These longer, warmer days are a springboard into all the delights we look forward to in 2024; the May 5 Literacy Luncheon with Adam Rubin, new school visits with the Literacy Caravan, and the continuation of our Born to Read program. Increased literacy is critical to the success of San Antonians, and SAPLF continues to celebrate and promote our Bookmark the Town initiative throughout this year to help further that goal.

Our Bookmark the Town initiative launched last fall and has been so popular we have continued it into this new year. It is a program that simply shares what you are reading or books you recommend through a yard sign. Bookmark the Town helps build connections, start conversations, and can strengthen your community!

The idea of a bookmark is simple; we bookmark a page; a place where we stopped. But what a powerful thing a bookmark really is. What we are really doing is not only marking a stopping point but marking a new beginning.

Throughout our lives we bookmark so many things; we bookmark the part of the story that is poignant and rich, that which is important we wish to savor and always remember. We make note of that which moves and motivates us.

We want to partner with you to experience the shared joy of reading and the connection of shared knowledge. With your help we can bookmark more of those moments when the marks on a sheet of paper suddenly become writing and whole new worlds open to a new reader.

Our Literacy Luncheon with beloved children’s book author Adam Rubin encompasses that experience, bringing joy to new readers and their families. The New York Times’ bestselling author of Dragons Love Tacos and 12 other books will surely provide a bookmark-worthy experience at our May 5 event.

The Library Foundation wants to be a bookmark in your story; to continue to be part of San Antonio’s important moments. Through our Literacy Programs and our Bookmark the Town initiative, we wish you to experience the moment when we created a connection, a conversation, a shared book, or even a shared desire to reach others through our love of books, knowledge and the support of the Library.

Together let’s make and bookmark more important moments in our lives this year, and let’s Bookmark the Town!

– Liecie Hollis, SAPLF Board Chair