| To the Library and Beyond Prairie Community Library volunteers have been busy moving shelving and hopefully returning those shelves to their original locations. We greatly appreciate all the work of Wyatt Latimer, Briggs Rambo & Owen Tran, Carter Shears, Matthew Wemhoff, Kristin Frisch, Dr. Jason Jones & Adam Fry, as well as our regular volunteers Colleen Wilson, Joan Brown, & Carissa Jones. We have learned that those shelves can be heavy and hard work to move, load and unload them. "Service is what life is all about." The month of April is almost over, so let us celebrate National Great Poetry Reading Day on Sunday, April 28 with “distinguished poetry and the notable poets who wrote them,” and move on to the first week of May. May is Mental Health Awareness Month and reading is good for us because it improves our focus, memory, empathy, and communication skills. Reading can reduce stress, improve our mental health, and help us live longer. Reading also enhances our learning of new things that help us succeed in our work and relationships. This month we should make an effort to Get Caught Reading. April was Poetry month and May is Short Story month. Saturday, 4 May is Star Wars Day – “May the Fourth be with you!” As the first Saturday in May, it is also “Free Comic Book Day,” an annual promotion of North American independent comic-book stores. In 2020 Prairie Community Library loaned 2,178 items. In 2019 librarians added 779 items to the PCL collection. The volunteers who manage and operate Prairie Community Library aspire to learn from changes and respond to change in positive ways without wavering from our commitment to serving patrons and adapting to their needs. Volunteering expands our resumes and improves our confidence. Send your volunteer message to < cottonwoodlib@gmail.com >. Please recommend improvements to the Library’s direction, priorities and customer service. Thank you all! |