Submitted by Amanda Bennett
They say that it takes a village...and it does. Without the generous support of so many Ada businesses, and so many families willing to participate in Summer Reading 2013, we wouldn’t have had the successful year that we did.
Thank you to all of the businesses and individuals who made donations to be used toward our program, and for those individuals who were always willing to stop and offer assistance; because of the support of the community we were able to offer over 50 free programs in the six weeks of Summer Reading and had 1,277 people show up for our programs!
Many thanks to:
• Ada Police Department
• Ada-Liberty Ambulance
• Ada-Liberty Fire Department
• Ada Pool Staff
• COSI (Center of Science and Industry), Columbus
• Cole Motors
• Columbus Museum of Art
• Community Health Professionals
• Community Market
• Fine Touch Furniture
• FRIENDS of the Ada Public Library
• Karen & Dan Garver
• Hancock-Wood Electric Cooperative
• Hanson-Neely Funeral Homes
• Hardin County Community Foundation
• Chad & Jamie Hazelton & Family
• Jalapeños Mexican Grill
• Junior Civic League, Ada Chapter
• Kiwanis, Ada Chapter
• Rachel Klear
• Janet & Kenneth Klingler
• Liberty National Bank
• McDonalds, Ada (Jerry Lewis)
• Meijer of Lima
• Mid-Ohio Energy Comm. Fund, Inc.
• Mustard Seed Cafe, Bluffton
• New Leaf Garden Center
• Ohio Northern University
• Ohio State Fair
• Ohio State Parks
• Padrones, Ada
• Panera Bread, Lima
• Jason Pinkney, ONU Observatory
• Quest Credit Union
• Red Lobster, Lima
• Reicherts Clothing
• Erin & Brett Scott & Family
• Shannon Theater, Bluffton
• Subway (Asher Agency)
• Taco Bell
• 3 Brothers Pizza
• VFW, Post 9381
• Village of Ada
• Walmart, Kenton
• Wilson Football Factor
We also wanted to offer a very special thank you to the 419 eager readers of all ages, who turned out in droves and made this a great year for us at the Library. The winners of our Summer Reading prizes were as follows:
K-6th Grades:
$25 iTunes Gift cards: Deavan Scott
Cake Pop Set: Elsie Allen
Electronic Piranha: Grant Hunnaman
Lego sets and book: Nick Hartman
Nerf Arctic Shocker: Wyatt Rettig
Nerf Big Bad Bow: Caden Mosher
Perplexus Maze: Lily Peterman
Pinkalicious doll and books: Kaylie Klear
Razor Scooters: Kaleb Couch; Jillian Hazelton
Wilson Footballs: Noah Huff; Mattie Huber; Ethan Lawrence; Brady Shea; Zeb Decker; Luke Limer
7th-12th Grades:
$25 Walmart Giftcard: Drew Hadley
$50 iTunes Giftcard: Dianna Olsen
$50 Visa Giftcard: Abigail Osborne
Jalapenos Giftcard: Jon Allen
John Allen Book Set: Katie Inskeep
Kindle Fire: Lydia Sorensen
Olive Garden Giftcard: Lucas Hughart
Wilson Football: Nathaniel Nira
Adults:
$50 Walmart Gift Card: Rachel Klear
Ada Movie Theater passes and Three Brothers Restaurant giftcard: Eric Hardesty
Columbus Museum of Art Family passes: Jessi Mosher; Debbie Engelhardt; Katie Gossman; Angie Center
COSI pass: Ashely Fassinger
Mustard Seed: Linda Ferguson; Susan Rorabaugh
Panera Bread: Gwen Jochims
Red Lobster Giftcard: Angela Polachek
Shannon Theater movie passes and Shirley’s Gourmet Popcorn giftcard: Barbara Cline Shoppers Bonanza: Margaret Ward
Tupperware: Ashley Lehman
