{"id":24493,"date":"2024-12-10T18:53:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T01:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/bloomfield-library-shares-trial-reading-program-is-big-success\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T22:55:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:55:01","slug":"bloomfield-library-shares-trial-reading-program-is-big-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/bloomfield-library-shares-trial-reading-program-is-big-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloomfield library shares trial reading program is big success"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Library and Cultural Center Director Vera McGrath is shown in the Bloomfield Public Library\u2019s Holiday Store, where kids can trade \u201cbucks\u201d earned by reading for holiday gifts for friends and family. Debi Tracy Olsen\/Special to Tri-City Record<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Anytime is a good time to teach children about kindness, responsibility, counting and the love of reading, but the Christmas season seems a particularly apt time to do so.<\/p>\n

Those very important goals were behind the \u201cReading for Holiday Bucks\u201d program conducted by the Bloomfield Public Library. The brainchild of children\u2019s librarian Stacey York, the program signed up kids to age 14 to read from October through November to earn holiday bucks. \u201cEvery 30 minutes earned one library dollar,\u201d said Vera McGrath, library and cultural center director.<\/p>\n

Children could read whatever they wanted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey got a little log book, and they wrote down the name of the book and how many minutes they read, and then they would tally up the minutes,\u201d McGrath said.<\/p>\n

In the back of the book was a little wallet where they could collect their library holiday cash.<\/p>\n

The library stocked a holiday \u201cstore\u201d using a $1,300 donation from Masonic Lodge Daylight 80 in Aztec. Beginning Dec. 1, the reading tally stopped and children could shop the shelves of the library\u2019s store, with the intention of buying holiday gifts for family and friends. A gift wrapping table in the store is available so children can wrap their gifts.<\/p>\n

This year was the first trial run for the program, advertised only in the library to be sure the idea would work.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe definitely want to do it again next year. We\u2019ll do a longer registration period so there is more opportunity, and we\u2019ll also advertise outside of just the library,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Still, the program racked up some impressive totals, with one child topping the program earning $110, which represents 3,000 reading minutes, or 50 hours of reading.<\/p>\n

The librarians feel the program was a success. \u201cIt\u2019s a teaching moment,\u201d McGrath explained. \u201cIt\u2019s showing kindness, because they are not buying for themselves, they are buying for their family and friends. It includes teaching responsibility and counting, and, obviously the love of reading. It\u2019s our main goal, just to get kids to read,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Earned holiday bucks can be redeemed at the library\u2019s holiday store during normal library hours until Christmas: Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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