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Summer Reading 2010
Make Waves @ Your Library!
Summer Reading has ended for this year
but it will be back again next summer!
2010 Program Guide
Here's what to do:
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Sign up online & create a username and password.
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Read, volunteer or attend a library program for at least 30 minutes.
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Go online and log your activities - each 30 minutes counts as one activity.
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Once you log 20 activities, print out your log and bring it to your local library to claim your prize.
Group Volunteer Activities:
Join one of the groups below to volunteer with others!
Make a Difference: The World of Volunteering
From the State Library Resource Center, includes local, national, international and virtual volunteering opportunities.
VolunteerMatch
VolunteerMatch allows you to narrow your search for volunteer opportunities by age, interest, and zipcode.
Habitat for Humanity Chesapeake – youth programs
Habitat for Humanity has special ways that youth can help those who need homes.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Volunteer and help Save the Bay!
Volunteer opportunities from Baltimore County Agencies
Find ways to help people in your own community.
Volunteer at a Baltimore County Public Library
Think you want to help us here at the library? Check out what you can do!
Volunteer with Baltimore County Public Schools
Can't get enough of school? Find out what you can do to give back.
Baltimore County Water Protection
Protect Baltimore County waters by volunteering with one of these organizations.
Independent Volunteer Activities:
Volunteer activities for you to do on your own or with a friend!
Homeless Helpers
Make goodie bags of non-perishable food/clearance aisle tolietries and donate to your local food bank or Salvation Army.
Neighborhood Clean-Up
Even if you don't have transportation, you can still help in your community.
Magazine Match-Up
Collect old magazines from your house, your family's, and your friend's and take them to the local senior center or local hospital.
Charity Collection Box
Create a collaged collection box for a local charity and have your family donate their spare change.
Kitty Care at Petco
Love animals? See how you can help them!
Recycling Internship in Baltimore County
This isn't volunteer, but it is a way to help promote recycling right here in Baltimore County!
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The Summer Reading Program is a nationwide cooperative library project.
Local participants include the Maryland State Department of Education
and Public Libraries in Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Other Maryland libraries
(Click on the county to find the web site of the Maryland library you're looking for)
