AASL National School Library Media Program of the Year Award Sponsored by Follett Library Resources
Established in 1963, the National School Library Media Program of the Year (NSLMPY) Award honors school library media programs practicing their commitment to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information, as well as exemplifying implementation of Information Power. The award recognizes exemplary school library media programs that are fully integrated into the school’s curriculum. Each winning program receives a $10,000 prize ($30,000 total) donated by Follett Library Resources.
> www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=awardrecipients
> www.titlewave.com/intro/nslmpy.html
AASL Information Technology Pathfinder Award Sponsored by Follett Software Company
Established in 1985 (as the Microcomputer in the Media Center Award), the award recognizes and honors a school library media specialist demonstrating vision and leadership through the use of information technology to build lifelong learners. This award, $1,000 to the school library media specialist and $500 to the library, is given in two categories--elementary (K-6) and secondary (7-12). Applicants must be AASL personal members.
To obtain an application for the 2006 Information Technology Pathfinder Award, download the PDF file (18 k) or contact AASL office at 800-545-2433, ext. 1396.
> www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=awardrecipients
AASL Distinguished Service Award
Established in 1978, the $3,000 award recognizes an individual member of the library profession who has, over a significant period of time, made an outstanding national contribution to school librarianship and school library development. Nominations must be made by AASL personal members.
To obtain an application for the 2006 Distinguished Service Award, download the PDF file (25 k) or contact AASL office at 800-545-2433, ext. 1396.
> www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=awardrecipients
ALA Awards
Welcome to the American Library Association's Awards area. Each year, the ALA and its member units seek to honor, through its Awards Program, those who have rendered distinguished service to libraries and librarianship.
> www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=awards
AASL Frances Henne Award
Established in 1986, the $1,250 award recognizes a school library media specialist with five years or less experience who demonstrates leadership qualities with students, teachers and administrators, to attend an AASL conference or ALA Annual Conference for the first time. Applicants must be AASL personal members.
To obtain an application for the 2006 Frances Henne Award, download the PDF file (16 k) or contact AASL office at 800-545-2433, ext. 1396.
> www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=awardrecipients
AASL Intellectual Freedom Award
Established in 1982, the award, $2,000 to the recipient and $1,000 to the media center of the recipient’s choice, is given for upholding the principles of intellectual freedom as set forth by the American Association of School Librarians and the American Library Association. Applicants must be AASL personal members.
To obtain an application for the 2006 Intellectual Freedom Award, download the PDF* file (47 k) or contact AASL office at 800-545-2433, ext. 1396.
> www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=awardrecipients
Enrichment and Accelerated Learning Programs for Children
The Foundation seeks nonprofit providers of accelerated learning or academic enrichment programs for grants of between $100,000 and $600,000 total over a three-year period. The objective of the grants is to increase access to accelerated learning and enrichment programs for low- to moderate-income students ages 5 through 12 who have exceptional academic promise.
> http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org/jkcf_web/content.aspx?page=9861879
Ticket To Reading Rewards
Ticket To Reading Rewards is a reading incentive program that encourages Middle School students to read books outside the classroom and obtain rewards for reading. Over the life of the program, students have read an estimated 4,000,000 books, obtained nearly 1,000,000 rewards and attended 125,000 local men’s and women’s NCAA basketball games--all at no cost to the school district or its students.
> www.tickettoreadingrewards.org
ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant
Established in 1986, the grant of up to $1,750 is given to school library media associations that are AASL affiliates for planning and implementing leadership programs at the state, regional, or local levels.
To obtain an application for the 2006 ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant, download the PDF file (31 k) or contact AASL office at 800-545-2433, ext. 1396.
> www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=awardrecipients
AASL/Highsmith Research Grant
Established in 1993, the grant of up to $5,000 is awarded to conduct innovative research aimed at measuring and evaluating the impact of school library media programs on learning and education. Applicants must be AASL personal members.
To obtain an application for the 2006 Highsmith Research Grant, download the PDF* file (22 k) or contact AASL office at 800-545-2433, ext. 1396.
