Sharon Roche appreciates the symbolism.

Young and older members of the community are joining forces to hold an event that will benefit the Quarryville Library.

Read and Refresh!: A Sweet Way To Support Your Library will be held at the library on Friday, Aug. 15, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the library, 357 Buck Road, Quarryville. The program will be held rain or shine. It is planned for the library's patio but will be moved inside to the Carlson Room if the weather is bad.

Zac Bauermaster and his daughter Olivia will read from their book "Lemon-Aid: Spreading Kindness One Cup at a Time." Putting Others First, an anonymous philanthropic organization that includes a married couple who reside in Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community, have purchased 10 copies of the book, which will be randomly awarded as door prizes to 10 people who register prior to the event at http://www.quarryvillelibrary.org. Registration is not required to attend. Copies of the book will also be on sale. All proceeds will benefit the Quarryville Library.

"We're so grateful for Quarryville and the incredible people who make it such a special place," said Zac, who is the principal of Providence Elementary School. "We're passionate about writing, reading, and encouraging others to do the same, and the library is a wonderful space where stories are shared, curiosity grows, and community comes together to lift one another up."

The Cul-de-Sac Kids - Olivia, her siblings Eliot and Isaac, and the Bauermasters' neighbors Liam and Carson Lefever - will sell lemonade during the event, with those proceeds also going to the Quarryville Library. Putting Others First will purchase the lemonade supplies. The Cul-de-Sac Kids have been selling lemonade for several years to assist local charities.

Putting Others First will also provide a balloon artist for the event. Roche, the Quarryville Library's children librarian, said there will be two different craft projects for young attendees based on age.

"Our mission statement is to support basic needs, education, and emergency response," said Mr. POF. "This ties into that. They're helping a library, and we like to help the library, so it just all ties together."

Putting Others First and the library have developed a special rapport. "We already had a brief connection from our wonderful collaboration with the internship, and they reached out to me again, asking if it is feasible to do a lemonade event," said Roche. "And I thought it would be a great way to end the Summer Reading Program. It'll be the day before the deadline, so it'll also remind everybody to get their forms in so that they can earn their rewards."

Bringing in Zac and the Cul-de-Sac Kids was a natural fit. "I also have a relationship with this school district and Dr. B, and I was aware of his books," Roche said. "We had discussed having an author visit, but generally author visits don't go so well here. They don't get a lot of attention, but if it is a fundraiser, I thought it would be a great way to enhance it with crafts, and then we were also going to offer balloon art and some background music."

Roche is excited to see Putting Others First and the Cul-de-Sac Kids come together for the fundraiser. "Having children develop a program themselves that are fundraisers is a very impressive thing, and I'm really thrilled to be a part of that, even in a small way," she said. "I'm just proud of what I see in this community and the altruism in the youngest and the oldest of our citizens. ... I like the idea of saying that it's the elders in our community are joining with the children in our community to support each other and all of us."