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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Forwarded on behalf of</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">
<a href="https://www.arsl.org/">Association for Rural & Small Libraries</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good afternoon,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We here at ARSL are excited to announce the launch of a <a href="https://www.arsl.org/prh-grant">
new grant program for small and rural libraries in partnership with Penguin Random House</a>! Please distribute the attached press release within your networks. If you have any additional questions about the grant program please don’t hesitate to reach out
to our office.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1794CC">Megan Fontaine
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1794CC">Association for Rural & Small Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1794CC">Phone</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1794CC">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt">206-453-3579<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><a href="https://www.arsl.org/">arsl.org</a><span style="color:#AEC143">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1794CC">Currently Listening:
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">by<i> </i>Robin Wall Kimmerer</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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