Metamorphosis @ Your Library

The theme for the Young Adult Summer Reading Program this year is Metamorphosis. Registration packets will be available at the program kickoff on June 16, 2008, from 4:30-6:30 pm in the Auditorium. Registration will continue throughout the two weeks following the kickoff.

The program is open to 7th through 12th grade students. Teens are invited to read anything!! This year, participants will monitor time spent reading.

For every 2 hours logged reading, participants will receive 1 raffle ticket. When participants attend a weekly event, their time record will be stamped for one extra raffle ticket.  The more time you log, the more chances you have to win!

To attend the end of program social at least 18 hours must be logged. That means that registration will end June 30, or else there won't be time for the requirements to be met!

The best thing about this program is that participants can log ANY time they spend reading! Reading the paper? Magazines? Blogging or checking out a friend's facebook messages? That's reading! Time spent reading to a younger sibling to help them reach their goals in the Summer Reading Program even counts toward your goals!

Throughout the Summer Reading Program, special programs called "Checking In" will be held on Monday afternoons from 4:30-6:00, with book talks, movies, crafts and a whole lot more. During SRP, we will be making duct tape bags and wallets. A yoga instructor will give a short demonstration during our discussion of "Changing Ourselves - Inside". We will talk about recycling and the environment during the week of "Changing Our World". It's a great, air-conditioned way to spend your Monday afternoons throughout July!

There will be a social on Saturday, July 26, 2008, to celebrate your goals. A raffle will be held at the end of program social, with prizes including gift certificates from area restaurants, entertainment venues, and local merchants. In addition, prizes will be awarded for most hours read, and most creative uses of time spent reading to someone else! There's even a free month at Gold's Gym to support our theme of "Metamorphosis"! Prizes, crafts and fun throughout July! All time records must be turned in by July 22, 2008.

This year's program is sponsored by the New Bern-Craven County Friends of the Library, with some craft materials provided by Lowe's Home Improvement. Further donations have been received from McCarthy Square Pharmacy and Dr. Lois Flemming. We can’t thank our wonderful New Bern community enough for the support we receive for all of our Young Adult services and programs!