Senator Fred Akshar joined local librarians at the Fenton Free Library recently to announce over $150,000 in library funds for 24 libraries through the BOOKS Program. These funds will go towards children’s programming and new books for the children and young adults collections at libraries across the 52nd Senate District.
“After being elected in 2015, I was proud to continue the BOOKS Program started by my predecessor, Senator Libous,” said Akshar.
He added, “I’ve always said that the best way for government to be effective is by taking a bottom-up approach. Our new focus for the BOOKS Program is giving more control to local libraries to direct programs and funding as they see fit. Who knows each community’s individual reading and programming needs better than their local librarians?”
The BOOKS Program was created by former Senator Tom Libous in 2000 as a reading program designed to reward elementary through high school students for time spent reading. After 17 years, Senator Akshar aims to refocus the program to give local libraries more resources and flexibility to meet the needs of their individual communities.
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