Free Books for Read Across America Day
Giant Step Award
Southwest Oral History Association Mini-Grants
Libri Foundation Books for Children Grants
Viburnum/Center for the Book Family Literacy Project
Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
Free Books for Read Across America Day
Deadline: February 8, 2005
The Literacy Empowerment Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization,
invites your school or other literacy project to apply for FREE books
for Read Across America Day. During the past year, LEF has distributed
over 3,000,000 books to schools all across the country for Read Across
America Day and other literacy projects.
Resources are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Orders must
be received by February 8, 2005.
For more information and an order form:
call 717-791-6210 or 610-719-6448
OR
visit http://www.colorcodedbooks.org/lef/ReadingRecycling.htm
Literacy Empowerment Foundation
6323 Salem Park Circle
Mechanicsburg, Pa. 17050
Phone: 717-791-6210 or 610-719-6448
Web site: http://LEFbooks.org
E-mail: rorendi@literacyempowerment.org
Giant Step Award
Application Deadline: March 1, 2005
Information and publishing company Thomson Gale and School Library Journal
have developed the annual Giant Step Award to recognize outstanding school
and public libraries that are providing the type of excellent programs and
services that greatly impact student learning and development, both in
school and beyond. In an effort to provide a more accurate comparison among
nominees, the program has adopted separate evaluation criteria for school
and public libraries.
Through the program, Thomson Gale will distribute $10,000 in cash prizes.
In addition, the winning library or lib- raries will receive a gala
celebration at the American Library Association Annual Conference as well
as a cover story in the April issue of School Library Journal. SLJ also
will highlight other entrants deemed to be high achievers.
To be eligible, applicants must be a U.S. or Canadian school library media
center (either an individual library media center or an entire district's
library media services programs) or a youth services department in a U.S.
or Canadian public library that partners with local schools (a single
library/branch library or an entire library system). In addition,
applicants must submit materials that demonstrate significant advancements
that have improved services to students in the last three years.
See the Thompson Gale Web site for complete application guidelines and
materials
RFP Link: http://www.gale.com/schools/giant_award/about_giant.htm
For additional RFPs in Education, visit: http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_education.jhtml
Southwest
Oral History Association Mini-Grants
The Southwest Oral History Association plans to award a total of
$500 in mini-grants in 2004. These grants may be used for equipment,
tapes, transcription, editing, translating, publishing or other oral-hisotry-related
expenses as well as for seed money for new oral history projects or
to complete existing projects. Students, teachers, independent oral
historians, libraries, schools, historical societies, museums and other
non-profit organizations are encouraged to apply. Preference will be
given to applicants from Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Southern California.
Application deadline: December 31, 2003
For more information visit the SOHA website or email Tom King.
Libri
Foundation Books For Children Grants
The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which
donates new, quality hardcover children's books to small rural public
libraries throughout the United States.
Libraries are qualified on an individual basis. In general, a library should serve a population under 10,000 (usually under 5,000), have a very limited budget, be in a rural area, and have an active children's department. Please note: Rural is usually considered to be at least 30 miles from a city with a population over 40,000.
Application deadlines are: March 15th , July 15th and December 15th .
For more information, go to the Libri
Foundation website or contact:
Ms. Barbara J. McKillip, President
The Libri Foundation
P.O. Box 10246
Eugene, OR 97440
(541)747-9655
541/747-4348 (fax)
libri@librifoundation.org
Viburnum/Center
for the Book Family Literacy Project
For information on the Viburnum Family Literacy Project request
a free copy of From Thibodaux to Tucumcari: Family Literacy in Rural
Libraries, A Report from the Viburnum Family Literacy Project by
Molly Turner and Nancy Kober from the Center for the Book, Library of
Congress, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC 20540-4920; 202/707-5221,
202/707-0269 (fax). The report presents details about how, with limited
resources, committed staff in small libraries can successfully respond
to the needs of parents and other caregivers for family literacy programs.
Email Anne Boni to request an application.
Ezra
Jack Keats Foundation
The Foundation gives Minigrants of $350 each to innovative and imaginative
programs in public libraries and public school libraries designed to
encourage literacy and creativity in children. Programs relating to
the work of Ezra Jack Keats are welcome, but not required.
Applications due: September 15 of each year
For more information : visit the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation website.
