🌱🍎 FREE Summer Meals + Summer Fun at Rapides Parish Library! 🍎🌱
This summer, grow your mind AND your appetite with Rapides Parish Library’s “Plant a Seed, Read” Summer Reading Program! ☀️📚✨
School-age kids and teens can enjoy FREE meals all summer long ...through the Summer Food Service Program while also exploring fun activities at the library! 🌻
📖 Summer Reading
🎨 Arts & Crafts
🖍️ Coloring & Activity Books
🌱 Fun activities all summer long
📅 June 1 – July 31
🌼 JOHNSON BRANCH
🕑 Monday–Friday • 2PM–4PM
🌼 MCDONALD BRANCH
🍳 Breakfast • 9AM–10AM
🥪 Lunch • 12PM–2PM
🌼 ROBERTSON BRANCH
🥪 Lunch • 10AM–12PM
🌼 MARTIN BRANCH
🍳 Breakfast • 10AM–12PM
🥪 Lunch • 1PM–3PM
Meals must be eaten at the library during serving times.
🌱 Come plant the seeds for a summer full of reading, creativity, meals, and fun! 💚✨
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
#PlantASeedRead #SummerReading #RapidesParishLibrary #SummerMeals #LibraryFun #FamilyFun #KidsActivities #CommunitySupport #SummerFun #LibraryLife 🌱🍎
👔💙 Happy Father's Day! 💙👔
Today we're celebrating the dads, grandfathers, and father figures who help us grow, learn, and explore the world around us. 🌱📚
📖 Storytime experts
🔨 Problem solvers
🎣 Adventure buddies
💙 Everyday ...heroes
What's your favorite memory with your dad or father figure? Tell us below! 👇✨
Happy Father's Day from Rapides Parish Library! 💙📚
#FathersDay #PlantASeedRead #RapidesParishLibrary #FamilyStories #LibraryLove #HappyFathersDay 👔🌱📚
🇺🇸❤️🤍💙 A Flag That Tells a Story ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸
What does freedom feel like?
This July, community members are invited to experience a powerful new monument: the Bronze Braille American Flag.
Created to honor the World War II veterans who founded ...the Blinded Veterans Association and all veterans who lost their sight during or after military service, this unique flag features raised stars and stripes and the Pledge of Allegiance in Braille—making one of America's most recognizable symbols accessible in a whole new way.
As we celebrate America's 250th Anniversary, join us in recognizing the service, sacrifice, and determination of veterans whose advocacy helped create greater opportunities for blind and visually impaired Americans.
📍 Dedication Ceremony Schedule
🏛️ Martin Library
📅 July 16
⏰ 10 AM
🏛️ Libuse Branch
📅 July 17
⏰ 2 PM
🏛️ Westside Regional Library
📅 July 20
⏰ 6 PM
🤝 Open to the public
🍪 Refreshments provided
Come be part of this special moment as we honor the past, celebrate accessibility, and recognize the heroes who helped pave the way for future generations. 🇺🇸✨
#RapidesParishLibrary #BronzeBrailleAmericanFlag #America250 #Veterans #BlindedVeteransAssociation #Accessibility #CommunityEvent #HonorAndRemember #LouisianaHumanities #Cenla #LouisianaLibraries 🇺🇸❤️🤍💙
🇺🇸✨ Honoring Service. Celebrating Accessibility. Preserving History. ✨🇺🇸
This July, the Rapides Parish Library is proud to host dedication ceremonies for a new Bronze Braille American Flag, a lasting tribute to the blind and visually impaired veterans whose courage, ...resilience, and advocacy helped shape opportunities for generations to come.
Designed with raised stars and stripes and featuring the Pledge of Allegiance in Braille, this remarkable monument offers a unique way to experience one of our nation's most cherished symbols while recognizing the sacrifices of those who served.
As America approaches its 250th Anniversary, this dedication serves as a reminder that freedom is strengthened by the contributions of all who have defended it.
📍 Dedication Ceremony Schedule
🏛️ Martin Library
📅 July 16
⏰ 10:00 AM
🏛️ Libuse Branch
📅 July 17
⏰ 2:00 PM
🏛️ Westside Regional Library
📅 July 20
⏰ 6:00 PM
🤝 Open to the public
🍪 Refreshments will be served
This project is funded in part by a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, made possible by the State of Louisiana, in coordination with the Rapides Parish Library and the Louisiana/Mississippi Blinded Veterans Association Regional Group, Inc.
Join us as we reflect on our nation's history, honor those who served, and celebrate a future that is more accessible for all.
