Teen Volunteer Day
Tuesday, August 3, 12:00p-4:00p
Hughes Main Library, Meeting Room A

Need volunteer hours? Here’s a special opportunity for teens to earn volunteer hours at the library. Earn up to 4 hours in one day. Participants will be working in groups on different projects. Open to all teens. Call 527-9248 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
to register.

Summer Shag Dancing
Thursday, August 5, 6:30p-8:00p
Hughes Main Library, Meeting Room A-C

Join us for a summer reading wrap-up with this classic southern recreation. Lesson and refreshments provided. Open to ages 12 and up. Registration begins July 8. Call 527-9248.

Silly Bands Swap
Friday, August 13, 4:30p-6:00p
Hughes Main Library, Meeting Rooms A-C

Kids are wild about Silly Bands, the funny rubber bands that come in a wide variety of shapes and colors. Children are invited to bring their Bands to swap and/or display. We’ll provide the room and the tables; you bring your Bands and an adult caregiver. All children who attend will be entered into raffles for a single band and a Grand Prize raffle for a pack of 24. Call 527-9248 to register.

The new Greenville County Driving Tour of Historic Sites

With this new edition of the Greenville County Driving Tour of Historic Sites, we highlight some of Greenville’s history as depicted in the stories of the places and individuals of local history. This full colored booklet is divided into a Northern Tour, a Downtown Tour, a Southern Tour plus a behind-the-scenes SC Room Tour of interesting archives. See what people are saying about the guide (article #1, article #2). The Driving Tour can be purchased for $4.00 at any of our eleven library locations, the Friends Shop, SC Room, the Upcountry History Museum and the Greenville County Museum of Art.

Defensive Driving for Teens: Alive at 25
Saturday, August 28, 1:00p-5:30p
Augusta Road (Ramsey Family) Branch

Alive at 25 is a survival course developed by the National Safety Council, taught by off-duty deputy sheriffs and municipal police officers, and is designed to prevent the #1 killer of teens, automobile crashes. Visit www.SCAliveat25.org or call 803-732-6778 to register. The cost of this 4.5 hour interactive class is $35. Scholarships are available (for true financial need, upon request) by calling the above number.

Step Up to the Plate
May 1-September 4

Make baseball part of your library experience this summer! Step Up to the Plate @ your library is a baseball trivia contest for the whole family. Use library resources to track down answers to a whole range of questions about our national pastime. Don’t be shy! Ask a librarian to get started. Step Up to the Plate has four categories of questions for every age: 10 and under, 11-13, 14-17 and adult. Hurry - contest ends September 4.

Children's Summer Reading

Kids ages 0 to 12 are invited to Make a Splash by joining in reading, fun story times, crafts and other special events!

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