[OPLINLIST] LSTA Grant: Growing Community - the Library Food Garden

[Marsha McDevitt-Stredney]

Please excuse multiple postings...

 

The State Library of Ohio is pleased to announce the availability of
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds for a special grant
program entitled "Growing Community - the Library Food Garden".  

 

This special grant program was developed in recognition of the 2010
National Library Week theme, "Communities Thrive @ Your Library", and
the water theme of the 2010 Summer Reading Program.  Growing Community
encourages libraries to partner with other community entities to
establish food gardens on library or school property, or other public
land, during the 2010 growing season.

 

In order to be funded projects must demonstrate community partnerships
as well as include library-based activities in the areas of Health and
nutrition, Sustainability and ecology and/or Hunger/poverty issues.

 

Funds may be used to purchase seeds and plants, gardening tools and
supplies, copies of materials and titles on gardening in various
formats, marketing and promotion of the program, and speaker fees and
other costs associated with program activities.

 

All types of libraries are eligible for this grant program which has a
federal request limit of $7,500.  A local cash match of 25% of the total
project cost is required.

 

Electronic proposals are due at the State Library midnight on March 1,
2010.  Approved proposals will run from May 1, 2010 through September
30, 2010. 

 

The Request for Proposal can be found on WebJunction Ohio at 
http://oh.webjunction.org/ohlstaspecial. 

 

If you have any questions about this grant program, please contact Janet
Ingraham-Dwyer at jdwyer at sloma.state.oh.us, 800-686-1532 or 614-644-6910
or Missy Lodge at mlodge at sloma.state.oh.us, 614-644-6914 or
800-686-1532.

 

 

 

 

Marsha McDevitt-Stredney

Marketing & Communications Director

274 E. 1st Avenue

Columbus, OH 43201

Tel: 614-644-6875

Fax: 614-466-3584

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