AUGUST 2024 Flipbook

Thank you to all of our summer reading participants! We had the most amazing time with you! We had 368 participants this year! You all read a combined total of 528,634 pages! You CRUSHED it! Reading Totals Infant-PreK : 68,276 pages Kdg-2nd : 52,216 pages 3rd-5th : 63,922 pages 6th-8th : 66,381 pages Library Staff and Teen Volunteers : 94,278 pages Adult (including 9th-12 grade) : 183,561 pages We wanted to thank our Friends of the Library! They are wonderful. The main reason we are able to offer amazing prizes, crafts, and incredible guest performers is because of them! Thank you to the City of Lamar, Sonic, BJ’s, Little Caesars, Quiznos, Daylight Donuts, McDonalds, Mission Villanueva, Lamar Parks & Rec., Nailed It by Wendy, Scooters, Tavern 1301, Doug Harbour, Wild West Athletics, Colorado Mills, Buzzard’s Roost, Small Town Graphix, Las Brisas HUGE Thank You to our Teen Volunteers. LYDIA WETMORE, DANIEL WETMORE, KAI LATHROP, AIDEN ESTEP, PETER EIRHART, OLLY GABARRON, SERENITY DUDLEY, JOSHUA BROWN and AMARA CAMPOS This group of teens are beyond amazing, they really were essential to our summer reading program and we couldn’t have done this without them!

The Friends of the Lamar Public Library now have monthly book sales! Usually the first Friday and Saturday of the month! Proceeds help go towards programs such as the Dolly Parton Imagination Library and our Summer Reading Program! New items are added every month!

We’re learning about the Amache National Historic Site *Join our Amache Reading Program through READSquared *Attend Amache Documentary Days *Take a Guided Tour with Us *”Read with a Ranger” every Friday in September Go to our website: https://lamarlibrary.colibraries.org/

Join us for Karaoke on the third Friday of EVERY month at 2pm It’s FREE and all ages are welcome

Complete any of our fun pages and bring it in for a prize in our treasure chest (one prize per person)

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