Every year when the summer reading materials come it’s a debate on whether we should do anything for the adults or not. There are materials and program ideas and even a separate theme for the adults, so should we or should we not? We’ve tried some different approaches to adult summer reading, but frankly, everyone is so busy they aren’t very successful.
This year we are going to follow the adult summer reading theme and “Escape the Ordinary”! Instead of a reading program focused on prizes and how many adults read and check out materials, we are going to give to those that give everything for us; our servicemen and women.
The overall theme for summer reading this year is “Every Hero has a Story” and while it’s true that everyone has a story to tell, our servicemen and women don’t always have stories to read. Operation Paperback was born in 1999 and has shipped books overseas to our military bases as well as veteran’s hospitals, USO centers and military families.
I have signed up as a volunteer for this organization with the hope that the library, working with Stromsburg and the surrounding community, can send at least one shipment of books.
What I need from you:
-gently used, like new, paperback books-NO romance novels
-donations to cover the cost of shipping-$.25 per book donated is recommended or $7 to cover a box.
-volunteers to pack and ship the paperbacks
We are going to try to keep this project limited to June only so we can focus on the elementary summer reading in July so get your donations in early!
If you are interested in helping with this project, please call the library and talk to Dorinda or Monica.
Thank you for your support
