Summer Learning at ACPL!
Earn prizes by reading this Summer!
June 1st - July 31st, 2025
Summer Learning at the library celebrates science, play, arts, reading and knowledge–all the wonderful ways that we learn and discover together!
Summer SPARK will be here soon!
Earn prizes by reading this Summer!
June 1st - July 31st
Summer SPARK at the library celebrates science, play, arts, reading and knowledge–all the wonderful ways that we learn and discover together!
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Summer Learning for Adults
FitzGerald, Holly Conklin
Ruthless river : love and survival by raft on the Amazon's relentless Madre de Dios
Grann, David
The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder
Bryson, Bill
A walk in the woods : rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
Lawrence, Mark, 1966-
The book that wouldn't burn
Blessings in a Backpack
at the Library
May 30 - July 25
Available on Fridays at these locations:
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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
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. Blessings in a Backpack provides services for over 130,000 children in Allen County on an annual basis.
Free Lunch
& Snack at the Library
May 27 - July 25
Available Monday - Friday at these locations:
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Main Library
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Lunch: 11:30 am
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Snack: 2:15 pm
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Georgetown
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Lunch: 11:45 am
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Snack: 2:15 pm
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Hessen Cassel
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Lunch: 11:45 am
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Snack: 2:45 pm
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Little Turtle
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Lunch: Noon
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Snack: 2:15 pm
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Pontiac
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Lunch: Noon
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Snack: 2:30 pm
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Shawnee
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Lunch: 11:45 am
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Snack: 2:45 pm
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Tecumseh
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Lunch: Noon
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Snack: 3 pm
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Waynedale
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Lunch: 11:45 am
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Snack: 3 pm
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No meals served June 19 or July 4. Groups, please call the library at (260) 421-1200 so additional food may be ordered. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. Free lunch is provided by FWCS through partnership with the USDA.
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