#RapidesParishLibrary #BronzeBrailleAmericanFlag #America250 #Veterans #AccessibilityMatters #BlindedVeteransAssociation #HonorService #CommunityEvent 🇺🇸✨
❤️💛💚 Happy Juneteenth! 💚💛❤️
Today we honor freedom, celebrate culture, and reflect on the significance of Juneteenth. ✨
📚 As a reminder, all Rapides Parish Library locations are closed today in observance of the holiday.
🌱 Keep your Summer ...Reading growing!
📖 Log minutes in Beanstack
📱 Use the RPL App
🎧 Borrow eBooks & audiobooks
💻 Visit www.rpl.org
Beanstack:
https://rpl.beanstack.com/reader365
#Juneteenth #PlantASeedRead #SummerReading #RapidesParishLibrary #Beanstack #RPLApp ❤️💛💚
❤️💛💚 Happy Juneteenth from Rapides Parish Library! 💚💛❤️
Today we celebrate Juneteenth—a day of freedom, reflection, resilience, and hope. ❤️🖤💚
Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and honors the strength, achievements, ...culture, and contributions of African Americans throughout our nation's history.
At Rapides Parish Library, we encourage everyone to take time today to learn, reflect, celebrate, and explore the stories that help us better understand our shared history. 📚✨
🌱 As a reminder, all Rapides Parish Library locations are closed today in observance of Juneteenth.
Even though our branches are closed, you can still:
📖 Log your "Plant a Seed, Read" Summer Reading minutes in Beanstack
📱 Browse the RPL App
🎧 Enjoy eBooks and audiobooks
💻 Access online resources at www.rpl.org
📚 Beanstack:
https://rpl.beanstack.com/reader365
#Juneteenth #RapidesParishLibrary #PlantASeedRead #SummerReading #Beanstack #RPLApp ❤️💛💚
🌱🏆 500 Minutes and Growing! 🏆🌱
Way to go, Ally! 🎉📚✨
Ally recently reached an amazing 500 minutes of reading in our Plant a Seed, Read Summer Reading Program and stopped by Westside Regional Library to pick up her prize! 💚📖
⭐ 500 minutes ...read
📚 Lots of books explored
🌱 Growing one page at a time
🎉 A reading goal crushed!
We're so proud of Ally and all of our Summer Reading participants who are making this summer full of learning, adventure, and fun.
Haven't joined Summer Reading yet?
📱 Sign up today:
https://rpl.beanstack.com/reader365
Keep reading and keep growing! 🌻✨📚
#PlantASeedRead #SummerReading2026 #ReaderSpotlight #WestsideRegionalLibrary #ReadingGoals #ReadersGrowHere #GrowWithRPL #RapidesParishLibrary #BookLover #SummerReading 🌱📚🏆✨
🌱✨ Another Summer Reading Milestone Reached! ✨🌱
A big congratulations to Ally from Westside Regional Library for reaching 500 minutes of reading in our Plant a Seed, Read Summer Reading Program! 🎉📚🏆
Every minute spent reading helps grow imagination, build ...confidence, and create lifelong learners—and Ally is doing an amazing job! 🌱💚
📖 500 minutes read
⭐ A major reading milestone
🎉 Prize earned
📚 Summer Reading success
We're so proud of Ally and all of the readers across Rapides Parish who are spending their summer exploring new stories and reaching their reading goals.
Want to join the fun?
📱 Sign up today:
https://rpl.beanstack.com/reader365
Keep reading, keep growing, and keep reaching for those goals! 🌻📚✨
#PlantASeedRead #SummerReading2026 #ReaderSpotlight #WestsideRegionalLibrary #RapidesParishLibrary #ReadersGrowHere #GrowWithRPL #ReadingGoals 🌱📚🏆✨
🌱✨ Reader Spotlight! ✨🌱
Let's hear it for these amazing Summer Reading participants from Main Library! 🎉📚
🏆 John Robert Tumminello has reached 150 minutes of reading!
🏆 Teigen Sarpy has already logged over 1,000 minutes this summer! ...🤯👏📖
These readers are proving that a little time spent with a good book can grow into something amazing! 🌱💚
📚 Reading goals
⭐ Big accomplishments
🎉 Summer fun
🌱 Growing one page at a time
We're so proud of John Robert, Teigen, and all of our Summer Reading participants across Rapides Parish!
Haven't signed up yet?
📱 Join our Plant a Seed, Read Summer Reading Program:
https://rpl.beanstack.com/reader365
Keep reading and keep growing! 🌻📚✨
#PlantASeedRead #SummerReading2026 #ReaderSpotlight #ReadingGoals #ReadersGrowHere #RapidesParishLibrary #SummerReading #BookLovers #GrowWithRPL 🌱📚🏆✨
