Important Announcements
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
September is Library Card Sign-up Month!
If you do not have a library card please consider signing up for your today! Please share this news with others. You never know who doesn't have a card and would greatly benefit from having one to access the thousands of FREE resources available! Get your card today by visit a branch near you.
Volusia County Public Library and Community Legal Services to host Heirs’ Property Rights workshop in September
This September, Community Legal Services will visit three Volusia County Public Library branches for a free Legal Learning: Heirs’ Property Rights workshop to provide attendees with the legal knowledge and tools need to ensure generational wealth stays in our community.
The workshop will be offered at:
- Deltona Regional Library, 2150 Eustace Avenue: 11 a.m. to noon. Friday, September 19. For more information, call 386-789-7207.
- Port Orange Regional Library, 1005 City Center Circle: 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, September 25. For more information, call 386-322-5152.
- Ormond Beach Regional Library, 30 S. Beach Street: 11 a.m. to noon. Tuesday, September 30. For more information, call 386-676-4191.
The workshop is free and open to the public and registration is not required. For more information about Volusia County Public Library’s events, visit online at www.volusialibrary.org. For more information about Community Legal Services visit online at: www.LegalAccessForAll.org
Growing Readers Reading Challenge
Growing Readers Reading Challenge is a self-paced, learning-to-read program for children in K-Grade 2. This multifaceted reading challenge combines sight word recognition with regular reading practice to encourage new readers to develop and strengthen their literacy skills through playing, talking, singing, and writing. As studies show, practicing reading builds a child’s language skills, promotes brain development, and supports grade-level reading readiness. Further, a child’s ability to recognize common words without sounding them out (i.e. sight words or high frequency words), creates faster readers and enhances their school success. By registering for this program, children can log and track their reading, follow along with the library’s Growing Readers YouTube videos, and immerse themselves in supplemental reading activities - all while reaching fun milestones along the way.
Register online, at https://volusialibrary.beanstack.org/reader365. After registering, starter kits can be picked up at any branch.
My First Library Card
is now available to all children who do not already have a library card. Requirements are the child needs to be born and 17 years old or younger. Visit a branch near you for your child's first library card! Branch locations
THE PEDAL FORWARD PROJECT (for information about getting a bicycle, visit Social Worker in the Library)
Recovering from a procedure, Mr. Perez found himself out of work and struggling to make ends meet. Now ready and determined to get back to work, a means of transportation was still holding him back from finding reliable work in DeLand. Mr. Perez is thrilled with his refurbished bicycle from the Pedal Forward Project and appreciates the opportunity to return to the workforce.
J. Rivera recently graduated from NYC, moved to Florida, and is currently enrolled online in law school. Now, living with his grandparents, he is currently looking for work in the surrounding Deltona area. After hearing about the library’s Pedal Forward Project, Mr. Rivera met with one of the library’s social workers to hear more about the refurbished bicycle project and to hear about other resources in the area. He will be using the bicycle as he looks for work and finishes up his schooling.
The Pedal Forward Project is an award-winning part of Volusia County’s Social Worker in the Libraries program. This project increases the self-reliance and independence of participants by decreasing travel time to interviews, work, or appointments and by improving their attendance, reliability, and punctuality. This project further reduces waste by keeping used bicycles out of local landfills. The refurbished bicycles, used for this project, are made possible by First Presbyterian Church of New Smyrna.
Which holidays are the libraries closed?
2025-2026 System-wide observed holidays (county offices closed) The day before a holiday, branch locations may close at 5:00 pm.
· January 1, 2025 (Wednesday) - New Year’s Day
· January 20, 2025 (Monday) - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
· April 18, 2025 (Friday) - Good Friday
. April 20, 2025 (Easter Sunday)
· May 26, 2025 (Monday) - Memorial Day
· July 4, 2025 (Friday) - Independence Day
· September 1, 2025 (Monday) - Labor Day
· November 11, 2025 (Tuesday) - Veterans Day (Library branches close at 5:00 pm on November 10)
· November 27-28, 2025 (Thursday & Friday) - Thanksgiving (Library branches close at 5:00 pm on November 26)
· December 25, 2025 (Thursday) - Christmas (Library branches close at 5:00 pm on December 24)
· January 1, 2026 (Thursday) - New Year’s Day (Library branches close at 5:00 pm on December 31)
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VCPL DIGITAL MAGAZINE/NEWSLETTER
Volusia County Public Library introduced a quarterly digital magazine/newsletter on January 6, 2025, called VCPL.
The newsletter focuses on available library programs, success stories, a spotlight interview with one of the library staff members, a calendar of upcoming special events, branch news, and more.
The newsletter is digital only.
Here is the link to the January 2025 flip-page version. Here is the link to the April 2025 flip-page version.