Summer Reading Program!

Be Inspired, get creative, and branch out with your reading this summer as we Color Our World!  With this year’s theme, we want readers to be inspired and imaginative as […]

Food for Fines

Ray County Library 215 E Lexington St, Richmond, MO, United States

Food for Fines is back! We're collecting canned goods and other nonperishables for the Salvation Army from June 4, 2025 through August 20, 2025. 1 food item = $1 in […]

Next Chapter Book Club

Library Community Room

Helping people with disabilities enjoy books, friends, and their community. This is a book club meeting where a selected book will be read and discussed, in partnership with Special Needs […]

MU Extension STEM Program

Library Community Room

Join us Tuesday, July 29 at 10 am as Ray County 4H and MU Extension present a STEM activity for grades 1-5. Take a spin on a bike to make […]

Kid Zone STEM: Alien Invasion

Library Community Room

This month's program has been moved to July 29, 2025, @4:00-4:45 p.m. July’s stem activity is creating rocket straws, and using them to crash land UFO’s that have infiltrated the […]

Storytime!

Library Community Room

Research shows that children benefit from active participation in early learning activities. Bring your children to this event for stories and craft activities. This week's theme is pets and will […]

Community Connection Event: Learn to Cook Zucchini

Library Community Room

The zucchini is ready to harvest in the community garden! Thanks to the hard work of the volunteers in the SSS program. We will demonstrate several methods of cooking zucchini […]

Book Club

Library Community Room

Book Club Meeting where a selected book will be discussed. This month's book is "This Is Happiness" by Niall Williams. Members can also pick up next month's book, "Little Fires […]

Storytime!

Library Community Room

Research shows that children benefit from active participation in early learning activities. Bring your children to this event for stories and craft activities. This week's theme is frogs!

Community Connections Event: Fall Gardening

Library Community Room

Join us for a gardening class presented by Kathi Mecham, an MU Extension Horticulturist. This workshop will cover which vegetables can be grown in the fall, when to plant, and […]