2012 Media Releases

Date:

June 15, 2012

For More Information Contact:

Vicki Wood, Lincoln City Libraries, 402-441-8565

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Register Your Child Now for "Read to a Dog" Program

Registration is now open for the "Read to a Dog" program offered by Lincoln City Libraries and Healing Heart Therapy Dogs, a local therapy dog organization. The program provides an opportunity for children ages 6 to 12 to practice their reading by reading aloud to a dog.

Therapy teams are partnered with children who read to a dog in 20-minute shifts, once a week for six weeks. The current summer session began June 4 and runs through Friday, July 13 at these library branches:

• Eiseley Branch, 1520 Superior St., Wednesdays, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. To register, contact Dan at 402-730-5274.
• South Branch, 2675 South St., Thursdays, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. To register, contact Jayne at 402-440-0983.
• Gere Branch, 2400 S. 56th St., Wednesdays, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. To register, contact Mimi at 402-217-9019.

Pre-registration is required at these branch libraries.

Walt Branch Library, 6701 S. 14th St., offers a drop-in program from 1:30 to 3:15 p.m. Saturdays June 23, July 14 and July 28. Pre-registration is not required for the drop-in program.

For more information on Lincoln City Libraries, visit lincolnlibraries.org.