{"id":227410,"date":"2026-06-25T01:53:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T01:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/227410\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T01:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T01:53:30","slug":"the-2026-mayors-reading-club-continues-thursday-july-2nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/227410\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2026 Mayor\u2019s Reading Club Continues Thursday,\u00a0 July 2nd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LaGrange, Ga., June 23, 2026 \u2013 The 2026 LaGrange Mayor\u2019s Reading Club will continue on Thursday, July 2nd, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. at the LaGrange Memorial Library.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every child in attendance will receive a free book, and at 5:00 p.m., Mayor Jim Arrington will read the featured book with participants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sons of the American Revolution will also be on site with their interactive Traveling Trunk exhibit, giving children an opportunity to experience what life was like during colonial times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Jungle Bus and Kona Ice will also be part of the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mayor\u2019s Reading Club celebrated its first event of the summer on Thursday, May 21st, during Downtown LaGrange\u2019s End of School Celebration. More than 200 people attended the event at Overlook Plaza, where families enjoyed an evening of entertainment, including face painting, balloon art, music, community resources, and reading activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mayor Jim Arrington read\u00a0Max Had Two Sticks\u00a0by Jerry Pinkney, with Ashley Cousin providing sign language interpretation for attendees. The evening also featured a performance by the Chattahoochee Rhythm Keepers.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image006.png\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Get Troup Reading is leading the initiative in partnership with the City of LaGrange and the Rotary Club of LaGrange. The mission of the LaGrange Mayor\u2019s Reading Club is to provide quality books and family-friendly resources while strengthening literacy skills among children ages 2 to 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mayor\u2019s Reading Club is part of a statewide initiative created by\u00a0GeorgiaForward, a nonprofit organization managed by the\u00a0Georgia Municipal Association. The program empowers mayors to lead literacy efforts in their communities and encourages reading among young children through books, events, and family engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming Events<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, July 2nd<br \/>4:30 p.m. \u2013 6:00 p.m.<br \/>LaGrange Memorial Library<br \/>115 Alford Street, LaGrange, GA<\/p>\n<p>Friday, July 10th<br \/>4:00 p.m. \u2013 6:00 p.m.<br \/>William J. Griggs Recreation Center<br \/>716 Glenn Robertson Drive, LaGrange, GA<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, July 18th<br \/>11:00 a.m. \u2013 1:00 p.m.<br \/>LaGrange Art Museum<br \/>112 Lafayette Parkway, LaGrange, GA<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All events are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To keep up with the latest news involving the City of LaGrange, go to\u00a0 www.lagrangega.gov or follow us on Facebook at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/lagrangegagov\" type=\"link\" id=\"facebook.com\/lagrangegagov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/lagrangegagov<\/a>, Twitter at @lagrangegagov, &amp; Instagram\u00a0 at <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/cityoflagrangega\" type=\"link\" id=\"instagram.com\/cityoflagrangega\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">instagram.com\/cityoflagrangega<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LaGrange, Ga., June 23, 2026 \u2013 The 2026 LaGrange Mayor\u2019s Reading Club will continue on Thursday, July 2nd,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-227410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}