Cheryl has delighted children with her creative programming which has included stories, crafts, music, puppets and many other innovative techniques.  She has instilled in children a love of books, curiosity of life, and early childhood reading and language skills.  Cheryl estimates that she has worked with as many as 10,000 children at the library level!  Especially rewarding has been the implementation of a lap sit program for ages 2 and under and getting the ABC Early Literacy program going for 4 and 5 year olds. Cheryl has also enjoyed her outreach to local day care centers in the Waterford and Rochester area, by obtaining relevant material for them and visiting their programs for special reading events. 

Cheryl has many special memories of her time spent at the library.  “One special memory was when I told the children my true story of not winning a single bingo game when I was in the 5^th grade.  How disappointed I was when I never won the prized candy bar!  I would share this story with the children at the end of each Summer Program so that in the event that they did not win a door prizes, their life would go on.  One time, an hour or so after the program ended, 2 children returned to the library. They proudly presented me with 2 large candy bars!  They had begged their mother to stop and buy them for me to make up for my bad luck in fifth grade! “

Now, Cheryl plans to spend her retirement, traveling more and spending time with her family.  “I have a few projects and ideas that have been on the back burner for a long time and I want to focus on those, and clean my basement!”, Cheryl said.  Cheryl appreciates and thanks her husband, Steve, who has listened to her read and tell children’s stories as he drove the car to church or anywhere else they traveled.  Is it possible that Cheryl will be writing stories instead of reading them as she and Steve travel the roads of their retirement?