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SAVANNAH, GA, Nov 21, 2024 - Live Oak Public Libraries invites the community to join its annual Winter Reading Challenge, from Monday, December 2nd, 2024 through Friday, January 3rd, 2025.
This year's theme is "Be a Reading Machine!"
Participants of all ages who complete and log five hours of reading will receive a prize, while supplies last. Everyone who completes the challenge is automatically entered into a grand prize drawing for three sets of four Savannah Ghost Pirates tickets or VIP access to the Savannah Book Festival Author Talks, Saturday, February 8th, 2025. Readers can earn up to three Grand Prize entries by reading fifteen hours in total. Grand prizes winners will be announced Wednesday, January 8th.
Participants may read whatever they want, whenever they want. Reading hours are logged digitally through Beanstack, a free service provided by LOPL. Library staff are on hand to assist readers throughout the Challenge, to help with Beanstack recordkeeping and to give reading recommendations.
"The Winter Reading Challenge is free and easy to do," said Betsy McCullar, Director of Communications and Strategic Partnerships. "It's a project that aligns with our key mission and values, the most important of which is, 'Literacy is an essential skill that improves the quality of life.'
"We hope the Challenge motivates folks to keep reading, even over the holidays and during school breaks."
For more fun, Davy the Ghost Pirate will be making personal appearances at selected libraries during December in support of the Challenge:
- Wednesday, December 11th from 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM at Oglethorpe Mall Library
- Friday, December 13th from 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM at the Rincon Library
- Wednesday, December 18th from 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM at the Hinesville Library
- Friday, December 20th from 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM at Islands Library
The Winter Reading Challenge and library programming is always free and open to the public.
Sign Up for the Winter Reading Challenge Here, or stop by your Live Oak Public Libraries branch for more information and help signing up.
About Live Oak Public Libraries: LOPL is a system of 16 libraries providing materials, programs and services in Chatham, Effingham and Liberty Counties. It is one of Georgia's largest public library systems, with a service area of more than a million people. Our mission is to inspire the community to Grow, Create, Discover and Explore.
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