through library programming for all ages:

Tween DIY Kit: Poet-Tree
Starting April 1 / Kids' World
April is National Poetry Month and Earth Month! We are celebrating by growing a Poet-Tree in the Tween Space. Grab a Tween DIY kit for materials and inspiration. Write a poem, haiku, or a line from your favorite poem on a leaf and hang it on the tree. Participants will be eligible for

Looking for a fun way to give back to the community during your summer break? Join a Summer Volunteer Squad! Volunteer opportunities include helping at the summer reading table, teen-led projects and other library events. This opportunity is for teens entering grades 7-12 in the fall of 2025. Online applications are open from April 1-30 for Arlington Heights residents. First-time participants will be asked to sign up for an informal interview. Learn more at ahml.info/teens/volunteer.

In December 2024, the Arlington Heights Memorial Library (AHML) was designated a member of the Family Place Libraries (FPL) initiative. This initiative promotes a national model for transforming public libraries into welcoming, developmentally appropriate early learning environments for young children, their parents and caregivers.

AHML become the second library in Illinois to receive this certification, a process that the library's Youth Services staff began working towards in October 2018, when they attended the FPL Training Institute. The library then began hosting its regular Play, Learn and Grow Family Workshops as part of the FPL initiative. To complete its certification as

Thousands of Arlington Heights residents from countless different cultures stop by the library every day to advance their English language studies and for one of these students, the library's English as a Second Language (ESL) services have paved the way towards a new career and beyond.

Olena Yarema moved from Ukraine to Arlington Heights in 2021, and she quickly began attending regularly held library programs including Beginning ESL, English Language Review, Tea & Talk, and Culture and Conversation. Yarema also utilized the library's one-on-one tutoring sessions. Her goal was to attend as many classes as she could.

"[The classes are

Prepare for Major Life Events

Major life events like declaring bankruptcy, changing your name, renting out property or writing your will can be difficult to navigate. Whether you're dealing with one of those situations or a lawyer doing in-depth research, the library has a wide range of online legal resources for you to use.

Gale Legal Forms
Features templates thousands of legal forms (wills, divorce/family, trusts, licenses, leases, etc.) that you can download and modify for your own needs. 

Legal Information Source
Designed to assist the public in legal matters of all kinds. Includes exclusive full text for many top

In 2025, Women's History Month celebrates the theme Moving Forward Together. This month recognizes the powerful influence of women who have dedicated their lives to education, mentorship and leadership. Celebrate Women's History Month with staff-curated book recommendations and programs.Women's History Month BooklistWomen's History Month Programming
Exploring Space with Coralie Adam
Tuesday, March 4, 7-8 p.m. / Zoom
Illinois' own Coralie Adam is the Deputy Navigation Chief on NASA's Lucy mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. Adam will be joined by Renae Kerrigan, Curator of Science and Director of the Dome Planetarium at Peoria Riverfront Museum. Presented by Illinois

Each March, The National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities seeks to raise awareness about the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities in all facets of community life, as well as awareness of the barriers that people with disabilities still sometimes face in connecting to the communities in which they live. Click here to check out our Developmental Disability Awareness Month booklist.