Cary Library’s reading program begins June 23

   HOULTON, Maine — The Cary Library Summer Reading Program’s theme this year is “Catch the Reading Bug.” Sign up starts the week of June 16 and reporting begins June 23. The library has extended their reporting hours to include Thursday evenings. New books, great prizes and speakers are some of the highlights of this summer’s program. Thanks to a grant from the Maine Nutrition Network, the library will are providing a nutritional “Lettuce Do Lunch!” program, find out what’s cooking when participants sign up for the summer reading program.     The Cary Library recently benefited from the generosity of the Maine Community Foundation to help support our summer reading program. The library received a grant for $1,000 from the Rose and Samuel Rudman Library Fund to help support our 2008 “Catch the Reading Bug” program. The grant will help provide some great prizes, new books and the library will have some speakers that specialize in bugs.
Many libraries operate with budgets that are stretched to the limit and struggle to provide programs for children realizing how important it is for our community youth to have a venue to develop and grow as individuals.
A statewide organization with offices in Ellsworth and Portland, the Maine Community Foundation works in partnership with donors and community groups to strengthen Maine. For more information, visit the foundation’s website at www.mainecf.org or call toll-free (877) 700-6800.