> www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=awardrecipients
AASL Collaborative School Library Media Award
This award program recognizes and encourages collaboration between school library media specialists and teachers in meeting goals through joint planning of a program, unit, or event in support of the curriculum and using media center resources. Maximum Award: $2,500. Eligibility: school library media specialists and teachers who have worked together to execute a project, event, or program to further information literacy, independent learning, and social responsibility using resources of the school library media center. The library media specialist must be a personal member of the AASL.
> www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslawards/collaborativeslm/aaslcollaborative.htm
Early Reading First
Administering Office: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Who May Apply (specifically): Local education agencies (LEAs) eligible for a Reading First subgrant and public or private organizations or agencies located in a community served by an eligible LEA.
Program Description The program supports the development of early childhood centers of excellence that focus on all areas of development, especially on the early language, cognitive, and prereading skills that prepare children for continued school success and that serve primarily children from low-income families.
> www.ed.gov/programs/earlyreading/index.html
AASL School Librarian’s Workshop Scholarship
The scholarship is awarded to a full-time student preparing to become a school library media specialist at the preschool, elementary, or secondary level. The recipient must pursue graduate level education in an ALA-accredited library school program or in a school library media program that meets the ALA curriculum guidelines for the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). The $3,000 scholarship is donated by Jay W. Toor, president, Library Learning Resources.
Application, instructions, and reference forms for 2006 are now available online from the ALA Scholarship Clearinghouse. One application package containing all required documents must be received in the ALA Scholarship Clearinghouse by March 1, 2006 to be considered.
> www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=scholarships
Read Across America Library Books Awards
The NEA Foundation Award Helps Libraries Purchase Books. The NEA Foundation is providing a new award to help public schools serving economically disadvantaged students purchase books for school libraries.
The Foundation makes these $5,000 awards to practicing pre K-12 teachers and education support professionals who are NEA members on behalf of NEA, with support from Warner Brothers, Inc. Applications will be accepted only as e-mail attachments. For more information and an application visit:
> www.neafoundation.org
Barbara Bush Family Literacy Grant
The Foundation’s grant-making program seeks to develop or expand projects that are designed to support the development of literacy skills for adult primary care givers and their children. A total of approximately $650,000 will be awarded; no grant request should exceed $65,000.
Additional information about the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and answers to Frequently Asked Questions are available on our web page:
> www.barbarabushfoundation.com
The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries
The mission of the Laura Bush Foundation is to support the education of our nation’s children by providing funds to update, extend, and diversify the book and print collections of America’s school libraries.
> www.laurabushfoundation.org/index.html
Dollar General’s Back-to-School Grants
Description: The Dollar General Back-to-School grant program will award $5,000 to assist schools in meeting some of the financial challenges they face in implementing new programs or purchasing new equipment, materials, or software for their school library or literacy program.
Program areas: Library, miscellaneous, all other
Recipients: Public schools
Total amount: $5,000 per school
> www.dollargeneral.com/community/communityinvestments.aspx
Annenberg Foundation
The Annenberg Foundation exists to advance the public well-being through improved communication. As the principal means of achieving its goal, the Foundation encourages the development of more effective ways to share ideas and knowledge. The Foundation provides support for projects within its grantmaking interest areas of: education and youth, arts and culture, civic and community, and health.
Interested applicants are advised to review the sample grants listed on the Foundation’s website to gain familiarity with the types of programs that have received funding. The Foundation accepts letters of inquiry throughout the year. Visit the Website for more information.
> www.annenbergfoundation.org
IRA’s "Teacher as Researcher" Grants
Are you interested in conducting an action research project about literacy and literacy instruction? Consider applying for a grant administered by the International Reading Association.
