‘Simply Summer…Just Add Reading’, Lake Villa District Library’s 2021 summer reading program, was a great success.  2,091 people participated and together, read for over 45,000 days. 

LVDL’s reading programs have long benefited a charity and 2021 was no exception. Participants agreed to read (or be read to) for 20 days and for every completed reading log, the LVDL Foundation donated $1 to the Lake Villa Township Food Pantry.  This year’s donation totaled $2,400.00.  

Lake Villa District Library and the Lake County Health Department are partnering to provide a COVID-19 vaccine drop-in clinic on Sunday, September 12,  1– 4:30pm. 

Individuals 12 and older (minors require parental consent) can receive the Johnson and Johnson vaccine or the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.  Personal Protective Equipment will be available. No appointment needed, drop-in at any time between  1– 4:30pm. 

In commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of 9/11, Lake Villa District Library will host ‘September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed the World’, an educational exhibition from the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. 

The 14-panel poster display includes personal stories of those who witnessed and survived the attacks as well as archival photographs and images of artifacts from the Museum’s permanent collection.  The exhibit presents the history of 9/11, its origins, ongoing implications and encourages critical thinking about the legacies of the attacks. 

Lake Villa District Library and the Lake County Health Department are partnering to provide a COVID-19 vaccine drop-in clinic on Saturday, August 14, noon – 4:30pm. 

Individuals 12 and older (minors require parental consent) can receive the Johnson and Johnson vaccine or the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.  Personal Protective Equipment will be available. No appointment needed, drop-in at any time noon – 4:30pm. 

Please note, LVDL asks everyone over two years of age, regardless of vaccine status, to wear a face mask when visiting the library. 

Bestselling authors Megan Miranda and Shari Lapena will discuss their new books, Such a Quiet Place and Not a Happy Family, at a virtual program on Thursday, August 12 at 7pm.  Registration is required.

Miranda’s Such a Quiet Place is described as the perfect summer beach read that will leave you wondering---do you ever really know your neighbors? Lapena’s Not a Happy Family has it all: rich people behaving badly, sibling rivalry and a few murders. In this family, everyone---including the dead--- are keeping secrets. 

The Lake Villa District Library Board of Trustees approved the contract for the former library building at 1001 E. Grand Avenue, Lake Villa following an open bid process.  Grace Community Bible Church (currently of Grayslake) purchased the property for $1,250,000 with a closing date of September 30, 2021. 

“Selling the former library building was always a part of our plan,” said Library Director, Mikael Jacobsen. “We are pleased to sell the building and wish Pastor Mike Bryant and his congregation all the best.”