Thank you for helping us work “All Together Now” for Summer Reading!

Published on August 23, 2023.

Picture of kids doing a demonstration
A library story time session with children listening to a storyteller.
Adults and children enjoying a game at an event with a sign "SPECTRUM FRIENDS - Friendships Are For Everyone!"
Two people presenting educational materials in a classroom setting.
Five individuals with matching shirts posing in front of a campfire-themed backdrop.
A children's library storytime featuring a woman reading to kids seated on a colorful rug while others listen and engage.
Popcorn machine with people chatting at an indoor event.
Group of people around a table with craft supplies, engaged in an activity, possibly a workshop or a community event.
Adults and kids at a table with cards, in a room with informational displays.
Two performers at a children's event, one with a violin and the other with a guitar, against an underwater-themed backdrop.
An elderly woman engaging with a group of children against a vibrant ocean-themed backdrop.
Picture of kids doing a demonstration
A library story time session with children listening to a storyteller.
Adults and children enjoying a game at an event with a sign "SPECTRUM FRIENDS - Friendships Are For Everyone!"
Two people presenting educational materials in a classroom setting.
Five individuals with matching shirts posing in front of a campfire-themed backdrop.
A children's library storytime featuring a woman reading to kids seated on a colorful rug while others listen and engage.
Popcorn machine with people chatting at an indoor event.
Group of people around a table with craft supplies, engaged in an activity, possibly a workshop or a community event.
Adults and kids at a table with cards, in a room with informational displays.
Two performers at a children's event, one with a violin and the other with a guitar, against an underwater-themed backdrop.
An elderly woman engaging with a group of children against a vibrant ocean-themed backdrop.

Thank you to all of the people who helped us make this year’s Summer Reading Program amazing!

SBCPL registered over 350 Summer Reading participants and had 2,419 children, teens, and adults in attendance to in-person events over the weeks of Summer Reading. The 90 programs included performers, nutrition classes, escape rooms, crafts, STEAM activities, and Bookmobile. The Library would like to thank all of the children, teens, parents, grandparents, and anyone else who attended these programs as well as all our performers, staff, and volunteers!

Special Thanks to all of our Summer Reading Sponsors & Helpers!

The Fly Arts Center Duck River Electric Membership Corporation Lowery Jewelers
First Community Bank of Tennessee Henegar Law Office Nash Family Creamery, LLC
Legends/Sundowner Management Lori Epperson Donna and Mark Thomas
Joe Fly III Beechcraft Heritage Museum Bedford County Farm Bureau
Merle Norman – Dena Landers Davis Dental PetSense
Bojangles Lightning Automotive Tyson Foods, Inc.
Bedford County Fair Spectrum Friends Shelbyville Rec Center
Bedford County Imagination Library Bedford County DAR Friends of the Library
Jennifer Swann Sara Morales Rosie Biggs
Runaway Puppet Theater Tom Mason and the Blue Buccaneers Mr. Bond’s Science Guys
Kalani Simpson SBCPL Children’s Librarians: Margaret Petty, Jessica Osborne, Lis Ann Greiner, & Kelly Forsythe Yesenia Lira-Garcia
Catherine Hayes, Nate Fouyer, & all volunteers
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