SummerQuest 2020 | Imagine Your Story

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Register for SummerQuest 2020

What is SummerQuest (SQ)?

SummerQuest is York County Libraries’ version of a summer reading program–but it’s so much more! We offer kids and teens tons of ways to stay active in mind and body all summer long. We host free, fun activities that keep everyone learning, reading, and physically active from June to August. Each year, the theme and special events change.

SummerQuest 2020 Changes

While the library doors may be closed, York County Libraries are still working hard to provide entertaining and enriching activities to keep your family active all summer long! Since we are not able to host in-person events, we’ve adapted a variety of events for live streaming or on-demand viewing, plus some fun downloadable activities.

This page will be updated all summer long, so be sure to check back often for updates!

We hope to see you in person soon, but in the meantime, visit us online and have a safe and fun summer!

Get your Library Card

Every child participating will need his or her own library card to register. Sign up for your card online. If libraries are open, stop by your local library to apply. 

Key Dates

  • May 17: Early online registration begins on Beanstack
  • May 30: Begin recording minutes
  • May 30: Virtual Kickoff Concert with Stephen Courtney!
  • July 1: GO York! Hikes Open; Begin logging hikes on Beanstack
  • July: Mid-Summer Virtual Celebration
  • August 16: Last day to log reading minutes in Beanstack
    • Logged minutes after this date will not count toward prizes or virtual badges. 
  • September 1: Last day to log GO York parks online and earn entries into the grand prize drawing

View our SummerQuest 2020 Newspaper

Download your library’s SummerQuest Schedule

View your library’s upcoming programs. Click on the event names to view the calendar listing for each event!

Countywide Online Programs

As our libraries have adapted their summer activities and events to online settings, there are a range of places you will find our SummerQuest activities. Use this guide to help you find the program or activity you’re looking for!

Live Streaming Events

Watch LIVE programs securely through Zoom! Click on the names of the programs below to RSVP for an upcoming session!

Please Note: All live stream events require RSVP by registering through the event calendar. 

On-Demand Videos

Online Activities & Challenges

Track Your Minutes

To win any of our big prizes, be sure to log your reading minutes! You can download a printable tracking sheet or log your minutes in our digital tracking service, Beanstack. (Mobile App also available for Apple and Android)

Need help using Beanstack? View our Beanstack Tips and Tricks page for helpful tutorials and guides.

Minutes can be counted for any of the following activities:

  • Reading/listening to a book, eBook, or audio book
  • Attending library programs and events*
  • Completing Activities on Beanstack*
  • Taking on one of the GO York! walks*

*All of these activities count as 20 minutes each!

Prizes

Prizes will be available for pickup at most libraries starting August 1, 2020! Prize pickup will begin August 10 at Red Land Community Library.

Follow your library’s social media accounts for updates on prize pickup.

  • Collinsville: Drop in during open hours
  • Dillsburg: Drop in during open hours
  • Dover: Contactless pickup at the door & drop-in
  • Glatfelter: Drop in during open hours
  • Guthrie: Drop in during open hours
  • Hufnagel: Contactless pickup at the door & drop-in
  • Kaltreider-Benfer: Contactless pickup at the door & drop-in
  • Kreutz Creek: Contactless pickup at the door & drop-in
  • Martin: Details coming soon!
  • Mason-Dixon: Contactless pickup at the door & drop-in
  • Paul Smith: Drop in during open hours 
  • Red Land: Drop in during open hours
  • Village: Contactless Pickup at the Door

Scouts

Scouts of all types: there’s something extra for you this summer. Any Scout who completes the following tasks will get a special patch commemorating your summer!

Your ‘Imagine Your Story’ Quest:

  • Read and log 800 minutes on Beanstack
  • Complete at least six activities from the Scouts Activity Challenge on Beanstack.
  • Walk and log at least 10 of the 30 GO York! walks

GO York! Starts July 1

GO York! 2020 will begin on July 1, and end on September 1, 2020. The ‘GO and Find Your Story’ Activity Challenge will be available on Beanstack during this time.

We’re partnering with GO York! again to get everyone up and moving. GO York! is hiding special carvings in different state, county, and local parks. Participants will get a sheet to collect rubbings of them. 

Can you collect all 30 before the summer is through? Follow the directions in the GO York booklet to find each rubbing. After you find a park’s post, be sure to log it in the “GO and Find Your Story” activity challenge on Beanstack to gain more entries into the GO York Grand Prize Drawing!

Thank you to our partners!

Annually, many local businesses donate prizes and offer financial support to York County Libraries’ SummerQuest. They help us encourage kids to keep reading and to stay active over the summer months.
 
Thank yous are due to the generous support of our Platinum Level Partners, The York Water Company and The Rite Aid Kid First Foundation. Additional support is offered by our partners WellSpan Health, the York State Fair and The GIANT Company.
 
Their generous support allows us to offer SummerQuest programs free of cost to participants.