Family Literacy Day, January 27th - WIN PRIZES!

Take a Learning Journey....ABC Life Literacy Canada, the Warner County Literacy Program and the Raymond Public LIbrary invite all Canadians to take a learning journey for FAmily LIteracy Day 2012.

How can YOU get involved????

1. Pick up a Journey to Learning Passport from the Raymond Public Library.
2. Complete and check off at least 5 activities on your passport in the weeks leading up to January 27th.
3. Register your passport at http://www.familyliteracy/ Day.ca for a chance to WIN one of three national prize packages.
4. Return your completed passport to the Raymond Public Library for a chance to WIN our local family prize.

Family Literacy Day Colouring Contest
You can pick up applications for the second annual Family Literacy Day Colouring Contest at the Raymond Public Library. Have your child colour the picture and answer the questionson the application, then mail it to the address on the form and you will have a chance to WIN a prize package.

For more information go here.

Christmas Reading Contest

I spent most of today making paper chain links. Over 200 this morning and my student assistant made even more this evening. Our Christmas Reading contest is for all ages. For young children they can put their name on a paper chain link for every book they read or have read to them. For children who read chapter books they get a link for every 25 pages they read. For young adults and adults they get a link for every 50 pages they read.

On December 20 we will pick links from our chain and those people will win prizes. It is a really good way to encourage people to read and to decorate our library for Christmas. Sometime before Christmas I will post a picture of our library with the paper chain link around it.

Last year we went around the library one and a half times. We are hoping we can go even more this year.

It was fairly busy in the library today. Lots of people used the computers and a number just stayed and read. It is cold, snowy and icy here in our town. The library is a good place to hole up and stay warm for a little while.