Can you believe it’s almost the end of 2021? This year has been very busy for everyone and the same can be said for the Teen Room. Here’s a recap of what we’ve been doing!
Teen Room staff hosted four escape rooms, a 3D printer workshop, and two Dungeons and Dragons workshops. We also partnered to do two Writer’s workshops with author A. P. Mobley, and two art workshops with Ava Art Center.
Teen Summer Reading was a huge success. We had over 180 teens enrolled in the summer reading challenge, and we gave out almost 3000 grand prize tickets.
This fall, author Nathan Hale presented a cartooning workshop, and author Steve Sheinkin visited the junior high schools. The Teen Volunteers ran the Scholastic Book fair in early December and raised over $1400 in funds. As a result, the volunteers donated over $700 in books to local youth service agencies.
In total, we had over 11,000 patron visits to the Teen Room this year! We can’t wait to see what 2022 brings us.
Happy New Year from the Teen Room!
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