Summer Program Final Report

Wild Reads @ The Upton Town Library

The 2008 Summer Library Adventure: Final Report

This year’s registration began on Tuesday, June 10, and our Summer Program officially began on Wednesday, June 18 with a kick-off event featuring The University of NH’s traveling theatre troupe performing “The Ugly Duckling” at Nipmuc H.S., and ended with a finale event on Saturday, August 16^th, at the Library, featuring free Henna Tattoos, Make-Your-Own Sundaes and a Nintendo Wii system set up with the projection screen in the Children’s Area.

During the 10-weeks, we offered a total of 5 programs, with a total of 18 sessions and 7 events, with a grand total of 1,999 people attending! Registration was open to children ages 1-17, and a total of 601 signed up (86 MORE than last year!) Of that number, we calculated a participation total of 412 (up from 295 last year), roughly 69% (up from 57% last year). Participation was defined as redeeming clock hours as part of the Reading program, and/or attending programs or events. Participants logged 3,241 hours (compared to 3,027 hours in 2007).

Participation at specific Programs was as follows:

TeenTuesdays (ages 12-18) Total from 3 sessions = 35
MagicTreeHouse book club (ages 5-9) Total from 5 sessions = 129
"Our Growing Community" book & gardening club (ages 9-12) Total from 4 sessions = 11
Babysitter Certification Course (ages 11-15) Total from 2 sessions = 30
Spanish StoryTime Total from 4 sessions = 32

Participation and Expense of Events:

New England Aquarium $ 392 ($50 paid by CPC) attendance= 223
Curious George visit $ Free (Friends/B&N) attendance= 201
Rainforest Reptiles $ Free ($500 paid by CPC) attendance= 224
Kick-off (UNH) $ 400 attendance= 293
Lil’ Folk Farm $ Free ($450 paid by CPC) attendance= 432
“BubbleMania” $ Free ($545 paid by Men’s Club) attendance= 297
Finale (Henna Tattoos & Sundaes)$ 100 ($40 paid by FULTI) attendance= 92

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$ 892 (down from $1,000 last year)

Other expenses included:

$ 400 for Incentives (Raffle Prizes, treasure chest prizes, etc.)

$ 200 for Registration Kits (JanWay)

$ 100 for in house events

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$ 700 (down from $885 last year)

grand total: $1,592.00
(Down from $1,885 last year)