> www.reading.org/awards/granttrg.html
Striving Readers Program
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Eligibility: Local education agencies with one or more schools that are eligible to receive Title I funds and serve students in grades 6-12
Striving Readers is a new grant program from the U.S. Department of Education that will support the implementation and evaluation of research-based reading interventions for struggling middle and high school readers in Title I eligible schools that have significant percentages or numbers of students reading below grade level. The Striving Readers Program aims to enhance the overall level of reading achievement in middle and high schools through improvements to the quality of literacy instruction across the curriculum; improve the literacy skills of struggling adolescent readers; and help build a strong, scientific research base around specific strategies that improve adolescent literacy skills.
> www.ed.gov/programs/strivingreaders/index.html
We the People Bookshelf on Becoming American
As part of its We the People initiative, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is collaborating with the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office to present the We the People Bookshelf, a program to encourage young people to read and understand great literature while exploring themes in American history.
Please use the links below to review grant guidelines and complete an online application. With questions contact the Public Programs Office at 312-280-5045 or publicprograms@ala.org
Coming Up Taller
Has your library launched an innovative arts or humanities outreach program or a creative after-school program for kids or teens? If it has, you may qualify for a $10,000 "Coming Up Taller Award." This year’s program, which will award 15 grants to outstanding arts and humanities after-school programs for underserved children and teens, was announced in November.
Sponsored by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Coming up Taller Award is designed to recognize excellence in arts and humanities programming. For more information, visit:
> www.cominguptaller.org
Verizon Grants to Fund Efforts to Improve Basic Literacy
Verizon Foundation Literacy grants are available to organizations committed to basic literary skills in the United States. Verizon has invested in a network of collaborative literacy partners, offering wide variety of programs with a focus on e-learning. Verizon’s leadership in technology and communications provides the distribution network.
Maximum Award: $10,000.
Eligibility: 501(c)3 organizations.
> foundation.verizon.com/03001.shtml
NCTE - Grants
The National Council of Teachers of English maintains a site of grants for teachers of the language arts. Included are links to NCTE’s grants, government grants, and funding opportunities from private foundations.
> www.ncte.org/about/grants/
NCTE - ELL Grants
NCTE also maintains a robust center with information about grants specifically for English Language Learners.
> www.ncte.org/about/grants/topic/116644.htm
Cooke Foundation (Jack Kent) Innovation Grants
Priorities are talent identification, scholarship provision and out-of-school programs in the arts, language, writing, science. Program areas include after-school, arts, general education, reading, and science. Average grants fall between $100,000 and $200,000.
> www.jackkentcookefoundation.org
National Education Association Youth Leaders for Literacy
Grants for student-led initiatives at public and private / charter schools for reading-related activities that benefit others. Students must be between the ages of 5 and 21. Average grant amount: $500.00
> www.nea.org/readacross/volunteer/youthleaders.html
3M Company Salute to Schools
3M will provide up to two 3M Detection Systems for the entrance/exit of the school’s library media center and a supply of Tattle-Tape Security Strips for marking print material (i.e., books) -- a package with an average value of about $15,000. 3M Salute to Schools is open to middle and high schools in the United States. Individual donations will vary depending upon specific needs of the library media center, such as the size of a collection and the physical layout. To be considered for the donation, a school must meet eligibility requirements and be able to demonstrate a need for a detection system.
> charitychannel.com/publish/templates/?a=2671&z=0
Starbucks Foundation
Description: Education grants to award literacy grants to organizations promoting pre-reading and pre-school experiences with language and literature that will enable a child to succeed in school on a national basis in areas where the company has retail stores. Mini-grants of up to $1,000 for literacy projects and opportunity grants up to $10,000. Mini-grants have no deadlines and opportunity grants are due April 1 and October 1. Grants should address: children 0-5 and families; or tutor/mentor promotion; or Language of Hope (youth ages 12-21). Contact with a Starbuck’s store manager or regional marketing director is required. Public, private, and charter schools are elibible. Grants usually range from $5000 to $200,000. For more information, call (206) 447-1575, ext. 87022.
> www.starbucks.com/aboutus/grantinfo.asp
Improving Literacy Through School Libraries
The web site includes a list of all school districts that are eligible to receive Department of Education grants (about 5,600) but does not list eligible charter schools as previously reported.
(Charter schools must contact states directly for grant information.)
