Community members gathered at Kewanna Union Township Park Thursday, for a ribbon cutting that celebrated the Story Walk Project coming to Kewanna.
Started by the Fulton County Leadership Academy with group members Andrea Stineback, Mindy Duckett, Hannah Bahney, Cora Alber and Gina Hierlmeier, the Story Walk leads readers from page to page in books with bilingual stations along the walking trail. Each station also features prompts to inspire conversation from the story, as well as physical activity.
A FCLA group member who also happens to be the Fulton County Public Library Director, Andrea Stineback, said the project was something inspired by other story walks she had seen outside of Fulton County. Hoping to share their love of reading with the community in a unique, family-oriented way, Stineback said the project naturally came together.
Members from the Fulton County Chamber of Commerce, Winamac Coil Springs, Kewanna Union Township Library and students from Caston School Corporation were some of those in attendance for Thurday's ribbon cutting.
The group thanked the Northern Indiana Community Foundation, Fulton County Public Library and Kewanna Union Township Public Library and Winamac Coil Springs for making the Story Walk Project continue to spring to life.
The Kewanna story walk is the second of four to be located in Fulton County, with two additional locations to be added in the near future in the communities of Leiter's Ford and Talma.
