8/13/2002 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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Date: August 1, 2002 To; Helene B. DeFoe From Janet Burke Re: Monthly Report The month of July has seers a lot of activity in the Children's Room as 219children registered to participate in the Summer Reading Program. Each child received a reading log on which to keep track ofthe amount of time spent reading this summer. Each week the-children bring their reading log into the library to be stamped and receive a small prize. 1 have been running two weekly contests to inspire the children to visit the library. Each week the Trivia Contest winner receives "A Star Spangled Summer at Your Library" T� shirt. Two Book Blurb (which is a mini book report) Contest winners receive "A Star Spangled Sumner at Your Library" water bottle. Many parents have commented. favorably about the weekly contests and incentives as inspiring their child to continue to read, As part of the Summer Reading Program, 1 have held a Family Story Time ever Saturday. on Saturdays l announce the winners of the weekly contests. The attendance has been as follows: July 'h 1 July 13"' 1 July 20t' 1 July 27" 1 Kathleen Battles, our Early Childhood Specialist from the Upper Cape Family Network, had the following attendance for the summer sessions of Toddle Tiume and Babies and Beyond: July IS, Toddle Time I Toddle Time 11 o July 8'h Toddle Time I 1 l Toddle Time 11 1 July 15'h Toddle Time I 9 Toddle Time II 12' July 22 d Toddle Time I 10 Toddle Time li July 29th Toddle Time I 9 Toddle Time 11 We received a mini-grant from the Bayberry Quilters of Cape Cod. The funding was used to bring fiber artist and children's book illustrator, Salley Mavor,to the library on July 91". There were 30 participants who enjoyed her presentation. The grant funding was also used to begin the Quilting Club. The Quilting Club, which has been planned