> www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/index.html
The Christian Science Monitor’s 10th annual Young Poets Contest
Eligibility: Anyone in preschool through high school.
>www.csmonitor.com/2005/1018/p25s01-hfks.html?s=hns
Thomson Gale TEAMS Award to Recognize Teacher and Media Specialist Collaborations
The Thomson Gale (www.gale.com) TEAMS (Teachers and Media Specialists Influencing Student Achievement) Award recognizes and encourages the critical collaboration between the teacher and media specialist to promote learning and increase student achievement.
Three winners will each receive a $2,500 cash award, Thomson Gale products, a one-year subscription to Library Media Connection ( http://www.linworth.com/lmc.html ), and the Educator’s Professional Bookshelf from Linworth Publishing (www.linworth.com). In addition, the winners will be featured in an article in Library Media Connection sometime during the 2006/07 school year.
A panel comprised of education industry professionals and Thomson Gale staff will evaluate the nominations based on demonstrated collaboration between media specialists and teachers during the 2005/06 school year; effective techniques that positively impact student learning and achievement; support received from school leadership; and ability for others to replicate this best practice.
All K-12 public and private schools in the United Statesand Canada are eligible to enter.
The nomination may be submitted by a library media specialist(s), teacher(s), principal(s), student(s), or parent(s). The program will begin accepting nominations on April 15, 2006. All nominations must be received by May 1, 2006.
Visit the Thomson Gale Web site for complete program information and nomination procedures.
> fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10001793/galeschools
Thomson Gale Giant Step Awards Recognizing School Libraries
The Thomson Gale Giant Step Award recognizes school and public libraries that have made initiatives in programs and services that greatly impact student learning and development, or that enrich services in both the school and the community. Maximum Award: $10,000. Eligibility: U.S. and Canadian school library media centers (an individual library media center or entire district’s library media services programs) and the youth services departments in U.S. and Canadian public libraries that partner with local schools (a single library/branch library or an entire library system).
> www.galeschools.com/grant_goldmine/giant_award/about_giant.htm
Grants for Addressing Childhood Language Disorders
The Bamford-Lahey Children’s Foundation Program for Childhood Language Disorders funds projects that have broad implications for the learning and use of spoken language in children with developmental language disorders. Maximum Award: $20,000. Eligibility: hospitals, universities, or public schools. Deadline: variable.
> www.bamford-lahey.org
Target Stores Grants
Through its Store Grants, Target (www.target.com) supports local giving in the categories of Arts, Reading, and Family Violence Prevention.
The program awards Reading grants to schools, libraries, and nonprofit organizations, supporting programs such as weekend book clubs, after-school reading programs, and events encouraging family reading time. Arts grants are given to programs that bring the arts to schools or make it affordable for families to participate in cultural experiences, such as school touring programs, field trips to the theater or symphony, or artist residencies and workshops in schools. Family Violence Prevention grants support groups working to make individual homes and entire communities safer, such as child abuse counseling programs and shelters.
Eligible applicants must be nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status, schools, or units of government.
Most grants average between $1,000 and $3,000.
Funding is limited to the communities in which Target does business. Because applications will be reviewed as they are received, applicants are encouraged to apply early.
Applications for Target Store Grants are available at local Target stores and online through the Target Web site. Visit the Web site for complete program information and application procedures.
> fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10001791/target
Literacy Grants Targeted at Hispanic and Other Immigrants
The National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) is seeking five school districts in communities with high or fast growing Hispanic and other immigrant populations to implement the Toyota Family Literacy Program (TFLP). The program uses a quality family literacy approach to increase basic language and literacy skills as well as provide Hispanic and other immigrant parents the specific skills they need to help their children succeed. Maximum Award: $600,000. Eligibility: School systems that provide evidence of need for family literacy services and that can demonstrate the capability to deliver these services beginning in the fall of 2006.
The TFLP is currently being implemented in ten cities: Chicago, the District of Columbia, Los Angeles, New York City, Providence, Chelsea (Boston), Detroit, Shelby County AL, Denver and Santa Paula CA.
