Itafos is the new Summer Reading sponsor
Dorajo Messerly, Hope Hansen, Ben Goode, Bryan Triplett and Daniel Larsen of Itafos
The Summer reading program at the Soda Springs library is one of if not the most successful programs of the calendar year, bringing in a veritable mob of enthusiastic kids every year to participate in a range of activities throughout the summer months.
The Valentine’s reading display is up and ready.
“Every year, it seems like it gets bigger than ever,” Library Director Hope Hansen stated to the city council during a recent meeting. With that growth comes expanded costs and an deep-seated desire to make sure that every year is as amazing as it can possibly be.
Monsanto/Bayer has been a longtime sponsor of the program, but the summer reading torch has now been passed to Itafos, who recently presented the library with a check for $5,000 to be used toward keeping the program up and going. The funds help to provide for the costs of the programming, which includes materials, activities, and everything else that it takes to put on a successful event over the course of several months.
“We are very excited to be doing this,” Itafos’ Ben Goode stated at a check presentation last week. Children’s librarian Dorajo Messerly was possibly even more excited. “This is just truly outstanding,” she told representatives. “Thank you so much!”
“Dorajo is a literal magician when it comes to summer reading,” Director Hansen said, a sentiment everyone agrees with.
Due to continued support from companies like Itafos and community groups of all kinds, Caribou County continues to be an amazing place to have a childhood, and ultimately, a child.
Copies of The Anxious Generation are available at the library ahead of April’s discussion.
While summer is as yet a ways off, the library currently has copies of “The Anxious Generation,” which is the main adult book on the shelf for the community reading program. A discussion will take place in April to discuss the contents and issues raised. A presentation on children and the internet was held last week at the Idan-ha Theatre to introduce the overall topic.
Coming up even sooner is the Stuffed Animal Sleepover. Kids can drop off of animals for the sleepover on February 26 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the library. The following day, a breakfast and storytime session will be held at 9:30 a.m. and also at 11:00 a.m. to make sure everyone who wants to is able to attend the party and find out just exactly what their stuffed animals got up to over the night. The event is sponsored by Guardian Realty and Soda Smiles.
