It all came about because Adams County Library System branch managers Keith Greenawalt and Wilma Krepps went to a workshop and started talking. That’s how it started. Both were looking for a unique way to challenge their young patrons to excel during the Adams County Library System’s annual Summer Reading Program. Out of that conversation came the New Oxford Area Library-Littlestown Library Summer Reading Challenge!
Mr. Keith, the branch manager at the Littlestown Library, has challenged Miss Wilma, his counterpart at the New Oxford Area Library, to out read his patrons during the Summer of 2009. It’s not uncommon for people to make silly challenges or bets like this. It almost seems every Super Bowl or World Series bring a bet between governors or mayors! Why not have a friendly wager during Summer Reading?
“I think it’s just a neat twist on an old idea,” says Mr. Keith about the Challenge, “I really just want to encourage kids all over Adams County to sign up for our summer reading program!”
The premise is simple: whomever’s library patrons read more total minutes as part of the Summer Reading Program will be declared the winner. The fate that befalls the loser? They will have to do something silly at the winner’s library sometime at the end of the summer. If Littlestown wins, Miss Wilma will end up with purple or pink hair! If New Oxford wins Mr. Keith will end up wearing a dress! But as long as kids are reading, we all win!
"I can look silly if the kids read and enjoy their summer,” Miss Wilma says, “Purple and turquoise hair! Oh well it's just for the day. But I think Mr. Keith better think about his attire."
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