Our summer reading program was a great success. Rita James, staff member and a retired elementary school teacher and librarian, planned this program, making it fun and educational for the children. We had good attendance at all of the Saturday sessions. The children received points for tickets when completing different assignments which involved reading. On the last day, tickets were totaled and the children entered their tickets in drawings. We had some great prizes. The nine children who turned in their cards read a total of 12,240 minutes (204 hours) over a five week period.

A special Thank You to our sponsors for their generous prize donations for the children. 

• Texas Aquarium
• Exotic Resort Zoo in Johnson City
• Putters and Gutters
• Chick-fil-A
• Ms. Lollipop

Day one of the Summer Reading Program. Pictured are Rishika Baweja, Youth Volunteer, and Rita James. 

Rita teaching about coral. Standing are Rishika Baweja and Rita James. Kneeling are Youth Volunteers Arav Baweja and Barbara Gomez.

Making a coral reef. 

Children are proudly displaying the jellyfish they made during one of the summer sessions.

Pictured below, children proudly displaying their prizes for the reading program.