Wheatland Regional Library Challenged Surpasses 150,000 Minutes

The Wheatland Regional Library challenged communities in the region to read 150,000 minutes over the summer months and wow, did they ever get reading!

The challenge started on June 14th, 2021 and the goal of 150,000 reading minutes was reached just 3 weeks later on July 5th. “We are completely amazed at the response from our region and how quickly they were able to reach the summer reading goal.” comments Kim Hebig, Director, Wheatland Regional Library. “We want to encourage more reading and participation this summer, so we are increasing our summer reading goal for Wheatland to 500,000 reading minutes.”

This summer the Wheatland Regional Library is using Beanstack to offer 2 exciting summer challenges for all ages. The TD Summer Reading Club is for children ages 0-13 and focuses on reading throughout the summer.

The Wheatland Summer Fun Challenge is for all ages, including teens and adults, and focuses on completing activities in many different categories. Both challenges run until September long weekend, so there is still lots of time to join in the fun. People interested in joining these challenges can sign up for Beanstack by downloading the free Beanstack app or by visiting https://wheatland.beanstack.com.  Beanstack allows users to log their reading minutes, track completed activities and enter virtual tickets into the grand prize draws for both of the Summer Reading Challenges. The progress of the Wheatland summer reading goal of 500,000 reading minutes can be tracked through Beanstack or on the Wheatland Regional Library website at www.wheatland.sk.ca.