StoryWalk
Come Play with Me | June 19 | 11:00 A.M. -1:00 P.M.
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nce upon a time, there was a dream. In the summer of 2020, the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library, The Village Green, The Literacy Council of Cashiers and Vision Cashiers leaders, began a collaboration to install a StoryWalk in The Village Green. A StoryWalk provides outdoor adventure that champions reading along with family connection, health, and wellness. Pages of a story are posted at a series of stations along a trail, allowing families and friends to enjoy a story as they walk the path. This dream came true in April of this year when installation of Cashiers’ StoryWalk was completed. Once upon a time in 2002, children and community leaders in Cashiers had another dream to design and construct an expansive children’s playground in The Village Green. Hundreds of volunteers worked tirelessly, join-
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ing efforts over the course of five short and stormy days to complete the Village Play. For nearly 20 years, children and their families have enjoyed the swings, slides, and climbing structures. On June 19, the community is invited to read this story told in the very first book Cashiers, Come Play With Me featured in Cashiers StoryWalk. A free celebration of the book will be from 11:00 to 1:00 P.M. at the Village Play sponsored by Vision Cashiers with one of the main characters of the book, Chief Randy Dillard and the Cashiers Fire Department, grilling hot dogs. This original book was written by Ann Self, Executive Director of The Village Green, illustrated by local artist Kat Ford, and translated into Spanish by Ana Crespo. The Village Green provides a beautiful, free public space, however it is conserved by a nonprofit organization that depends on con-
