Stories of Impact

From Teresa Nobles:
Since the school year has begun and my kids have started Novel Team and Fun with Science, their school score on star reading and math have jumped.  They love coming [to the Northern Wayne Library] on Wednesdays and look forward to [the programs] every other Wednesday.

Antwon Belmer recently received his high school diploma through the Excel High School program sponsored by the State Library of North Carolina.  He plans to start college in the summer to get a degree in education.  He was a recipient of one of the donated laptops from Hubzone Technology Initiative. HTI is a nonprofit that collects gently used laptops, refurbishes them, and donates them to citizens across North Carolina. WCPL received several laptops from HTI because of the library’s involvement with Our State, Our Work through the Wayne County Pathfinders. HTI allowed the library to distribute the laptops to young adults in order to support their reengagement with work and school.

I’m really grateful for this computer because I thought I was going to have to buy one for school. Now I don’t have to. I was lucky enough to be selected for one. Thank y’all so much.

Amina graduated from one of the NC Pre-K classes at Bright Beginnings II.  Her grandmother states that she saw how Raising A Reader sparked a love for reading in her grandchild.  Her grandmother further reported…

She loved visiting the library and using her own card!

Victoria Woodard has been a patron of WCPL’s northern branches for many years.  She started using the library’s resources to help her work toward an Associate of Early Childhood Education.  We then helped her with her application when she applied for a job at WAGES Head Start – where she subsequently worked for approximately 10 years.  When she recently decided to apply for the WCPS system, she came to us for assistance in the application process.  She received an offer of employment and is currently waiting for the formalities of the paperwork to be completed.

I feel as I am at home when I’m there and always confident that whatever concern I have they will always do their best in using whatever resources and media to assist me in completing the task.

“I recently attended a tea program at the Southerland-Burnette House in Mt. Olive sponsored by the Wayne County Public Library. During the event I made new friends while learning about the history of the home, tea, and Mt. Olive.  As a history buff, I thoroughly enjoyed the event and for a moment felt like I was part of a Jane Austen novel. I will definitely stay tuned to see what other fun and informative events are upcoming at the library—I’m so glad I attended this one!”   —Donna Archer

From Penny Williford:

“Thank you all for your support in helping me reach my Continuing Education goals to renew my nursing license. Also, for helping me update my resume.  I got the job!  You guys rock!”

From Ashley Aviles:
I visited the library this week on short notice to find books for a USO story time. I specifically chose your location because I knew the staff would help me and as expected they were fantastic! I needed help finding beach themed books for our story time and not only did they help me, they introduced me to the themed story time bags. The bag I checked out was amazing based on the books alone but we loved the added puppets and felt story pieces. The books in the bag were great and made it easy for us to quickly adjust based on the ages of the kids that showed up.

You guys were a life saver and we appreciate your team so much! Being a military family means we move often and part of what helps us settle into a community is finding gems like your library. Your facility, staff, programming, and selection of books means a lot to us and we appreciate everything you all do for our community!

From Grandpa, to Dad, to little ones, this family tree is rooted in the love of reading and attending storytime at the Wayne County Public Library. Three generations, one timeless tradition: a shared love of the library!