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STAFF REPORT
Library and Museum Services Department
August 16, 2011
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Jackie Faust-Moreno, Director of Library and Museum Services 3
By Darlene Bradley, Library Services Manager Q3
SUBJECT: Accept donations from the community in support of the Summer Reading
Program at the Library
SUMMARY
Twenty-eight community donors gave a total of $1,850 and a variety of items for prizes for the
Children's Summer Reading Program.
DISCUSSION
The Library's Summer Reading Program for children was once again very successful with 1,865
children participating.
With the theme of"One World, Many Stories @ Your Library", younger children were encouraged to be
read to aloud by their parents, caregivers or older siblings. Older children were encouraged to read on
their own with everyone reporting their weekly progress. The children were not only rewarded with
developing a lifelong love of reading and a chance to practice their reading skills throughout the
summer break, but also with a weekly prize to encourage them to continue reading along the way.
Although major funding is provided by the Friends of the Arcadia Public Library, additional prizes and
funds are solicited from community businesses and organizations to provide additional support as well
as to foster community involvement and awareness of this important literacy based program. Items
received this year included gift certificates for free children's meals and gift cards for meals at local
restaurants, passes to a variety of entertainment venues, and gift cards from a number of merchants.
These gifts help provide an exciting mix of prizes for the participants and the Library is pleased to have
the broad involvement of the community in encouraging its children to read. Cash gifts totaling $1,850
were also received and much of these funds were used to purchase additional materials and supplies,
which help staff to enhance programming. Donors are recognized for their contributions with a letter
and business and organization names are posted in the Jerry Broadwell Children's Room, on the
Summer Reading program calendar and on the Library's website.
3-M Corporation / Unitek Applebee's Restaurant
Advantage Ford Aquarium of the Pacific
Adventure City Arcadia Chinese Association
AMF Bowling Square Lanes Arcadia Friends of the Library
American Premier Bank Arcadia Rock Climbing
Auntie Anne's Pretzels Matt Denny's Ale House
Baja Fresh Pacific Asia Museum
California Pizza Kitchen Robek's Juice
Chivas USA Soccer Round Table Pizza
Coco's Bakery Restaurants Souplantation
Coldstone Creamery - Monrovia Teri & Yaki Asian Comfort Food
Golf'N Stuff Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill
Jump N Jammin Children's Ent. Center
Kids Art
Kidspace Children's Museum
All gifts to the Library are subject to approval by the City Council pursuant to City Charter article VIII
section 809 (d).
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no impact to the City's budget. The Library Board approves expenditures of all donations.
RECOMMENDATION
Accept the donations from the community in support of the Summer Reading Program at the
Library.
Approved by: R2,r4,6T-.c,/rD
Donald Penman, City Manager