As 2025 winds down, Perry Memorial Library Youth Services Director Melody Peters reflects on successes throughout the year as patrons, staff and the community celebrated the library’s centennial.
Libraries have transformed over the years to being so much more than just a place to check out books, and Henderson’s library is no exception. Families can come in to watch movies, like the recent showing of The Polar Express in the Farm Bureau room, bring homeschool groups in for special activities and participate in events that reach into the community.
Staff and others from the community will gather at 4:30 p.m. today Wedat the library and then set out for Garnett Street to serenade local downtown businesses with Christmas carols.
“This is a new program and I’m glad the weather’s going to be cooperating, Peters said on Tueday’s segment of The Local Skinny!
“We just want to spread the joy of the season around downtown,” she said, promoting literacy and the downtown district in the process.
It’s not unusual for the library to try new programs and events, all in the name of promoting reading, literacy and community togetherness.
Peters said she was particularly pleased with the summer program. “I was just so thrilled the way the summer reading program reached a new level of continued engagement,” she said. Community read-in events and book bins throughout county businesses filled with books for the taking were just a couple of examples of the library making new connections and reviving old connections with patrons.
“We were really busy, and that’s ok” Peters said, recalling the hustle and bustle of summer activities coming on the heels of a full calendar year filled with special events and regular monthly programming.
More than 7,000 individuals participated in the various programs the library offers, and Peters no doubt is looking for more in 2026.
Community support is critical to make sure individuals and families are aware of the programs and services the library offers.
“It really takes everybody working together promoting literacy,” she said.
we couldn’t’ do it without that comm support.
Visit www.perrylibrary.org to learn more.
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