Library Starts New "Lifelong Partners in Reading" ProgramPALM HARBOR - The Palm Harbor Library requests your help in offering a new, much needed community service. The library is seeking teen and adult volunteers who can read newspapers, short stories, and magazine articles to the residents of assisted living facilities. The concept is the brain child of Cecile Creely, Volunteer Coordinator, who received a request from a former library book club member who is now unable to read; she called to ask if there was anyone who would be willing to read to her, even if she had to pay for the service. Unfortunately, the library didn't offer anything like this. So Cecile devised the "Lifelong Partners in Reading" Program -- a great way to help people in need and also fill the numerous requests for community service hours she had gotten from teens. This new program will satisfy the requirements of the Bright Futures Scholarship, CAS, National Honor Society, and other high school assignments. Coral Oaks Assisted Living Center has agreed to be the first to offer this service to its residents. If it goes well, the library plans to offer it to other assisted living facilities. Teens (and adults alike!) who are interested in volunteering for this program should contact Cecile at 727-784-3332, Ext. 308. Minimum age is 14.
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