[Scla-list] FW: The American Dream Starts @ your library grants application deadline Feb 28

[Ray Turner]

Hello Everyone,

Please see the email below for a great opportunity for public libraries and especially public libraries with bookmobiles in Dollar General communities (deadline quickly approaching).  There are $5000.00 grants available to add or expand literacy services for adult English language learners.

Sincerely,
Rayburne J.  Turner
2010 SCLA President
www.scla.org<http://www.scla.org/>

Have You Joined SCLA Yet for 2010?  If not, please do! The Association needs you as an active member in 2010! Click on  http://www.scla.org/index.php/Documents/Membership and join today.

Also, please plan now to attend the 2010 Annual Conference. It will take place:

Conference Date: October 20-22, 2010
Conference Theme: South Carolina Libraries: Advocacy from the Ground Up
Conference Location: Sheraton Myrtle Beach Convention Center Hotel, 2101 North Oak Street, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577

Room Rate: $122.00 Single/Double Occupancy


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From: Michael Dowling [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<http://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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