By Dan Spalding
News Now Warsaw
WARSAW — Warsaw Community Public Library is preparing to unveil a unique program in collaboration with the Warsaw Parks Department.
It’s called StoryWalk and takes place along part of the Beyer Trail which include 19 stations are used to help tell a story along a segment of the trail stretching from the Fireman’s Building near Pike Lake to the boardwalk.
The StoryWalk concept of combining nature and reading has caught on in many communities, according to a quick search of the internet.
“StoryWalk is this amazing program that started at a Library in Vermont and actually, I think, around the world,” said Library Director Heather Barron.
“The idea is you get people outside and they’re moving, they’re in nature, you’re still focused on early literacy and you have family together,” Barron said.
The project is being funded with support from Friends of the Library, the Warsaw Kiwanis Club and the Noon Optimist Club, she said.
Parks Superintendent Larry Plummer said he saw the use of StoryWalk in Peru and Wabash and welcomes the idea. He said he sees it as a unique collaboration with the library.
“I think it’s just a great thing for the community. It’s gonna provide stories from one end to the other,” Plummer said.
StoryWalk will include a bilingual component and a ribbon cutting is set for Sept. 9, according to information from the Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce sent on Wednesday.
