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The Garnet A. Wilson Public Library of Pike County, in conjunction with the Pike County Outreach Council and Community Action Committee of Pike County, has been awarded a $50,000 grant through the Family and Community Engagement Pilot program as a part of Ohio’s Early Learning Challenge Grant.

The goal of the pilot program is to engage families to ensure that children are born healthy and stay healthy, and children are ready for kindergarten. The target audience for the program includes families with children under age 6 who may not be already engaged with community support programs.  In Pike County, the target audience of the grant is families in the western portion of the county with young children up to age 5.

The grant funds will be used to launch the “Pike County Proud Parents” initiative, which will include four positive parenting workshops to be held at Western Elementary School in January, February, and March, 2017, and to distribute Early Childhood Development and Read-to-Me kits to partner agencies throughout the county.  The workshops will focus on early childhood development, early literacy, family nutrition, and the health and safety of young children.  The kits will include toys, games, books, and Early Childhood Development guides to help parents ensure that their children are healthy and developmentally prepared to enter kindergarten.

Join us for our YA Book Club in 2017!  Click "Read more" below, then click the file link to download and print a ballot of reading choices for the coming year!

The children’s department at the Garnet A. Wilson Public Library in Waverly is the proud new home to two high-tech AWE Digital Learning Stations, thanks to a $4,999 Library Services and Technology Act grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services, awarded by the State Library of Ohio.

Both the Early Literacy Station, geared towards ages 2 to 8, and the AfterSchool Edge workstation, intended for school-age children ages 6 to 12, feature educational games that cover the seven main curriculum areas:  Reading, Words and Phonics, Math and Problem-Solving, Science and Nature, Social Studies and Geography, Computer Skills, Research, and Music and Art.  All of the content is aligned to STEM/STREAM and correlated to both Common Core and National State Academic Standards.

The library has held another successful Velma Engle Memorial Read for the Gold 5K Run / 3K Walk fundraiser event.  The 1st Place Overall award female and male went to Carol Grate with a time of 23:14 and Delmar Scowden with a time of 24:59. The 2nd Place Overall award female and male went to Lisa Anderson with a time of 23:42 and Mike Howard with a time of 25:02. The 1st Place finisher of the 3K Walk was Fran Foster. Misty Cheseboro was the 2nd Place finisher.

We appreciate the support of community members and organizations in our endeavors to continue promoting literacy within the community. Thanks to our supporters, volunteers and participants, our fundraiser was another tremendous success!

MAJOR SPONSORS:  AECU, Boyer Funeral Home, Bristol Village, Jim Engle, Profab Mechanical, SOMC, Valleyview Health Center, WXIZ-WXIC-WXZQ

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:  All About Children, Cincinnati Reds, CJ DVD Rentals, CJL Sports, Classic Trophies & Plaques, COSI, Dixon Jewelers, Hair Biz, Hello Shop, J.F. Heibel Electric, Klinker’s Lumber, McDonald’s of Waverly, Newport Aquarium, Erica Snodgrass, Auditor

Walkers

3K Walk 2^nd Place finisher Misty Cheseboro and 1^st Place finisher Fran Foster

Runners

(Left to right) 2^nd Place Male Overall Mike Howard (25:02), 1^st Place Male Overall Delmar Scowden (24:59), 1^st Place Female Overall Carol Grate (23:14), and 2^nd Place Female Overall Lisa Anderson (23:42)

Click "Read more" for a PDF with a complete list of participants and race times.

Starting June 6, all branches of the library will offer free lunches daily to children and teens age 1 to 18 through the USDA Summer Food Service Program. There is no income requirement for daily meals; all children seeking a healthy lunch will be fed.

In addition, children may qualify for a take-home pack of weekend meals, which are sent home on Fridays. Weekend meals include two prepackaged breakfast meals, four prepackaged lunch/dinner meals, and one 32-ounce white milk. Parents/guardians simply need to fill out a one-time form per child to verify income eligibility for the Friday take-home packs.

We have new walk-in hours for computer and technology training at the main library! Please call Kim at (740) 443-9621 for branch hours or to set up a one-on-one training session.