WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY

WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY THE WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION, INC., ALONG WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF LIBRARY DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LED THREE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. THREE YEARS AGO, EFFORTS WERE BEGUN TO PURCHASE A MOBILE LIBRARY FOR WAYNE COUNTY. THE MOBILE LIBRARY WAS FUNDED BY THE FOUNDATION AS THE LEAD FUNDER ALONG WITH FUNDING FROM AN LSTA FEDERAL GRANT AND SOME FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY OF WAYNE. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF DELAYS FROM THE MANUFACTURE OF THE MOBILE LIBRARY THE DELIVERY TO THE LIBRARY WAS IN THE SPRING OF 2024. THE MOBILE LIBRARY IS A STATE-OF-THE-ART MERCEDES SPRINTER VAN WHICH INCLUDES A CANOPY FOR PROGRAMMING OUTSIDE. SINCE THE ARRIVAL OF THE VAN, THERE HAVE BEEN CHILDRENS PROGRAMMING IN THE SUMMER AT REGULARLY SCHEDULED STOPS ALONG WITH STOPS FOR ADULTS. THE MOBILE LIBRARY SERVES TO REACH POPULATIONS WHO CANNOT ORDINARILY VISIT THE THREE COUNTY LIBRARIES WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON AGING POPULATIONS AND CHILDREN. THE FOUNDATION ALSO SUPPORTED THE NEW PROGRAM, THE LEA