Our voices have power. We use our voices to share stories, express ourselves, and spark change. Our voices include not only the sounds we make, but the words we write, the art we create, the movements we perform, and the actions we take each day to impact our world. The 2023 Summer Reading Program theme is “Find Your Voice.” Library patrons young and old are encouraged to find your voice within and share it with others!

Get ready, get set, and sign up for this year’s summer reading program! Participants can win prizes for reaching their reading goals. In addition to reading great books, library patrons can participate in exciting programs. During June and July, we will host a range of free in person and virtual activities for children, teens, and adults to encourage and support a love of reading.

This summer communication is the name of the game! Join us at the Garmisch Library for the DoD Summer Reading Program "Find Your Voice!" We will explore our voices by discovering different forms of expression through sound and the written word. Our Summer Reading Program will start June 1 and runs through July 31. To join in the fun, log your minutes on www.garmischlibrary.beanstack.org or come into the library to grab your paper minute log. We will meet each Wednesday from 10:30-11:30 a.m. for Storytime and 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. for Summer Reading programming. You may pick-up your Summer Reading Program prizes starting June 14.

Garmisch Library DoD Summer Reading Program "Find Your Voice"

• June 1-July 31: Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • June 14: Explore how to express our voice using musical instruments and voice.
  • June 21: Want to make your Voice HEARD! Tell us about your ideas for a new law and learn how to write to the President and First Lady of the United States.
  • June 28: How to communicate without using your voice! Learn how to express yourself using Morse code, sign language, Braille, flag signals and so much more! (This could be your new secret code!)
  • July 12: Can you speak under water? We know many who can! Learn about all our underwater friends during SHARK week at the Garmisch library.
  • July 19: Can you hear sound in space? Only the extraterrestrials know....
  • July 26: It is GAME WEEK! Visit and work with your team to learn how to play all our games.

Featured Events

• June 16: Joins us for the Summer Reading Program Karaoke Kick-Off with ACS and EFMP, 4:30 - 8 p.m.
• July 28: Join us for the finale to our DoD Summer Reading Program “Find Your Voice!” Play a Life-Sized version of Candy Land from 11:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. at the Pete Burke Community Center. Start your journey to King Kandy’s Castle and pick up your prize!

Log your reading time to win prizes!

1. Sign in with your Beanstack account.
2. Click on Log Reading.
3. Select the Readers Name for their virtual reading log.
4. Select the date for which you are logging your reading time.
5. Enter time spent reading in hours (example: 2h) or minutes (example: 33m).
6. Click on Log.

How It Works:

The Summer Reading Program encourages children, teens, and adults to read for pleasure and learning throughout the summer. Participants log their minutes online at garmischlibrary.beanstack.org and receive virtual badges for achieving reading milestones. Some badges also have a prize attached to them.

When prizes are awarded, the participant will receive a message on the webpage as well as an email. Prizes can be picked up at the library when the prize is earned and while supplies last. The library reserves the right to substitute prizes if the original prize is no longer available.

To start logging your reading minutes, create a summer reading account at garmischlibrary.beanstack.org or the Beanstack Tracker app in your App Store. Adults and teens can register and earn prizes too.