To the Friends of the Duxbury Free Library: I want to thank you for your wonderful support of this year’s summer reading program, Starship Adventure at the Duxbury Free Library. All summer long we received accolades from the attendees of the events we were able to offer due to your funding. These included: Animal World Experience, Goodnight Moon with astronomer Brain Donohue, Fun with Fossils and Dinosaurs, Introduction to Cake Decorating (three sessions), Magical Moments Magic Show, Mommie Goose, A Constellation of Stories and Songs, Cartooning and Comic Art, Sing It, Sway It with the Allards, Photo Craft Workshop, Pitter Patter Puppets, and Alex the Jester.

Our evening family programs were especially popular and well attended. In all, over 1,600 people came to programs this summer. August 2009 hit an all-time high for library check-outs and since children’s materials usually account for anywhere between 46 to 50 percent of all checkouts, you can see things were really busy!

Without your support this wouldn’t have been possible. On behalf of all the families who were able to enjoy these offerings and also from all of us on the children’s staff, thank you!