Summer Reading 2023
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Click HERE to view the list of summer reading PRIZE WINNERS!
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2023 SUMMER READING SUMMARY
Thank you for participating in Summer Reading 2023! We have had so much fun interacting with you and seeing the notes on your logs. We enjoy sharing our love of reading with you!
Reading Logs:
We returned to paper logs this year, but mixed things up by using different colors every week. Putting the logs in the dropbox seemed to help as well – we had 80 logs in the dropbox the first weekend! A total of 833 logs were returned to the library with 172 people turning in at least one log. We also had 49 people who turned in all 7 logs.
Our readers read a total of 252,287 minutes this year. Week 1 had the most with 50,435 minutes. Our top reader recorded 7,080 minutes!
Reading Buddies:
Reading Buddies was an amazing success with 70 readers and listeners coming to the library at least once – many came all four weeks! In fact, we are so pleased with the return of Reading Buddies that we are going to extend it to all seven weeks in 2024! Children of all ages will be welcome and we will mix things up by reading books from our shelves as well.
Friday Programs:
All five of our programs were well attended with Wildlife Prairie Park getting the most. We had lots of fun singing with Jennifer Collins and Julie Seeley, created our own instruments with the U of I Extension Office, and made puppets with the Elmwood High School Drama Club. We finished up with voices from Forest Park Nature Center. All in all, we had 253 people attend at least one program.
Celebration:
Our Tropical Sno party was fantastic with 115 people enjoying a cold summer treat. Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous patron, that sno-cone was free!
Thank you:
Summer Reading is made possible by amazing volunteers and sponsors. Please review the list to see if there are some businesses or services that you want to support. We thank them all and most of all we thank you – our readers!
Our Volunteers:
Allie Crisco, Lauren DeSplinter, Olivia Dray, Breanna German, Gage Hogue, Franke Keefer, Rusty Koll, Walter Lampe, Abigail Livengood, Caleb Livengood, Joshua Livengood, Josh McCoy, Riley McElroy, Lexi Newman, Kaitlin Noll, Bryce Platt, Alexa Salverson, Anna Salverson, Julie Seeley, Lily Selman, Hallie Thrasher, Sam Totosz.
Our Sponsors:
American Legion, an Anonymous Patron, Avanti’s, Deb Boord, Brookfield Zoo, Casey’s General Store, Chicago Red Stars, Children’s Discovery Museum, Christ Orchard, Christian Center, City of Elmwood, Clark Management (McDonalds), Dairy Queen at Grand Prairie, Elevate Trampoline Park, Elmwood Business Women, Elmwood First Presbyterian Church, Elmwood Insurance, Elmwood Tap, Elmwood Township, Elmwood United Methodist Women, Farmers State Bank, Gallery on the Go (Beth Hanlon), Genghis Grill, Bob & Mary Howard, Harold & Nancy Jehle, Jordan’s Service Center, Kartville, Kiwanis Club, Lariat Steakhouse, Martin Equipment, Merrick Floorcovering, Monical’s Pizza, New 2 U, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Par-A-Dice Casino, Peoria Park District, Peoria Rivermen, Performance Pattern & Machine (Tom Herman), Presbyterian Church (Gene Vaughan), Riverfront Museum, Roseann Runyon, Sam’s Club, Shedd Aquarium, Starbucks – Campustown, Stewart-Peterson (Lawrence Kane), Tanners Orchard, Texas Roadhouse, Kay Wagner, Walmart (Canton), We’re Nuts (Mit Beres), Wheels O’ Time Museum, Wildlife Prairie Park.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED!
Reading Logs:
We returned to paper logs this year, but mixed things up by using different colors every week. Putting the logs in the dropbox seemed to help as well – we had 80 logs in the dropbox the first weekend! A total of 833 logs were returned to the library with 172 people turning in at least one log. We also had 49 people who turned in all 7 logs.
Our readers read a total of 252,287 minutes this year. Week 1 had the most with 50,435 minutes. Our top reader recorded 7,080 minutes!
Reading Buddies:
Reading Buddies was an amazing success with 70 readers and listeners coming to the library at least once – many came all four weeks! In fact, we are so pleased with the return of Reading Buddies that we are going to extend it to all seven weeks in 2024! Children of all ages will be welcome and we will mix things up by reading books from our shelves as well.
Friday Programs:
All five of our programs were well attended with Wildlife Prairie Park getting the most. We had lots of fun singing with Jennifer Collins and Julie Seeley, created our own instruments with the U of I Extension Office, and made puppets with the Elmwood High School Drama Club. We finished up with voices from Forest Park Nature Center. All in all, we had 253 people attend at least one program.
Celebration:
Our Tropical Sno party was fantastic with 115 people enjoying a cold summer treat. Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous patron, that sno-cone was free!
Thank you:
Summer Reading is made possible by amazing volunteers and sponsors. Please review the list to see if there are some businesses or services that you want to support. We thank them all and most of all we thank you – our readers!
Our Volunteers:
Allie Crisco, Lauren DeSplinter, Olivia Dray, Breanna German, Gage Hogue, Franke Keefer, Rusty Koll, Walter Lampe, Abigail Livengood, Caleb Livengood, Joshua Livengood, Josh McCoy, Riley McElroy, Lexi Newman, Kaitlin Noll, Bryce Platt, Alexa Salverson, Anna Salverson, Julie Seeley, Lily Selman, Hallie Thrasher, Sam Totosz.
Our Sponsors:
American Legion, an Anonymous Patron, Avanti’s, Deb Boord, Brookfield Zoo, Casey’s General Store, Chicago Red Stars, Children’s Discovery Museum, Christ Orchard, Christian Center, City of Elmwood, Clark Management (McDonalds), Dairy Queen at Grand Prairie, Elevate Trampoline Park, Elmwood Business Women, Elmwood First Presbyterian Church, Elmwood Insurance, Elmwood Tap, Elmwood Township, Elmwood United Methodist Women, Farmers State Bank, Gallery on the Go (Beth Hanlon), Genghis Grill, Bob & Mary Howard, Harold & Nancy Jehle, Jordan’s Service Center, Kartville, Kiwanis Club, Lariat Steakhouse, Martin Equipment, Merrick Floorcovering, Monical’s Pizza, New 2 U, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Par-A-Dice Casino, Peoria Park District, Peoria Rivermen, Performance Pattern & Machine (Tom Herman), Presbyterian Church (Gene Vaughan), Riverfront Museum, Roseann Runyon, Sam’s Club, Shedd Aquarium, Starbucks – Campustown, Stewart-Peterson (Lawrence Kane), Tanners Orchard, Texas Roadhouse, Kay Wagner, Walmart (Canton), We’re Nuts (Mit Beres), Wheels O’ Time Museum, Wildlife Prairie Park.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED!