Community support for library program strengthens local families

The Alachua County Library District Alachua Branch would like to thank the supporters of our recent PrimeTime Reading Program.  This six week program brought in 20 families with elementary school age children to read and discuss favorite picture books with humanities-based themes such as fairness, respect, courage, hope, and determination. 

Photos from Prime Time are available for viewing at http://www.flickr.com/photos/acld/sets/72157622835836328/

It was very successful.   Families reported that due to the program they read together more and they are also more comfortable with coming to the Library.  Food and door prizes were important in making the six sessions fun and inspiring events.

This program would not have been possible without the support it received.

These businesses, organizations, and individuals provided either voluntary assistance or monetary or in-kind donations.

We are so fortunate that we live in a community in which a program whose goal is to improve the ability to read in young people is supported with such generosity.

Please join me in thanking these individuals and organizations.  Please forgive me if I have inadvertently omitted anyone.

Alachua Business League; Alachua Chamber of Commerce; Alachua Elementary School; Alachua Lions Club; Alachua County Today; Beef O’ Brady’s; Mayor Bonnie Burgess; Busby’s Cabinets; City of Alachua; Kathy Colson; Elizabeth Curry; Gator Domino’s; Diana Felver; First United Methodist Church of Alachua; Florida Humanities Council; Friends of the Alachua Branch Library; Friends of the Alachua County Library District; Hitchcock’s Foodways Foundation; Irby Elementary School; Thomas H. Maren/Emily Sabah-Maren fund of the Maine Community Foundation; Office Depot Foundation; Santa Fe High School Student Government; Mickey Singer; Turkey Creek Lions Club; Valerie's Loft; Walgreens #11244 (Alachua); Audrey Wiesenfeld; Ted Wilson.

Caryl McKellar
Alachua Branch Library Manager