'Start Reading Initiative' in Ballybane Library

On Wednesday 1^st February, the Mayor of the city of Galway, Councillor Hildegarde Naughton, visited Ballybane library for the launch of the “Start Reading initiative”

The aims of the initiative are as follows;

   To introduce children to the library service and all it offers

·         To encourage children to become readers

·         To encourage children to join the library

·         To instill a culture of reading at a young age

  

85 Junior Infants,  their parents and teachers from Holy Trinity National School, Mervue attended the event. The pupils were presented with library membership cards and a library bag with two books.

The event was a great success and is the first in a series of visits to Ballybane library by local Junior Infants and their parents.

 The Start Reading Initiative is a pilot project in Tuam and Ballybane Libraries by Galway County Libraries.