With the close of a wonderful summer of reading, summer reading program participants met for a celebration! In a very colorfully decorated Community Room, participants came together to enjoy special snacks, share information learned at a program over the summer or the title of a book they really enjoyed, and sign thank you posters for the organizations that helped make the program possible this year. 

There is no doubt the highlight of the program for the different age groups of readers was the grand prize drawing featuring dozens of quality grand prizes for our super readers! The Library's "top two" grand prizes drawn for each age group included a $50 Walmart Gift Card and a $30 Meijer Gift Card! Children had the opportunity to have their names drawn for many other prizes and nobody left empty-handed.

The children that read the most over the summer had the best chance of having their name drawn. The grand prize drawing is a great incentive for encouraging reading and we are grateful to all the local businesses who donated prizes and made the event possible.

We had a lot of fun encouraging summer learning and enhancing reading skills for area children and teens!  

Thanks to all the parents and children who added the fun!