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From: Dee Jones <dajones>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 10:28:49 -0600
I am posting this message for the Keats Foundation. Please direct all requests to the address at the end of the message. Please excuse cross-postings.
EZRA JACK KEATS FOUNDATION, INC. 1005 East 4 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11230 Tel.: (718) 252 at 47 (For more information)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12/1/00
CALL FOR GRANT PROPOSALS
EZRA JACK KEATS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES $30,000 IN THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MINIGRANTS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES
The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation has just announced that $30,000 in Minigrants will be awarded in December 2001 for innovative and imaginative programs in public libraries and public school libraries designed to combat illiteracy. The deadline for submission of proposals is September 15, 2001.
"These grants are aimed at giving support to imaginative programs designed by librarians in public schools and libraries to excite children about reading and learning," said Deborah Pope, Executive Director of the Foundation. Minigrants of $350 are available for such programs.
Minigrant applicants must be from the United States, and proposed projects must be exclusively sponsored by the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. Programs that will be considered include storytelling, innovative or noteworthy workshops, and festivals. Those targeted at parents are also considered worthy. Programs focusing on the works of the famed author/illustrator Ezra Jack Keats will be given special attention.
"We have a long history of minigrant awards totaling $360,000 to libraries in every state of the union, as well as territories," said Ms. Pope. "Programs have been diverse and outstanding, ranging from a big book produced in a Navajo classroom in the Navajo language, to a California class importing snow so that children might experience firsthand Keats' The Snowy Day. Some have made patchwork quilts; some have developed friendships with pen pals in different schools and different ethnic backgrounds. We feel that the librarians who initiate these outstanding programs make a significant contribution in advancing the fight against illiteracy. We are proud to have provided the grants making their work possible."
Requests for applications for proposals should be accompanied by a self?dressed stamped envelope to: Deborah Pope, Executive Director, Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, 450 - 14 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215.
******************************************************************** Dee Jones, Curator Phone: 601&6C49 de Grummond Collection Fax: 601&6b69 University Libraries E-mail: dajones at ocean.otr.usm.edu Box 5148 Visit our website at: University of Southern Mississippi http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum Hattiesburg, MS 39406Q48
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Received on Thu 30 Nov 2000 10:28:49 AM CST
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 10:28:49 -0600
I am posting this message for the Keats Foundation. Please direct all requests to the address at the end of the message. Please excuse cross-postings.
EZRA JACK KEATS FOUNDATION, INC. 1005 East 4 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11230 Tel.: (718) 252 at 47 (For more information)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12/1/00
CALL FOR GRANT PROPOSALS
EZRA JACK KEATS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES $30,000 IN THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MINIGRANTS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES
The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation has just announced that $30,000 in Minigrants will be awarded in December 2001 for innovative and imaginative programs in public libraries and public school libraries designed to combat illiteracy. The deadline for submission of proposals is September 15, 2001.
"These grants are aimed at giving support to imaginative programs designed by librarians in public schools and libraries to excite children about reading and learning," said Deborah Pope, Executive Director of the Foundation. Minigrants of $350 are available for such programs.
Minigrant applicants must be from the United States, and proposed projects must be exclusively sponsored by the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. Programs that will be considered include storytelling, innovative or noteworthy workshops, and festivals. Those targeted at parents are also considered worthy. Programs focusing on the works of the famed author/illustrator Ezra Jack Keats will be given special attention.
"We have a long history of minigrant awards totaling $360,000 to libraries in every state of the union, as well as territories," said Ms. Pope. "Programs have been diverse and outstanding, ranging from a big book produced in a Navajo classroom in the Navajo language, to a California class importing snow so that children might experience firsthand Keats' The Snowy Day. Some have made patchwork quilts; some have developed friendships with pen pals in different schools and different ethnic backgrounds. We feel that the librarians who initiate these outstanding programs make a significant contribution in advancing the fight against illiteracy. We are proud to have provided the grants making their work possible."
Requests for applications for proposals should be accompanied by a self?dressed stamped envelope to: Deborah Pope, Executive Director, Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, 450 - 14 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215.
******************************************************************** Dee Jones, Curator Phone: 601&6C49 de Grummond Collection Fax: 601&6b69 University Libraries E-mail: dajones at ocean.otr.usm.edu Box 5148 Visit our website at: University of Southern Mississippi http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum Hattiesburg, MS 39406Q48
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Received on Thu 30 Nov 2000 10:28:49 AM CST
