Dear Neighbor,

Happy New Year!  I hope you and yours had a fabulous year end and new beginning.

The Saginaw Public Library is proud to once again present a summer library program for students from birth through high school. (And adults, too!) This is an important event at our library, encouraging our area youth to read and enjoy the many benefits that the library offers over the course of the summer. Last year, our Summer Reading Club served our community’s children through incentives, take-home activities and crafts, STEM activities, and anything else we could think of. This year, I am continuing to safely put on a more normal SRC, while building on our recent experiences and successes.

As a local business, we would love for you to partner with us to promote literacy and educational programming during the summer. There are a number of ways that you can help us keep kids engaged this summer:

·         Coupons or vouchers that we can include in reading incentives

·         Gift Cards ($5-$25) that we can use as awards and prizes

·         Monetary donations in any amount that will help us cover the cost of supplies

·         Sponsor a specific program ($100-$300)

·         Got other ideas? Let us know!

·         Whatever incentive or donation is greatly appreciated.

We would greatly appreciate any support you can give. We know that it’s been a hard year for most businesses, but we think it’s important to work together with our local business community. We will make sure people know that you are helping to sponsor this year’s Summer Reading Club, unless you wish otherwise.

Reading throughout the summer benefits students; it helps them to be engaged in reading success and retain skills learned during the school year. We hope that you will consider joining our efforts to support our area youth. I will be in touch to discuss how we can join together in a partnership this summer to benefit our area youth or please reach out to me at the contact information below. Thank you for your time and look forward to partnering with you to make this summer reading program a success!

Sincerely,

Kristi Haney

Children’s Services Librarian

khaney@saginawtx.org

817-230-0347