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FORT CAVAZOS, Texas — The Casey Memorial Library wants its patrons to ‘Find Your Voice!’ with this year’s Summer Reading Program, which is taking place now through July 31.
During the summer months, Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Libraries host a range of free activities for children, teens and adults that encourage and support a love of reading.
“Summer reading programs are offered by nearly all libraries,” Rachel Bethel, public services librarian at Casey Memorial Library, explained. “But not all libraries have summer reading programs that are structured in a way that’s really compatible with Army families in particular. They are very specific (in that) you have to be here for certain things or you have to read particular books. There’s all kinds of different ways to do a summer reading program.
“But when we set ours up, it is initially set up by Army MWR Libraries so everybody is using the same theme but we’re allowed to tailor things like times and days and how many activities that we do according to our local population,” she continued. “So, we found that the structure we have works very well for local families because they’ve got multiple age groups. They can come in for multiple programs at the same time. They can read whatever they want.”
Participants simply need to register online and then log how many minutes they read at any given time. The website will track the total number of minutes read, which unlocks new badges and earns incentives. Reading books or listening to audiobooks at the participant’s reading level counts for the program.
“It’s pretty straightforward,” Bethel shared. “Just register (and) keep track of the amount of time you spend reading. It automatically pops up a little message on the screen telling you, ‘You’ve won a prize!’”
Top readers in each of the programs (pre-reader, children, teen and adult) will be awarded prizes. Additionally, each time a participant unlocks a badge for reading, completing activities or attending events, they will earn tickets for the end-of-program drawing. Tickets can be used to enter a drawing for a specific prize. All winners will be announced at the end-of-program party at 2 p.m. Aug. 5.
In addition, Casey Memorial Library is hosting a variety of in-person programming. At 2 p.m. every Friday from now till July 28, the library will have programs for pre-readers, children and teens. The programs will last roughly an hour, and be filled with fun activities and crafts. Patrons can also stop by the children’s room each week to pick up new take-and-make crafts and activity sheets.
Adults can participate in the monthly book club from 6 to 7 p.m. the last Wednesday of every month.
Also, at 2 p.m. every Wednesday from now till July 26, the library will screen G or PG-rated movies. The movies, all of which are displayed on a poster outside of the children’s room, were chosen based on the main character finding their own voice. This is just a small way that this year’s theme can be found at the Casey Memorial Library.
“‘Find Your Voice’ is one of the themes that can be taken in a multitude of ways,” Bethel expressed. “But the way that we’re kind of choosing to interpret it is find the thing that makes you passionate enough to stand up and speak about it. Whether you’re teaching somebody else or standing up for somebody else, what is it that you’re interested in enough that you want to find your voice?”
To register for the Summer Reading Program, visit fortcavazos.beanstack.org. For more information on the program or for help registering, contact the library at 254-287-4921.
| Date Taken: | 06.15.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 12.07.2023 16:52 |
| Story ID: | 459094 |
| Location: | FORT CAVAZOS, TEXAS, US |
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