Bookshop Santa Cruz, celebrating its 50th anniversary next week, has donated three benches to the City of Santa Cruz, Calif., to create reading spots for kids and families in public playgrounds. The final bench, at San Lorenzo Park, was dedicated yesterday. The celebration included a formal ribbon cutting and an arts project for kids to describe what reading means to them.
Left to right: Santa Cruz Mayor Cynthia Matthews; Michelle Williams, executive director of the Arts Council of Santa Cruz County; bench designer Tom Ralston; artist Terra Dawson; and Casey Coonerty Protti, owner of Bookshop Santa Cruz.