The stories measuring the success of service to the communities.

Benson

It started with a teacher in the elementary school, who built a small library in her classroom. A student got excited, while reading part of a series and tried to find more of the series in the school and community library. No local libraries had the entire series, until Cleveland commited to make the purchase. Since then, other students from other schools have been requesting the series.

Dr. Seuss books were on display until the teacher from Buies Creek arrived and checked out 35 of them. We had the display to promot the annual Dr. Seuss reading event at our local Target stores.

Clayton

AmeriCorps volunteers approached the library to offer their time to teach a six-week series of job hunting skills classes.

Cleveland

When the word came that West View Elementary would stop an after school tutoring program, Cleveland offered one room to continue the tutoring program. Four computer stations would be set up for West View use after school and it would be available for job searches and other educational programs at other hours.

A hospital professional mother was volunteering and finally remembered that her daughter loved books and didn't have a Cleveland library card. She invited the young lady in, who was very surprised to find all our books. After the two went home with books, brother found out what happened, he demanded his own library card and a trip to get books. Then he sat down and read his sister's book.

Once or twice a week mom or dad brings the elementary age girl in for her 20 books. Before she leaves, she is deep in a book. She is one of our best readers.

Unemployed Cleveland and Raleigh families stop in for their 20 weekly VHS or DVD movies.

The lady came in, looked around, and was ready to walk out, when she realized copies of the book she wanted to borrow were sitting on the bookcase by the service desk.

Cleveland brings books in from other libraries for local readers, saving readers the cost of buying the books and driving to get them. Two books of poetry for a high school girl, cat books for a local advertising lady and humor books for her mother, James Patterson's latest releases for a lady, civil war books for a young boy, romance novels for a businesswoman, conservative books about the supreme court and economics for a local farmer, and books about Obama for a lady working for the state.