TFLP program development includes: Adult Education/ESL; Children’s Education; Parent Time; and Parent and Child Together (PACT) Time. These services will be offered in three qualifying elementary schools in each school district selected. NCFL will apply its expertise in designing programs that connect families, schools and communities to expand family literacy services in Hispanic/Latino communities.
> www.famlit.org/ProgramsandInitiatives/TFLP-Capability-Survey-2006.cfm
Grants for Early Literary Professionals
RA & RR Reading Conference Grants are available to help fund expenses for selected early literacy professionals attending International Reading Association or Reading Recovery conferences. Maximum Award: $200.
Eligibility: early literacy professionals (grades K-3).
Deadline: N/A.
> news.publiceducation.org/t/5780/176869/182/0/
Listen Up! Califone and Recorded Books Audio Grants
Califone and Recorded Books have joined forces to offer a new grant program that supports literacy development through the use of unabridged audio books and state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment. Grant applications will be accepted from any current K-12 teacher in the United States who is pursuing support for audiobook programming that is intended to assist struggling students. Three grant winners will each receive Audio-Enhanced Classroom kits, valued at $5,000 each. The kits will include:
A Califone Performer Plus CD/Cassette/Radio with remote control for classroom novel study.
A Recorded Books Grade Level Collection featuring 20 novels on CD with matching print versions.
> califone.com/press/2006_stone.html
Citigroup Foundation
Under its Educating the Next Generation initiative, Citigroup Foundation seeks to improve educational opportunities in low-income communities that will better prepare the next generation for life-long learning and the workforce. In early childhood and primary and secondary education, grants support early literacy development, technology-based curriculum resources, and career and college preparation programs.
> www.citigroupfoundation.org/citigroup/corporate/foundation/guide.htm
IRA Presidential Award for Reading and Technology
The International Reading Association (www.reading.org) is accepting applications for the Presidential Award for Reading and Technology, an annual award designed to honor educators in grades K-12 or equivalent who are making an outstanding and innovative contribution to the use of technology in reading education. This award is sponsored by PLATO Learning (www.plato.com) and presented at the International Reading Association Annual Convention.
The grand prize winner, selected as the best application from across all the eligible regions, will receive a $1,000 prize plus expenses ($2,000 maximum) to attend the IRA Annual Convention.
All entrants must be educators who work directly with students ages 5-18 for all or part of the working day. Educators who work in public, parochial, or private elementary, middle, or high schools in the United States are eligible for the U.S. regional awards. Educators who work with students ages 5-18 in a public or private school in Canada are eligible for the Canadian award. Educators in all other countries, including U.S. Territories and APO schools, are eligible for the international award. All entries are eligible for the grand prize.
Entries incorporating any brand of computers, operating systems, software applications, and other technologies such as TV or video are acceptable. Program information and applications are available at the International Reading Association Web site.
> fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10004020/reading
YALSA to offer over $30,000 in grants and awards to members
CHICAGO -The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the fastest growing division of the American Library Association (ALA), is pleased to announce over $30,000 worth of grants and awards available to YALSA members. The deadline to apply for the following grants and awards is December 1, 2006.
Baker and Taylor/YALSA Conference Grants: The Baker and Taylor Company funds these grants. The two grants of $1,000 each are awarded to librarians who work directly with young adults in a public or school library to enable them to attend the Annual Conference for the first time.
BWI/YALSA Collection Development Grant: Book Wholesalers, Inc. funds this grant that awards $1,000 for collection development to YALSA members who represent a public library, and who work directly with young adults ages 12 to 18.
The Sagebrush Award for a Young Adult Reading or Literature Program: This award is designed to honor a member(s) of the Young Adult Library Services Association who has developed an outstanding reading or literature program for young adults. The award provides a grant of $1,000 to support the winning member’s attendance at the ALA Annual Conference. The award is made possible through an annual grant from the Sagebrush Book Company, a division of The American Companies.
