Wednesday, July 03, 2013
Summer Reading is in the house!
Chambers County Library System – June,
2013
·
17,928
people came through our doors during the month of June
·
3,196
attended programs
·
Total
circulation for June: 34,019 (that’s
1/3 of our entire collection!)
You
can definitely tell that Summer Reading is in full swing at the Chambers
County libraries!
In June we welcomed two new staff
members, Yolie Belt at Winnie, and Laura Foshee at Anahuac. These two ladies are the new children’s
librarians and bring a good deal of experience when it comes to working with
kids. After Summer Reading is over,
they’ll start concentrating on story time, which will start again in
September. We’re glad to have them both
on the CCLS team!
We also welcomed our much needed summer
help the week before Summer Reading started.
Our hardworking kids include:
Melani Aguilar, Chase Archer, Dawn Davis, Sean LaFrentz, David Leaven,
and Kenya Moore. Their help is invaluable
this time of year, assisting the staff at programs, Summer Reading sign-ups,
keeping the books on the shelves, and much more. We always appreciate the court’s generosity
by allowing us these extra hands during our busiest time of year. We also want to thank all the commissioners
for allowing the libraries to use the community buildings. When you have 100+ kids at a program, the
meeting rooms just aren’t big enough.
June started off with a pre-Summer
Reading program on the 7th. The
Ambassadors of Laughter program is associated with the Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Circus. The circus
makes their next stop in Beaumont and this allowed us to take advantage of
their “Reading with Ringling” program.
Clowns, Dave and Cherie Gregg did magic tricks, juggled, read stories,
and interacted with the kids. Everyone
loved it, and kids who participate in the Summer Reading Program receive free circus
tickets after reading 12 books! There’s
still time to join!
The following Monday officially began the
Summer Reading Program. Week 1 was
kickoff week where the libraries had different activities going on to encourage
participation and signups. Sno-cones,
popcorn, balloons, painted pet rocks, dirt cups, and much more were just a few
of the exciting things happening.
Sheriff Brian Hawthorne was on site at the Winnie branch passing out
sno-cones to kids and their parents. We
appreciate him taking time out of his busy schedule! Mont Belvieu passed out balloons and popcorn
on day 1, and included a cryogenics program during the week, while Anahuac had
different activities each day for the kids.
During the six weeks of Summer
Reading, we have a Fresh Start program available to patrons who have fines on
their account. This allows patrons to read
down their fines, and for every 15 minutes read in the library, $2.00 will be
waived from the account. This doesn’t
apply to outstanding items. Several
people have taken advantage of this opportunity and were very grateful to have
their account in good standing just by reading a few pages!
In other news, Anahuac Elementary
brought their ESL summer school class on a tour of the library. Staff members Michelle Mims & Laura
Foshee led the tour showing the kids how the library works and they even enjoyed
a story from Miss Laura!
Finally, County Librarian, Valerie
Jensen and Assistant County Librarian, Annie Vass attended the latest committee
meeting regarding the new library in Mont Belvieu. We’re still making progress and once more
details are available we’ll be sure to keep you updated. Until next month!
Sheriff Hawthorne passes out sno-cones at the Winnie branch during kick-off week
Ambassadors of Laughter, David &
Cherie Gregg with the
Winnie summer workers
Week 1 adult winner, Donna Boullion
from Anahuac
