Was ist Los - July 2023

Readers of all ages can earn tickets, choose prizes, and enter special raffles by reading or listening to books all summer!

To read or listen for a total of 1,500 minutes between 9 June and 3 August. Readers will earn 1 prize store ticket for every 60 minutes logged in Beanstack.

Readers will collect and use tickets to choose from a variety of prizes at the Summer Reading Prize Store!

All readers who complete the challenge are automatically entered into the raffle prize drawings. Readers will earn additional raffle prize entries for every 60 minutes logged over the 1500-minute challenge; prize store tickets are earned up to the 3,000 minute mark.

Registered readers will receive a free “Find Your Voice” Summer Reading T-shirt (while supplies last)!

New prizes will be added to the prize store each week. Readers may want to collect and save their tickets for bigger prizes later in the summer! The prize store closes 18 August!

Reading books? It counts! Reading a book to someone else? It counts for both of you! Listening to an audiobook? That counts too! Podcasts? Sure, why not! Spend your summer learning!

Tracking your time is easy!

1. Register at ramsteinvogelweh.beanstack.org or download the Beanstack app on your phone. Choose between:

I am registering myself - Use this option if you will login and track independently of anyone else in your family. Select the program for your age group and fill in required fields.

**Smartest Squadron Challenge participants: please select your squadron from the drop down menu during registration.

I am an adult registering a child- - Use this option to register all family members on the same account. This is convenient for parents that wish to log and keep track of the whole family all in one account.

2. Login and log minutes for you/or your family members online or with the Beanstack App.

3. Collect tickets for reaching summer reading goals and then choose your prizes at the library!!

Reading Bingo:

Inspire your reading and challenge yourself with our special bingo cards! Successful "bingo" achievers can enter their cards at the library to win raffle prizes!

Game Nights at The Armstrong Club:

Join us for board games! All ages welcome.

• The Armstrong Club: Thursdays @ 1730-1930

Smartest Squadron:

Who has the smartest squadron on the Base? The squadron with the most logged reading minutes will win a trophy (and bragging rights)! Remember to select your squadron from the drop-down menu when registering.

Kids Crafternoons:

Kid-friendly and family-fun crafting!

• Ramstein: Wednesdays @ 1530-1630 (Registration required for 12 July cooking crafternoons. Please use QR code on back.)

• Vogelweh: Thursdays @ 1400

Summer Reading Closing Party: Celebrate your accomplishments and find out the winners of our Summer Reading Program!

• Ramstein Library 4 August at 1100 (all ages)

Adult Book Club: Vogelweh @ 1730 (ages 18+)

• 26 July - Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

Family Story Times: Stories and activities for the whole family.

Ramstein: Thursdays @ 1030

Vogelweh: Wednesdays @ 1030

Chess Club: Enjoy the ultimate game of strategy with others.

• Ramstein (ages 12+): Mondays @1200

• Ramstein (all ages): Mondays @ 1530

Infant & Lapsit Story Time (ages 0-1):

Registration is required.

• Ramstein: Tuesdays @ 1030

Toddler Story Time (ages 1-3):

Registration is required, please use the QR code on the back of pamphlet.

Lego Club: Test your skills with weekly challenges and make new friends!

• Ramstein: Fridays @ 1000 and 1500

• Vogelweh: Tuesdays @ 1000 and 1500

Drive-in Saturday Movie Showings:

Enjoy family friendly films and decorate your own sweet rides for the showings!

• Ramstein: Saturdays @ 1300

Lunch n' Learns:

Bring your own lunch and listen to presentations on a variety of topics. Grab a copy of the Lunch n' Learn flyer for dates and topics.

• Ramstein (ages 18+): Tuesdays @ 1200

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