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SUMMARY:2026 Summer Reading Challenge Kickoff
LOCATION:Long Branch Library\nLong Branch Library
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DESCRIPTION:Kick off the 2026 Montgomery County Public Library Summer Read
 ing Challenge and MCPL's 75th Anniversary with an event for all ages! .\nh
 ttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/16589183
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Kick off the 2026 Montgomery County Public
  Library Summer Reading Challenge and MCPL's 75th Anniversary at the Long 
 Branch Library (8800 Garland Ave\, Silver Spring\, MD 20901) with an event
  for all ages!&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Activities include:</p>\n<p style="padding-l
 eft: 30px\;"><i>Drop-In Activities:</i></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 60px\
 ;">10:00am-3:00pm - Sign-up for summer reading and get your FREE giveaway!
 </p>\n<p style="padding-left: 60px\;">10:00am-3:00pm - <a href="https://mc
 pl.libnet.info/event/16527621">Drop-in Craft for Kids: DIY Scratch Masks</
 a></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 60px\;">10:00am-3:00pm - <a href="https://
 mcpl.libnet.info/event/16527641">Drop-in Craft for Adults: DIY Watercolor 
 Bookmarks</a></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 60px\;">10:00am-3:00pm - <a hre
 f="https://mcpl.libnet.info/event/16527660">Scavenger Hunt: Can you find T
 ristan the Triceratops</a></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 60px\;">10:00am-3:
 00pm - <a href="https://mcpl.libnet.info/event/16527692">Drop-in Craft for
  Teens: DIY Mini Bookshelves</a></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 60px\;">10:0
 0am-3:00pm - <a href="https://mcpl.libnet.info/event/16511879">Drop-In Act
 ivity for All Ages: Imagine the Library of the Future</a></p>\n<p style="p
 adding-left: 60px\;">11:30am-1:30pm - <a href="https://mcpl.libnet.info/ev
 ent/16512759">Drop-In Lawn Games</a></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 60px\;">
 11:30am-1:30pm - <a href="https://mcpl.libnet.info/event/16513271">Communi
 ty Information Tables</a></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 60px\;">12:00pm-2:0
 0pm -&nbsp\;<a href="https://mcpl.libnet.info/event/16527748">Balloon Twis
 ting with Mike Klee Magic</a>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="padding-left: 30px\;">
 <em>Scheduled Events:</em></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 60px\;">10:30am-11
 :15am -&nbsp\;<a href="https://mcpl.libnet.info/event/15834949">MCPL 75th 
 - Luis Garay: The Passion and Inspiration of the Drum</a></p>\n<p style="p
 adding-left: 60px\;">11:00am-2:00pm -&nbsp\;<span style="color: #0000ff\;"
 ><a href="https://mcpl.libnet.info/event/16527721" style="color: #0000ff\;
 ">Alternative Careers in Sports with a Washington Spirit Soccer Representa
 tive</a></span>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="padding-left: 60px\;">12:00pm-1:00pm
  -&nbsp\;<a href="https://mcpl.libnet.info/event/16527785">Dino-ROAR: a co
 ntest for children 3-12 years old</a></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 60px\;"
 >12:00pm-2:00pm - Sarah's Handmaid Ice Cream&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="padding
 -left: 60px\;">1:30pm-1:50pm - <a href="https://mcpl.libnet.info/event/165
 11532">MCPL 75th - What the Library Means to Me&nbsp\;</a></p>\n<p style="
 padding-left: 60px\;">2:00pm-3:00pm -&nbsp\;<a href="https://mcpl.libnet.i
 nfo/event/15829958">MCPL 75th - Soulful Music by Electric Violinist Bliss 
 Ananda</a></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 60px\;"><em></em></p>\n<p>During t
 he event\, library staff and volunteers will be available to answer questi
 ons about the program\, assist with sign-ups\, and provide materials for t
 hose who register. Can't make the event?&nbsp\;<span style="color: #3366ff
 \;"><strong><a href="https://montgomerycountymd.readsquared.com/" style="c
 olor: #3366ff\;">Sign-up (or log in)</a></strong></span>&nbsp\;online or a
 t your local library starting May 15\, and begin logging and tracking your
  progress\, starting June 13th.</p>\n<p>Register for our Summer Reading Ch
 allenge here:&nbsp\;<strong><span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="mcpl.l
 ink/summer-reading-challenge" style="color: #0000ff\;">mcpl.link/summer-re
 ading-challenge</a></span></strong></p>\n<p>This program is generously spo
 nsored by <span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://folmc.org/" styl
 e="color: #0000ff\;">Friends of the Library\, Montgomery County\, Inc</a><
 /span>.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Attend more <span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href=
 "https://mcpl.libnet.info/events" style="color: #0000ff\;">events</a></spa
 n> at the library or use your library card to access <span style="color: #
 0000ff\;"><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/WebBuilder/ResourcesLis
 t" style="color: #0000ff\;">e-books\, resources and more</a></span>! Don't
  have a card right now? No worries!&nbsp\; Find out how to&nbsp\;<span sty
 le="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/serv
 ices/card.html" style="color: #0000ff\;"><strong>Get a Library Card</stron
 g>.</a></span><span style="color: #0000ff\;"></span></p>\n<p><strong>Quest
 ions about this program?</strong>&nbsp\;Contact the library at: (240) 777-
 0910</p>\n<p>Library Program Attendance (both virtual and in the branch) i
 s limited to participants within the suggested age range of the program. C
 hildren attending an MCPL program under the age of 8 must be accompanied b
 y an adult. Adults attending a program intended for children must have an 
 accompanying child.</p>\n<h3>Accommodation Requests</h3>\n<!-- v2026.4.0 -
 ->\n<p>To request an accommodation\, contact the <a href="https://www.mont
 gomerycountymd.gov/node/17144">library branch</a> where you want the accom
 modation. If they are unable to help\, or if you need an accommodation for
  an online resource or event\, complete our <a href="https://mcgmd.wufoo.c
 om/forms/wypec8q0j2yngy/">Accommodation Request Form</a> online or call Li
 brary Administration at <a href="tel:+12407770002">240-777-0002</a>.</p>\n
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