Neill Public Library kicks off its Summer Reading Program
“Every Hero has a Story” with two exciting Read & Feed opportunities sure
to make YOU the super hero of your community!
Be a Hero, help your community READ! Calling all
heroes June 10 – 13. Be among the first 500 children, teens, and adults
to register for NPL’s Summer Reading Program and you get to pick out a free
book to donate to the Community Action Center and Pullman Child Welfare,
courtesy of the Friends of Neill Public Library! These donated books will
be distributed in conjunction with, but not limited to, their respective food
bank programs. Nourish the belly, nourish the mind.
Be a Hero, FEED your community! From June 10 – 30,
Neill Public Library welcomes your donation of non-perishable, unopened food,
paper, and personal hygiene products to benefit the food banks at Community
Action Center and Pullman Child Welfare. Poverty exists in Whitman County; this
includes Pullman. Early findings from the Pullman League of Women Voters’
poverty study reveal 41% of babies in Whitman County receive WIC food
subsidies. More than 29% of families qualify for the free and reduced
school meal program in Pullman. But poverty knows no age limits.
There are 4,000 adults over the age of 65 living in Whitman County. 3.6%
of these seniors live in Pullman below the poverty level. Be a hero and
help feed your community.
Food bank contributions include unopened jars of peanut butter and
jelly, bags of rice and pasta, canned tomato products, beans, canned fruit and
vegetables, boxes of macaroni and cheese, pancake mix and syrup. Paper
and personal hygiene products include toilet paper, paper towels, laundry soap,
dish soap, toothpaste, diapers of all sizes, personal hygiene products and baby
food.
Neill Library will waive overdue fines on your library
account for every bag contributed. Patrons whose accounts have been sent
to collection do not qualify for this waiver. For more information,
contact Neill Public Library at 509-334-3595.
Joanna Bailey
Library Director
Neill Public Library
509-338-3252
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