Our library has always provided stellar services to our children and last fiscal year (July 2010- June 2011) was no exception.\u00a0 Over 18,000 young library card holders aged zero to 14 and their parents\/caregivers borrowed a whopping 1,344,289 children\u2019s items!\u00a0 These materials included books, audio materials, videos, and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Children\u2019s and young adults\u2019 socialization and education thru library programs have always been part of our library\u2019s mission, and last year was no exception.\u00a0 There were 442 children\u2019s programs whose total attendance was over 37,000!\u00a0 From Baby Lapsit (storytimes for children zero to twelve months) to book discussion groups for school age children, these programs continued despite reduced library budgets and shorter opening hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0For children in our community our library provides a safe, nurturing environment where they can grow and thrive and discover the joy of reading, enabling their imaginations to soar.\u00a0 We need to ensure the library has sufficient funding and staffing to further this most important work.\u00a0 Our future depends on it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Our library has always provided stellar services to our children and last fiscal year (July 2010- June 2011) was no exception.\u00a0 Over 18,000 young library card holders aged zero to 14 and their parents\/caregivers borrowed a whopping 1,344,289 children\u2019s items!\u00a0 These materials included books, audio materials, videos, and more.\u00a0 Children\u2019s and young adults\u2019 socialization and … <\/p>\n