Best Local Resource for Opioid Addiction: Orange County Office for a Drug-Free Community 2024 | Services

Three ways you can tell Chipotle apart from the Orange County Library System: 1) the lines are shorter; 2) we’re 100% sure they know how to roll a burrito—if they didn’t, they’d look it up—and 3) the guacamole may be extra at Chipotle, but the toppings are wonderfully free at OCLS. Library members can have books delivered directly to their homes, at no extra charge. Through apps like Libby and Hoopla, members have access not only to e-books but also to magazines, comics, music, TV shows, and movies, all for free and without ads. OCLS cardholders get access to Kanopy, which streams critically acclaimed movies and documentaries not available anywhere else; Craftsy, a treasure trove of how-to videos and crafts; and Rocket Languages, if that Duolingo owl gives you the creeps. There’s even a “library of things” where members can check out a disc golf set, circular knitting needles, or a blood pressure monitor (say that with us) for free. That’s in addition to dozens of virtual and in-person classes on everything from web design to QuickBooks, sewing to cooking, interviewing to resume building. They may not offer free guac, but with all the free resources OCLS offers, you can learn how to make it, run a business selling it, build a website promoting it, and write and publish a book about your empire.

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