Summer Reading 2018 has officially come to a close! We had a grand total of 28,012 readers who signed up for our program this year. Amazing job to everyone for helping Metro surpass our Summer Reading participation goal of 25,850 readers! 

While Summer Reading has officially ended, participants still have time to log their June and July minutes until end of day on August 15. Stay tuned for a final rundown of Summer Reading program stats in mid-August! 

In the meantime, make sure to visit our Statistics [1] page on the Intranet to see stats for the following:

• Total SR signups for 2018
• Total minutes read for 2017 and 2018
• Signups by library location, to date, for 2017 and 2018
• Readers meeting their 10, 20, and 30 hour goals
• System-wide SR signups by week
• System-wide program participation 

Also, make sure to check out our 2018 Summer Reading Outcomes [2] page to see how we are making progress on the following system-wide goals:

• 35% of participants read on average 20 minutes a day in June and July
• 40% of teen and adult participants receive 8 badges
• 18% of participants complete Read It Forward

Thank you everyone for all of your hard work! You are each the reason why Summer Reading was such a great success this year!