The Taylorville Kiwanis Club heard from the new head librarian at the Taylorville Public Library, at the club’s weekly meeting on Tuesday at the Taylorville Moose Lodge.
Ryan Reitmeier told the club about the library’s Summer Reading Program, which the Kiwanis Club supported with one of its non-profit grants last year. Reitmeier said it’s geared for both children and adults, and offers a wide range of activities besides story times for the kids.
Reitmeier added his goal is for the Taylorville Public Library to serve all ages of individuals. Part of that effort is working with schools and local organizations. He said with COVID basically shutting the library down from the public, it’s been hard to build traffic back but the number of books checked out in 2022 surpassed 2021.
Reitmeier said the Taylorville Public Library offers some unique services as well, like allowing residents to check out hot spots to use locally or on trips, checking out video games, and checking out audio books, all free of charge.
The Taylorville Kiwanis Club is part of a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time. Weekly meetings are held Tuesdays at noon at the Taylorville Moose Lodge. For information on the club, go to taylorvillekiwanis.com.
