Clearbrook Library and The Reach Gallery Museum celebrate Family Literacy Day on Saturday, Jan. 25.
Free activities run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the library (32320 George Ferguson Way) and The Reach (32388 Veterans Way).
A free breakfast is held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Firehall 1 (beside the library) and is hosted by Literacy Matters Abbotsford and Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service. Visitors can pick up a Read What You Love reading log to read and win prizes.
The Family Literacy Day event also includes more than 20 community literacy booths. Guests can also make a binary bracelet and decode a secret phrase.
Activities (running for 15 minutes each) taking place at Clearbrook Library are:
• Science World on the Road Workshop – 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m.
• author Perry Smith reading from his book “Powwow With Family” – 11:20 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 1:20 p.m.
• Halq’emeylem Language Games Workshop – 11:40 a.m., 12:40 p.m. and 1:40 p.m.
Activities taking place at The Reach are:
• Boris Sichon Drumming Workshop – 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m
• Abbotsford Children’s Theatre “Body Language” Workshop – 11:20 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 1:20 p.m.
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