Summer Reading Program & More!

Rockport - Publicity on the Annual StoryTrain ride made the front page! Great photos of the Junior Friends and of the performers. Jane had a successful summer reading program, loved the theme. The wrap up party had Wilmore the Wizard. Little known secret: Jane plays the accordion!

Newburyport - Donna had a great turn out for her programs. Attendance varies, but most of her well planned teen programs are well attended.

Danvers - Highlights included Daisy the Pig, a Museum of Science program, and Spoon Man! A lot of programs seem to come recommended from JoAnne.

Littleton - Diann’s programs included “Stay Put Stay Dry”, McDonald’s, Moms and Dads Reads (two different nights!), a Talent Show case with parents as the acts, Holly Cleland, Vic and Sticks, making clapsticks, making CD fish, Wingmasters, and the Scrapbook Lady!

Dracut - Penny held a Dracut’s Got Talent where the kids actually had to audition! Included in the acts were a dancer, piano player, violins, and singers. Other programs included Strike up the Band with the High School Band demonstrating and playing. The Junior Friends (grades 5-12) planned the weekly craft and game programs. Throughout the summer, a Summer Scrap Book was added to by participants.

Georgetown - It was a time of transition, Cathy reported, from old to new library. The summer reading program is just now ending! Lunch and Munch on Fridays was popular. Cathy cleaned out her craft closet this summer - very successfully!

Peabody - Readers to the Rescue was the theme this summer as kids read towards a total of 1000 pounds of books for the local animal shelter. Kids weighed their books as a way of recording them. The Drumming Circle was a popular program with up to 100 instruments for kids to view and use!

Gloucester - Lots of programs kept the Children’s room active! Wilmore the Wizard was the closing party. There were weekly drop in crafts. The Senior Center made beautiful papier mached musicians. The display window held a history of music display. Cathy’s readers like the lined logs!

Manchester - Sara has a very active and successful Volunteen program! Each volunteen works anywhere from a half hour to 5 hours per stint. And in any given week, she’ll have 2-10 teens working! By the end of the summer, 19 kids had worked a total of 500 hours! The Friends gave them each a thank you card with a gift certificate. Successful programs included Vehicle Night (serving “Fuel and Wheels” - refreshments!) , Holly Cleland and costumes, Wilmore the Wizard, and a frisbee program. A musical instrument of the week engaged kids in the children’s room.

Amesbury - Free programs using local talent were offered throughout the summer. For the kick off, Peter Sheridan brought in over a 100 people, outside. End of the summer had Margie and her husband doing kereoke with the kids.

North Reading - Unfortunately, the theme of the summer was no AC! This very hot summer mixed in with broken AC made for tricky attendance. Successful programs were Davis and Bates and Animal Planet! The kids really got into writing reviews and the ever popular discovering new words!

Beverly - Many of the same performers engaged the Beverly crowd: Davis and Bates, Holly Cleland, and of course Tony Toledo! The tent in the Children’s Room drew in a lot of kids!