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Elks Lodge provides $2,500 for kids’ programs at Samuels Library
The Front Royal Elks Lodge has donated $2,500 to Samuels Public Library, yet another cash award to support summer and winter programs geared toward children’s activities. The local Elks’ club has been donating toward these programs for the past 10 years.
Elks Lodge 2382 Esteemed Leader Jim Sheppard, left, presents check to Michael Ashby, Youth Services Supervisor of Samuels Public Library. Courtesy Photo Samuels Library
Since last spring, the library has conducted more than 150 virtual programs and given out some 1,700 take-home craft, activity, and science kits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Library staff hopes to safely move back to in-library programming in the near future.
The most recent $2,500 grant helped support the purchase of materials for the craft, science, and activity kits to support a summer reading program and winter reading club.
Children’s Section library staff say these programs help inspire a life-long love of reading among the youngest community members.
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