Pine River Library Youth Services is dedicated to supporting lifelong learning for children from birth through young adulthood. We believe in empowering Bayfield’s children, families, and caregivers with the resources, materials, and programs they need to achieve full-spectrum literacy.
Our Staff
Summer Sanford
Children’s Enrichment Coordinator
ext. 512
summer@prlibrary.org
Becky Van Den Berg
Young Adult Services Coordinator
ext. 516
becky@prlibrary.org
Fast Facts About PRL Youth Services
- In 2020, PRL Youth Services created 1,368 Grab-N-Go activity bags to take home and create learning experiences.
- The Children’s and Teens sections of the library contain almost 9,000 books, audiobooks, CDs and DVDs for children and young adults.
- Early learning activities and resources for children 0 to 8 are designed to foster full-spectrum literacy development in young children, providing them with print literacy skills, along with digital, civic, cultural, health, and social-emotional literacy skills, as well.
- We gear our programming towards inspiring youth to engage in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) learning in dynamic, hands-on ways, encouraging them to explore career & college readiness skills in an applied manner.
- PRL Youth Services cultivates active community partnerships with the Bayfield School District, the Early Childhood Council of La Plata County, and many more child/family-focused organizations in our area.