The summer of 2015 has passed by much too quickly for my liking, but it’s been a lot of fun for us here at the Big Valley Municipal Library. The gardens in our Wi-Fi park have thrived as usage of the facilities have grown and our busy summer programming schedule was a huge success. With the help of our very talented summer student, the Big Valley Library was able to offer numerous programs, services and events throughout the summer months.
This year the Summer Reading Club took place every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon and we were very pleased with the community’s response. We had record numbers of children and parents participating each week. Thanks to the boundless energy, enthusiasm and creativity of this year’s summer student, Kelsey Mailer, we were able to provide a popular and entertaining place for the children of our community to spend the summer months. Kelsey managed to deliver a wide variety of fun and interesting activities throughout the program. Each week included creative craft activities, science projects and fun games along with many exciting books.
Every Friday, a computer “drop in time” was set aside specifically to provide local seniors assistance with computer and technology issues.
New this year, our once a week Teen Night was well attended and included painting projects, “seed bombing”, game nights, geocaching and the “Spinecrackers” book club.
Kelsey also contributed children’s programming to Big Valley’s First of July celebrations and was responsible for the success of our Children’s Carnival held on the August long weekend.
All summer programming came to a close on Friday, Aug. 21.
We must thank Kelsey Mailer for her hard work. We could not have done any of this without you. We will all miss you, but we wish you luck in all your future endeavors. We must thank the Big Valley Municipal Library Board, the Friends of the Big Valley Library Society and all our dedicated volunteers for their marvelous support of all our activities. We also thank the TD Bank Group, the Toronto Public Library and Library and Archives Canada for supporting literacy in Canada by offering the TD Summer Reading Club every summer to Canadian children across the nation.
Contributing to the success of all our programs are all the members of this community who continue to support us and value the roles our library plays in this community.