Join URFW and HSHSL this summer 2025 for a Summer Reading Challenge! Research shows that regular reading improves brain connectivity, increases vocabulary and comprehension, prevents cognitive decline, and strengthens empathy. Reading also aids in sleep readiness, stress reduction, lowers blood pressure and heart rate, fights depression symptoms, and contributes to a longer life. Start reading today for better health!

How to Participate
Please register here and download a digital tic-tac-toe board to track your summer reading. Read at least two different book genres to be entered to win raffle prizes such as a kindle or URFW swag bag. The program runs July 7 – August 29. Participants will receive one additional raffle entry for each contribution of a leisure book to build the BookWell Library located in the wellness suite on the fifth floor of URecFit and Wellness. Submit your digital tic-tac-toe board here anytime during the challenge, OR you can print your board and submit to the drop box in the wellness suite on the fifth floor in URecFit and Wellness. 

HSHSL Kinnard Leisure Reading Collection
Joining the summer reading challenge? Check out the HSHSL’s leisure reading collection of recent best-selling fiction and nonfiction on the library’s first floor. Library staff can also help you borrow titles from other University System of Maryland libraries. 

Organized by URecFit and Wellness