SummerQuest 2025 | Color Our World

Summer Quest 2025

 

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Track Your Minutes

To win any of our big prizes, be sure to 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.

Minutes can be counted for any of the following activities:

  • Reading/listening to a book, eBook, or audio book
  • Completing Activities on Beanstack*
  • Taking on one of the Go Adams! walks*

*All of these activities count as 20 minutes each!

Prizes

Earn a prize for every 200 minutes read. Once you complete 800 minutes read, you will earn a free book.  Additional books will be awarded for every 400 minutes after reaching the 800 minute goal! 

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What is SummerQuest?

SummerQuest provides participants the opportunity to experience everything the library has to offer through leisure reading, special programs, and participation in a variety of activities. Children register for the program and are asked to log the activities they complete. Incentives are offered for the completion of certain activities. This year's theme is Color Our World.

In addition to library activities, Adams County Libraries partner with Wellspan to provide a physical activity program called GO (Get Outdoors) Adams! Based on the outdoor hobby of letterboxing, GO Adams! places 15 landmarks (wooden marker posts with a unique etching attached) in various local parks. Children and their families are provided with rubbing sheets to record their visit to the various landmarks. The codes are then added to Beanstack for a chance to win prizes. Pick up a booklet at any branch beginning June 1. 

Adams County Public Libraries are a vital part of our community's learning network. The need for free, high-quality programs for children and youth that are both fun and educational is critical.  This is especially true during the summer months, when they are susceptible to what is referred to as the "summer slide". In order to engage the children and youth of Adams County, both physically and mentally, we offer our annual SummerQuest program. There is also a SummerQuest program for adults! 

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SummerQuest for Adults

Celebrate this year's "Color Our World" theme with the Summer Quest Adult Reading Challenge.

Participants are encouraged to complete five (5) books between June 1st and August 10th. No need to record what you read every day - just record a book you have finished! 

This enters your name in the drawing for a chance to win the grand prize. Don't stop there! Challenge yourself to read up to twenty (20) books this summer and collect all of the badges! 

Those who obtain all badges will be entered with a second chance to win the bag of bookish goodies. Books selected for this challenge can be either non-fiction or fiction titles of your choice. (This includes Adult, Teen, Audiobooks, and e-downloadable.) Children's books do not count towards this challenge.