Summer Reading

Special guests and activities for Summer Reading are just a hop, skip, and a splash away. Programme registration opens Monday, May 25 at 10:00 am.

Join us for special guests and activities all summer long. Plus, dive into our Summer Reading contest from June 29 - August 22, 2026, open to Wellington County residents of all ages. One book read = one ballot.* Kids ages 0–12 can collect stickers, shoe charms, and brag tags, too. One prize for every 10 books, plus one small sticker per book to add to a super sticker collection.

Please participate at one branch only and submit your ballots only once, either on paper or online. The last day to enter is Saturday, August 22, 2026, by 5:00 pm. Prizes vary by branch.

*Please speak with staff about any accommodations needed to participate, including time-based tracking.

Terms and conditions

This County of Wellington Summer Reading Club (“the Contest”) is administered by The Corporation of the County of Wellington (the “Sponsor” or “the County”). Any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Contest should be directed to the Sponsor at danielledr@wellington.ca. By participating in this Contest, each contestant agrees to be legally bound by these Official Rules and Regulations (the “Rules”).
The contest will begin Saturday June 20, 2026, at 10:00 am until Saturday August 22, 2026, at 5:00 pm. The winners will be notified by Wednesday, September 30, 2026.

The odds of winning the Prize is dependent on the number of eligible entries received by the Sponsor during the Contest Period in accordance with these Rules.
The County of Wellington, and its members, trustees, agents, officers, contractors, volunteers, and employees will not be held responsible for any claims, demands, actions, complaints, suits, or other forms of liability that shall arise out of, by reason of, or be caused by the submission of a contest entry.
The County of Wellington reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual from the Contest and to ban the individual from any future County of Wellington contest if it believes the participant is in violation of the official rules, acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person.
The prize must be accepted as awarded. No substitution of the prize is permitted except by the County of Wellington in its sole discretion. The County of Wellington reserves the right to substitute any prize with another prize of equal or greater value, if a prize cannot be awarded as described for any reason.
The prize is transferable; however, it is not redeemable for cash or credit, in whole or in part. The prize cannot be combined with any other offer.
Entrants agree to abide by the terms of these Official Rules and by all decisions of the County of Wellington, which are final in all matters pertaining to the Contest. By entering, participants release and hold harmless the County of Wellington, its members, trustees, agents, officers, contractors, volunteers, and employees from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the Contest or any prize won.
By entering, you consent to the County of Wellington’s use, should you become a winner, of your name, place of residence, and your testimony without further compensation or notice, for publicity, advertising, or informational purposes in any media or format (including the Internet) in connection with this Contest, the County of Wellington, or future similar contests. By entering, you declare that you have complied with the Contest Rules.
A selected entrant may be required to provide the County of Wellington with proof that the selected entrant is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the selected entry. In the event of a dispute regarding who submitted an entry, it will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the person who is assigned an email address by an internet provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institute, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.
The Sponsor reserves the right to void any entry and/or withdraw, suspend, amend or terminate this Contest in whole or in part (or to amend these Rules) in any way at any time without prior notice (but subject to applicable law), in the event of an error, technical problem, computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failure or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Sponsor that, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion determines, interferes with the proper conduct of this Contest as contemplated by these Rules, or in the event of any accident, printing, administrative, or other error or any kind, or for any other reason.
The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, and without prior notice, to adjust any of the dates and/or time frames stipulated in these Rules, to the extent necessary, for purposes of verifying compliance by any contestant or entry, with these Rules, or as a result of technical problems, or in light of any other circumstances which, in the opinion of the Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion, affect the proper administration of the Contest as contemplated in these Rules.
In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of these Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest-related materials, these Rules shall prevail, govern and control.
This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial, municipal and local laws and regulations. The decisions of the Sponsor with respect to all aspects of this Contest are final and binding on all contestants without right of appeal, including, without imitation, any decisions regarding the eligibility/disqualification of contestants, entries, and votes.

Eligibility

The Contest is open to all legal residents of Canada who:

are not employees, representatives and agents of Library Department of the Corporation of the County of Wellington. Members of the immediate family, representatives and agents (parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they live in Canada), and household of such employees may participate but are not eligible to win.
are not employees, representatives and agents of the Corporation of the County of Wellington of any department except Library. Members of the immediate family, representatives and agents (parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they live in Canada), and household of such employees may participate and are eligible to win.
have agreed to comply with applicable federal, provincial, municipal and local laws (including, but not limited to, laws relating to libel and obscenity), assume responsibility for their activities, and not to harass, disrupt, abuse, or invade the privacy rights of others; and
have read and accepted and agreed to comply with these Rules.

Prizes

There is no limit of entries per person allowed for the contest. No purchase is necessary to enter the contest or win one of four (4) prizes per branch valued at approximately $100.00 each. On Friday, August 28, 2026 at 12:00 pm ET, in the County of Wellington, in the Province of Ontario, the winning entries will be selected from all entries received. The contestants who owns the selected entries, and who are otherwise eligible to win, will be the selected contestants who is eligible to win the prizes subject to compliance with these Rules.

In order to be declared a winner and be able to claim a prize, each person who is selected as a winner will have to:

Be reached by the email and/or phone number by the contest sponsors within ten (10) days following the selection of winners on Friday, August 28, 2026.
Meet all Contest eligibility criteria and otherwise complying with these Rules.
Correctly answer, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a time- limited mathematical skill-testing question to be administered by the County of Wellington.
Upon receipt of the Contest Declaration and Release Form duly filled and signed by the winner, the County of Wellington will contact the winner with instructions on how to claim the prize.
In the event that any one of the conditions mentioned herein is not respected, the winner’s entry will be voided and a new selection will be made following the official contest rules until a new winner is selected.

Privacy

By entering the Contest, each contestant expressly consents to the Sponsor, its agents and/or representatives, storing, sharing and using the personal information submitted with his/her entry only for the purpose of administering the Contest and in accordance with Sponsor’s privacy policy, unless the contestant otherwise specifies by giving Sponsor notice in writing.
No further informational or marketing communications will be received by the entrant unless the entrant provides the County of Wellington with explicit permission to do so. Please see the County of Wellington's Privacy Policy for additional details.