San Francisco, Nayarit, Mexico - Entreamigos, a non-profit organization that has been working to provide San Pancho children and their families with better educational opportunities for eleven years, recently announced that the fourth edition of Literary Week will be held from Monday, May 29 through Friday, June 2, 2017.

About Literary Week

From Monday, May 29 through Friday, June 2, authors, illustrators, storytellers, bookbinders and literary artists will gather together at Entreamigos to share the fantastic world of treasures in literature with the community.

"In an increasingly digital and technological world, we feel the responsibility and desire to summon families and children to discover the treasure hidden in books, to invite them to re-discover the magic that lies behind telling a story, the creativity of the fantastic contexts and characters, and in learning the story's messages," Entreamigos founder, Nicole Swedlow, explained. "Literary Week is designed so that people of all ages can participate creatively, either by giving workshops or by attending various activities that awaken the imagination."

Nicole went on to describe how the Entreamigos Community Center is always working to keep the magic of literature alive for generations to come.

"We have an extensive library of children and youth material that functions as a center for various activities such as story telling, tutoring, reading circle, art, etc. We are also the headquarters of the Reading Rooms program in Nayarit."

About the Entreamigos Library

The Entreamigos Library offers a high quality bilingual collection of more than 5,000 titles. Books are available for loan with your free library card. The library provides additional support and services such as computer and internet access, after school homework help, reading circles, computer classes, art and other classes as well as school and group tours. All services at the library are provided free of charge, but donations are always appreciated. Click HERE to consult the schedule of current classes.

Volunteer Opportunities at the Library

The Entreamigos Library library is a busy place and always needs extra hands. You do not need to speak Spanish to volunteer in the library but you do need to come with an open mind and a willingness to fill in where needed. Volunteers are needed:

• For book entry into the computer system
• To handout puzzles and games to kids
• Organize and shelve books
• To monitor activity areas and play with younger children
• To monitor and help in the computer lab
• To teach classes

The library is open Monday–Friday from 10 am to 6 pm, and from 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday, for book checkout and self serve internet use. New library cards, tutoring, reference help, internet help, workshops, reading circles and all other librarian assistance is available Monday–Thursday from 1 pm to 5 pm. Library hours are dependent on volunteer support. If you would like to help keep the library open, please consider volunteering.

Entreamigos primary focus is to increase educational opportunities for the children of San Pancho in Nayarit, Mexico. To achieve these goals Entreamigos runs an art collective non-profit store, a library, a computer center and a collection of educational and community based workshops and initiatives. Entreamigos is entirely funded by donations and almost completely run by volunteers. To learn more about our programs and activities please visit entreamigos.org.mx.