Summer Break Begins to Wrap Up & How to Claim Prizes

Another summer has flown by. This one has been quite unusual, and the Library appreciates our customers’ understanding in working through two challenges and changes to prize distribution.

The Library's focus throughout the past few months has been primarily on customer and staff safety, first and foremost. Though our original plan was to distribute Summer Break prizes during the Library’s reopening Phase 2, we are excited to announce that beginning on Monday, August 10, participants can begin claiming their Summer Break prizes!

Participants will have from Monday, August 10 until Saturday, September 26 to claim and pick up their prizes – while supplies last. As we are still being mindful of the safety of both customers and staff during Phase 1 (for more information, click here for the Library reopening plan), the process for claiming prizes is modified this year.

Customers may claim their registration prize of a FREE Wendy's Jr. Frosty coupon at any Library location.

For completion prizes, customers must call 704-416-7200 to claim their prize before visiting a library. Staff can assist them with their accounts and any questions as well as give them the next steps to get their prize. Customers who earn a Wendy’s Jr. Frosty coupon do not need to call the line above to claim, just visit any Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.

What are the completion prizes?

Participants in Summer Break: Reading Takes You Everywhere have a chance to earn a completion prize when they achieve 600 points.

Completion prizes are:

• Babies/children: a book
• Teens: choice of a book or doodle notebook
• Adults: a Library totebag

All prizes are first-come, first-serve, while supplies last. Prizes cannot be held.

Last but not least, the final day to enter reading time and activities to count towards Summer Break: Reading Takes You Everywhere is Saturday, August 8! New for this year, you can continue to track your reading through Beanstack at any time. Be sure to check back later to register for more fun Library challenges in Beanstack.

Thank you for participating in the double Summer Break challenge! We hope you’ve had fun reading and learning all summer long. We’ll see you again next summer!!