Another summer reading fair has come and gone. Despite the heat and humidity we had a great response and lots of kids and families showed up for the fun. Leapin' Little Ones set up the jump house and Zap Entertainment of Parma provided a balloon artist. Representatives of Sandstone Summer Theater manned the ice pop station handing out refreshments.
But the best part is the number of volunteers that help with the games. Kids who used to come to storytime are now old enough to help with summer reading! Thanks to Paul, Michael and Alex who worked the baseball game. That's the first game I worked when I began at the library and volunteered for the fair. Thanks also to all the kids who volunteered thoughout the summer helping us manage one of the best summer reading programs around.
And thanks to all the kids, teens and adults who had fun, read books, wrote reviews, and attended all our great programs. Thanks to the babysitter who brought all the kids here after they said our library was the most fun. Thanks to the dad who always brought his daughter in on Wednesday after work to attend craft day together. Thanks to the grandma who drove her grandkids to every storytime, craft day and special program. Thanks to all the kids who kept reading no matter what.
Sometimes there are moments between the craziness that reminds you there is still a chance to have a little fun, or to provide the mechanism to share that fun with others. Thanks to the more than 1000 summer reading club members, I know there still can be those special moments.
