Fall Festival!

The Franklin T DeGroodt Memorial Library and the Friends of the Libraries of Palm Bay are pleased to announce that they have received a grant from Target to be used for their annual Fall Festival. Fall Festival is an annual community event that introduces and encourages library use to the children and families of our community.

Come celebrate the fall season with contests, games, food, crafts and more; featuring special guests like RC the Recycling Cat, the Chick-fil-A COW, and Twinkles the Clown with her Fall Carnival! All ages welcome; but patrons under 10 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or older sibling. Costumes may be worn but are not necessary. Admission is free, but food an additional cost.

Fall Festival will be held on Saturday, October 29th from 1-3pm. 

Teen Volunteers ages 12-18 interested in volunteering for this event, please contact the DeGroodt Youth Services Department.

Great Scavenger Hunt Reading Challenge!

What is it?

Every month we participate in the Great Scavenger Hunt Contest hosted by YA author extraordinaire Kay Cassidy. Many of the titles have been featured on Florida Teens Read and Sunshine State Young Readers Award.  Participate for a chance to win the national drawing for a $50 gift card to the bookstore of your choice and free books for the library. There is a new winner every month. Awesome!

How it works!

1.       Check out the list of books on www.kaycassidy.com/hunt  or ask the Youth Services Librarian to show you the collection.

2.       Choose the book you want to read and print off the trivia sheet.

3.       Read the book and answer the trivia sheet.

4.       Turn the trivia sheet in to the Youth Services Librarian to be scored.

5.       Get at least 8 out of 10 correct and the librarian will enter you into the monthly contest. (Make sure your name, age, and phone number are on the sheet!)

Want to make it more interesting?

Brevard County, Florida Teens! Your mission, should you choose to accept it is the following:

·         Select 10 titles from the list to read and enter prior to Teen Read Week 2011.  TRW begins on October 16, 2011.  Our contest ends on October 21, 2011.

·         Create a campaign poster, flyer, or video (no more than 2 minutes) promoting your favorite book from the list.

·         Everyone (ages 12-18) who completes the challenge will receive 15 volunteer hours from the library.

Interested?

·         Once you have read the books, fill out the trivia sheet and turn it in to the Youth Services Librarian.

·         Create your campaign materials.  Pick out your favorite book from the list and make a poster, flyer, or video promoting the book.  Tell us, why you think other people should read this book? 

·         Email campaign materials to jhopwood@brev.org or drop them off at Youth Services by October 21^st.

·         Remember, you can enter the Great Scavenger Hunt as many times a month as you would like.

While anyone under 18 may enter The Great Scavenger Hunt, the Reading Challenge is only open to teens ages 12-18 and runs from Children’s Book Week in May to Teen Read Week in October 2011.   New titles are added to the list every month!