September is Library Card Sign-Up Month, a national campaign designed to highlight the importance of library cards to children’s education and to combat illiteracy. The initiative was started in 1987 after Secretary of Education William Bennett stated, “Every child should obtain a library card and use it.”

In response, the American Library Association (ALA) teamed up with the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) to start the campaign. And over the course of almost four decades, tens of thousands of public libraries and schools have participated in the event each fall, stressing the importance of obtaining a library card as a child’s most useful school supply.

Visit your local library to see what’s new and take part in the Library Card Sign-Up Month celebration. In Delaware, there are truly amazing libraries in every county:

New Castle County:

• Appoquinimink Public Library
• Bear Public Library
• Brandywine Public Library
• Claymont Public Library
• Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library
• Delaware City Public Library
• Elsmere Public Library
• Hockessin Public Library
• Kirkwood Public Library
• New Castle Public Library
• Newark Free Library
• Route 9 Library
• Wilmington Public Library
• Wilmington Public Library-North Branch
• Woodlawn Public Library

Kent County:

• Dover Public Library
• Harrington Public Library
• Kent County Public Library
• Milford Public Library
• Smyrna Public Library

Sussex County:

• Greenwood Public Library
• Bridgeville Public Library
• Delmar Public Library
• Frankford Public Library
• Georgetown Public Library

About Success Won’t Wait

Founded in 2002, Success Won’t Wait is a not-for-profit literacy organization based in Wilmington, Delaware. 

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