Summer reading 2019 July – August
July 2019 brought us a few events at the library.
July 3rd we all made “4th of July” crackers in honor of Independence day, since we were closed on July 4th. Kids had fun with this craft. toilet paper tubes with poppers in them wrapped in tissue paper.
Up next the adult painted gourds. Some were bird house some were not, but all painted up really nice.
The kids made DIY Glitter jars on July 10th, they really liked these. Jars with space themed items in them filled with water and glitter, some times lots, and lots of glitter!, but oh well they had fun!
We closed July 11th, 12th and 13th for the Richmond Fair.
Monday, July 15th was National Gummy Worm Day, so…. We made Gummy worms, and took a quiz [of course].
July 17th & 18th the kids made mini light sabers. Another craft they really enjoyed.
July 20th was the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing, so in Friday, July 19th we ha a “Moon Landing” party with “Moon” inspired foods, and a moon landing quiz and paper rockets to blow in the air.
July 24th the kids made “Pool Noodle Aliens” yet another fun craft. These guys for fun and cute. The kids really enjoyed them.
On July 25th the teens did a “Break-Out” event. we give them different boxes with different kinds of locks. The have to read the clues and figure out how to open each lock to get whats inside.
July 26th was National Bagelfest Day, so of course we had bagels and a quiz. What’s a food day with out a quiz?
Yum Bagels 
No cheating on the quiz
July 31st was the last craft for the kids, they made milk jug space helmets.
On Thursday August 1st the Teens played with the Water stomp rockets again.
Friday August 2nd the adults made “moon lights” this was thier last craft for the summer.
Wednesday, August 7th was the end of Summer Reading 2019. We handed out prizes to all those who read at least 5 books this summer.
We also gave away aliens to our “Find all the aliens in the library” hunt. Leon Weber and Ashley Harkins were our winners. The we had ice cream sundaes to celebrate the end of a great summer.
This years top readers for each category were as followers.
Listeners: 1st- Jade Coy, 2nd- Hunter Purdham, 3rd Lydia Purdham, 4th Lliam Roberts.
Reading with help: 1st- Kamryn Reeder, 2nd- Leon Weber, 3rd- Weslon Rowland, 4th Elijah Rowland.
Readers: 1st- Kaiden Reeder, 2nd- Joey Wright, 3rd- Gavin Weber, 4th Zachary Geiler.
Pre-Teen & Teen: 1st- Damien Geiler, 2nd Brennen Geiler, 3d- Drake Weber, 4th Ashley Harkins.
Adults: 1st- Dorothy Welch, 2nd- Maggie Moore, 3rd- Laura Deters, 4th Keri Meyer.
Congratulations to all our readers!…
Summer Reading 2019 [ June]
Summer Reading started in Wednesday, June 5, 2019 with a visit from Grandpa Pokey. Kids we asked to come and sign up for summer reading and them they all got to go in the other room and get a balloon from Grandpa Pokey.
We has since then just took off running. The younger kids have made NASA Badges, Jet Packs and had a Balloon Rocket Race. All the kids made Father’s day crafts.
NASA badges 
Jet Packs
The Teens have made stress balls, paper lantern planets, painted moons, played with water rockets and tie dyed.
Moon paintings
The Adults also painted moons, made pop bottle planters, and painted galaxy sun catcher plated.
Moon paintings
Up Next?
July 3rd we will make 4th of July crackers at 2:00.
The library will be closed Thursday, July 4th.
July 5th the adults will paint gourds.
July 10th we will make DIY glitter jars at 2:00
The library will be Closed July 11, 12 & 13 for the Richmond Fair [we close every year for this]
July 15th is National Gummy worm day and we plan to attempt to make gummy worms@ 2:00
July 17 Kids will make Mini light sabers and July 18th the teens will make Mini light sabers.
July 20th is the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. To celebrate we will make straw rockets and have “moon” inspired food. The adults at 1:00 and the kids and teens at 2:00.
July 24th the kids will make pool noodle aliens, July 25th the teens will do a “break out” game. July 26th the adults will make ping pong ball “moon’ lights.
July 31st the kids will make milk Jug space helmets.
Summer Reading will end on Wednesday, August 7th with and end of summer party and the handing out of prized starting at 2:00.…
Summer Reading 2019
Richmond Public Library summer reading program started on Wednesday, June 5th at 2:00 PM. This was sign-up day everyone who wished to be in the summer reading program came in signed up and then got to see Grandpa Poke and get a balloon.
Kids we given a summer reading bag with the summer schedule for the younger kids inside each bag. The Teen and Adult schedules are on the desk if you ask for them.
Most of our events this summer will be as follows:
Kids on most Wednesdays @ 2:00
Teen on most Thursdays @ 2:00
Adults on most Fridays @ 2:00
See you schedule for other dates. Happy Reading this summer!…
May 2019
May is over, what did we do at the library? Cinco de Mayo crafts, Mother’s Day crafts , National Chocolate Chip Day and we had a meeting about the 2020 census and Friday Food club. Plus the library had there annual Taco Dinner and raffle.
On Friday, May 3rd we celebrated Cinco de May by making mini pinata’s and sombrero cookies. The kids made the cookies and then got to eat them. Once they got all the pinatas made we put them on a string and the kids got to pull the string and get the prize inside.
On May the 10th the kids made Mother’s Day crafts. The chose between a “Super Mom” candy bar or a Rock with a saying on it. The kids really like the rocks [which surprised me]
May 15th was National Chocolate Chip day, so we made Chocolate Chip cookie sandwiches. The kids really like making food crafts!
May the 16th we had a representative for the 2020 Census come and give a talk about census jobs. She explained that there will be jobs opening in our area and if anyone was interested they needed to apply online.
They will pay weekly for the hours up to so many hours and will also pay mileage. Anyone interested in apply can do so online at 2020census.gov/jobs
up next?
Summer Reading starts on Wednesday, June 5th at 2:00 PM. The library will have copies of the summer reading schedule available upon request. …
2020 Census
