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February 10, 2006
MINI-GRANTS GO TO CHILDREN'S PROJECTS

Library People, in cooperation with the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association and the Colorado State Library, recently awarded sixteen mini-grants of $100 each to public and school libraries to improve children's literacy programs. The grants were awarded to the libraries to promote the visibility of libraries in the community, to encourage children to read and to spotlight the role of libraries in learning and education.

Samples of programs funded by the grants include purchasing books for Smoky Hill Library's book lover's club which works with a group of girls from the Excelsior Youth Center in Aurora. Providing start up money for a listening center at Delta Public Library and funding a storyteller program at Fleming Community Library in conjunction with their Reading is Fundamental (RIF) book give away for preschool to sixth grade students.

Libraries from around the state that received the grants include: Community Montessori School, Boulder; Conejos County Library District, La Jara; CTCF Prison Library, Canon City; Delta Public Library; Fleming Community Library; Dolores County Children's Branch, Dove Creek; Johnson Elementary Media Center, Fort Collins; Lake City Public Library, Lake City; Mesa County Public Library District, Grand Junction; Mountain View Elementary, Broomfield; O'Dea Core Knowledge Elementary Media Center, Fort Collins; Paonia Public Library, Paonia; Smoky Hill Public Library, Arapahoe Library District; Sterling Correctional Facility, Sterling; West Jefferson Elementary School, Conifer; and Yuma Public Library, Yuma.