First night of the summer reading program at the library. The theme this year is "Color Our World" and tonight's activity was to tie-dye t-shirts. Wouldn't you know it, as I drove into the library for my volunteer stint it started sprinkling. Coordinator Sarah had considered that possibility and had a small tent set up outside the back door for the actual tie-dying. However, making the sno-cone treats was moved inside the library and, of course, there were some accidents. Other years, all of the kids w/ their parents arrived by 5:00 for the start of the activities. For some reason, this year the program announcement said they could come anytime between 5 and 7 to tie-dye shirts. (I didn't attend any of the planning meetings - will remember to do that next year.) The problem with allowing people to come up until 7 is that the library closes at 7. As the volunteer for tonight I am responsible for closing the library so couldn't do that until the people working the sno-cone machine and the tie-dying activities had finished, cleaned up, and departed. Not a big deal since I was busy letting the children coming in late "spin the wheel" for prizes and checking their paperwork. Plus kids were checking out books, I was shelving books, and answering questions like "Where are the bandaids?", etc. Wouldn't mind staying late but I wanted to attend the Town Board Meeting tonight which began at 7 p.m. I walked into the Town Hall at 7:50 - meeting was over but the board and clerk were still there and they were the ones I wanted to talk with. Anyway, the first night of summer reading program is over - only 7 more to go.
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