[OPLINLIST] FW: [alacro-l] The American Dream Starts @ your library grants application deadline Feb 28

[Hickson-Stevenson, Pamela]

Grant opportunity news from the American Library Association.

 

Pamela J. Hickson-Stevenson, Ohio Chapter Councilor to ALA and

Assistant Director

Akron-Summit County Public Library

60 S. High Street

Akron, OH  44326

 

Phone 330.643.9102          Fax 330.643.9160

 

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<http://www.akronlibrary.org>  

 

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<http://www.akronlibrary.org/5star.html> 

 

The Akron-Summit County Public Library provides resources for learning
and leisure, information services, meeting spaces, and programs for all
ages that support, improve, and enrich individual, family, and community
life.

 

From: Michael Dowling [mailto:mdowling at ala.org] 
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 11:19 AM
To: ALACRO-L
Subject: [alacro-l] The American Dream Starts @ your library grants
application deadline Feb 28

 

Thanks to generous support from Dollar General, the American Library
Association will be able to provide grants of $5,000 to help public
libraries and public libraries with bookmobiles in Dollar General
communities add or expand literacy services for adult English language
learners. 

 

Applications for funding are being accepted online through Sunday, Feb.
28, 2010. Selected applicants will be notified in early April, 2010. To
learn more about the American Dream Starts @ your library, the library
grants and to apply online, please visit www.americandreamtoolkit.org

 
To be eligible for funding, the applicant institution must be a public
library, or a public library with a bookmobile providing literacy
services for adult English language learners, and must be within 20
miles of a Dollar General Store, distribution center or corporate
office. Each funded library will receive a onetime $5,000 grant.

 

 

Michael Dowling

Director

International and Chapter Relations Offices

American Library Association

50 E Huron St

Chicago, IL, USA

p +1 800-545-2433 ext 3200

f  +1 312-280-4392 

www.ala.org

 

 



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