Children – Livingston County Library

Feed the Funnel

05/30/2025 Adults, Children

Feed the Funnel – Thursday, June 19, 1-3 pm

Let me begin with a simple, painful truth: hungry kids don’t read. They don’t focus in school. They don’t grow up to reach their full potential. Right now — in and around Chillicothe — that’s the reality for too many children.

We’re bringing Feed the Funnel (thepackshack.org) to Chillicothe– a high-energy, community-powered event where we’ll come together to pack thousands of healthy, shelf-stable meals for local families who desperately need them. Hosted by the Lillian DesMarias Youth Library on June 19th at 1 p.m., this is our chance to fight hunger with our hands and our hearts.

So I ask you: Will you help us feed the funnel? Will you help us feed hope? Let me tell you the best part: every meal costs only 37 cents. That means:

A donation of $37 packs 100 meals.
$185 provides 500 meals.
$370 delivers 1,000 meals to families right here in our community.
Know that 100% of your dollars go straight to making meals that feed Livingston County families.

Additionally, we are asking you to sign up to volunteer as part of our meal-packing team. We invite individuals, community organizations, businesses, and non-profits to help us reach our goal. Those volunteers need to be age 12 and over. Help us make sure that no child in Chillicothe and surrounding communities go to bed hungry.

Feed the Funnel has packed millions of meals across the country. Now, it’s our turn. With your help, we can make Chillicothe and her neighbors the next chapter in that story

To volunteer for a meal-packing team or to donate monetarily please contact Maggie Moore at the Lillian DesMarias Youth Library at 660-646-0563 or maggie@livcolib.org.

Wee Reads

07/25/2022 Children

Join us for Wee Reads Storytime. Tuesdays, 10:00 AM at the Lillian DesMarias Youth Library.

children, storytime

1000 Books before Kindergarten

12/23/2021 Children

The 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program is designed to help parents/caregivers prepare their children for one of life’s big milestones: Kindergarten! A number of research projects have proven over and over again that children get ready to read years before they begin their formal education. The most effective way to get your child ready to learn is to read to them.

How to Get Started:

1. Sign up for the program by visiting the Youth Library.

2. Come back every time you have shared 100 books together to get a small prize and your next log. You can also print the log from the tabs below.

3. When you have finished 1,000 books, your child will be able to select a new picture book to add to the library collection. The book will include a bookplate with your child’s name on it. Your child will be the first one to check out their honor book and will be invited to a 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten graduation party! They will also receive a 1,000 Books shirt.

This program supports pre-reading skills through five early literacy components. The five early literacy skills are Phonological Awareness, Vocabulary, Print Convention, Background Knowledge, and Letter Knowledge. These act as the foundation for reading skills. Each log will share activities you and your child can do together to hone these skills.

The 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program helps promote parent/child reading so that the above skills can be strengthened. One of the best gifts we can give the children in our community is the gift of literacy. One of our roles at the library is to create and host programs that will help and encourage parents/caregivers as they guide their little readers through their journey to becoming a life-long reader.