
SPARK Summer Learning
Earn Prizes by Reading this Summer!
June 1st - July 31st, 2024
Summer SPARK at the library celebrates science, play, arts, reading and knowledge–all the wonderful ways that we learn and discover together!
Visit Any Branch or Sign Up Online
Visit any library branch in person or sign up online. Summer Reading is for all ages!
Win Prizes!
Read and complete activities to win prizes. Track your progress in the Beanstack app or visit any ACPL branch to grab an activity sheet.
Get the App

Get the Paper Reading Tracker
SPARK Adventure for Adults
Free Lunch
& Snack at the Library

June 3 to July 26
Available Monday – Friday at these locations:
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Main Library
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Lunch: 11:45 am - 12:45 pm​
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Snack: 2:15 - 2:30 pm
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Georgetown
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Lunch: 11:45 am - 12:45 pm​
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Snack: 2:15 - 2:30 pm
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Hessen Cassel
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Lunch: 11:45 am - 12:45 pm​
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Snack: 2:15 - 2:30 pm
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Little Turtle
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Lunch: 12 pm - 1 pm​
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Snack: 2:15 - 2:30 pm
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Pontiac
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Lunch: 12 pm - 1 pm​
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Snack: 2:30 - 2:45 pm
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Shawnee
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Lunch: 11:45 am - 12:45 pm​
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Snack: 2:45 - 3 pm
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Tecumseh
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Lunch: 12 pm - 1 pm​
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Snack: 3 - 3:15 pm
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Waynedale
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Lunch: 11:45 am - 12:45 pm​
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Snack: 3 - 3:15 pm
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No meals served June 19 or July 4. Groups, please call the library so additional food may be ordered. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. Free lunch is provided by FWCS through partnership with the USDA.
Blessings in a Backpack
at the Library
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Main Library
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Georgetown
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Hessen Cassel
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Little Turtle
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Pontiac
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Shawnee
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Tecumseh
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Waynedale

Available on Fridays
at these locations:
June 7 to July 26
All food is non-perishable and ready to eat. Food provided by Blessings in a Backpack is free for youth ages 18 and under.
Blessings in a Backpack is a non-profit organization that provides bags of ready-to-eat food on the weekends for school-aged children across America who might otherwise go hungry. Since 2009, Blessings in a Backpack has provided 30 million hunger-free weekends for more than 1 million children nationwide.
SPARK Summer Learning Funding

Funded by the Foellinger Foundation, the Friends of the Allen County Public Library, and the Allen County Public Library Foundation. © CSLP 2024. Artwork by Rob Donnelly & Juana Martinez-Neal