Frances Henne/YALSA/VOYA Research Grant: This grant of $500 is to provide seed money for small-scale projects encouraging research that responds to the YALSA Research Agenda. Scarecrow Press funds this grant.
Great Book Giveaway Competition: Each year the YALSA office receives approximately 1,200 newly published children’s, young adult and adult books, videos, CD’s and audio cassettes for review. YALSA and the cooperating publishers are offering one year’s worth of review materials as a contribution to a library in need. The estimated value of this collection is $25,000.
Youth Leaders for Literacy
Youth Leaders for Literacy is an initiative of the National Education Association (www.nea.org) and Youth Service America (www.ysa.org) to help youth direct their enthusiasm and creativity into reading-related service projects.
Grant applications should propose youth leadership in developing and implementing a literacy project that begins on NEA’s Read Across America Day, March 2, 2007, and culminates on YSA’s National Youth Service Days (www.ysa.org/nysd/), April 20-22.
The National Education Association will award twenty grants of $500 each to support student-led initiatives. Applicants aged 21 or younger can apply either as individuals or groups. Youth should be involved in preparing and submitting the grant application.
To be eligible for grant funds, applicants must include a scheduled activity (e.g., read-aloud session, trip to the library, book-making, etc.) for each week of the project period as part of the proposed service project. Complete program information, examples of funded projects, and application guidelines are available at the NEA Web site.
> www.nea.org/readacross/volunteer/
For additional RFPs in Children and Youth, visit:
> foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_children.jhtml
Page Turner award for strong reading programs
Author James Patterson is giving back to those who made him a best selling author by upping the ante for the Second Annual PageTurner Awards (www.pattersonpageturner.org) to a whopping $500,000 to libraries, bookstores, and individuals that "find original and effective ways to promote the excitement of books and reading" (school librarians-we’re included!). The 2006 PageTurner Awards in total cash prize of $500,000 which includes schools:
a.. $100,000 to an elementary school, middle school, high school, or college that best instills the importance and joy of reading in its students (The PageTurner School of the Year Award)
b.. Additionally, in honor of the two $100,000 winners, First Book, a national nonprofit organization that gives children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books, will donate 1000 books to programs serving disadvantaged children in cities of the winners’ choice.
Nominations must be received electronically by or on October 16, 2006, and librarians can nominate themselves or their fellows-so get that cash!
> www.pattersonpageturner.org
AASL Innovative Reading Grant
CHICAGO - The American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), is pleased to announce the newest addition to its grants and awards program - the AASL Innovative Reading Grant. Sponsored by Coughlan Publishing, the $2,500 grant will support the planning and implementation of a unique and innovative program for students that motivates and encourages reading, especially with struggling readers.
"Reading fluency is fundamental to overall student success and achievement," said AASL President Cyndi Phillip. "AASL is proud to offer this new funding opportunity to school library media specialists who teach these essential life skills to their students. The AASL Board of Directors approved the new grant earlier this year and we are looking forward to learning about the winning project at next year’s Awards Luncheon."
The grant is designed to fund literacy projects for grades K-9 that promote the importance of reading and facilitate literacy development by supporting current reading research, practice, and policy. The selection committee will look for initiatives based on original ideas and methodology, which showcase innovative ways to motivate and involve students in reading. Projects need to demonstrate potential to positively impact student learning and growth of reading skills. Program proposals submitted must include a timeline, a budget and a statement of purpose, and should have potential for replication.
"Coughlan Publishing is pleased to be sponsoring this important grant with AASL," said Matt Keller, president, Capstone Press. "The importance of literacy instruction cannot be emphasized enough and the role of the school librarian is crucial to a school’s success in teaching students reading skills."
Applications and detailed information will be available on the AASL Web site
> www.ala.org/aasl/awards
The Innovative Reading Grant is sponsored by Coughlan Publishing, whose companies include Capstone Press, Compass Point Books, Picture Window Books, Stone Arch Books and Red Brick Learning.
Literacy Empowerment Foundation (LEF)
The Literacy Empowerment Foundation (LEF) has increased the size of the matching grants available to $8,000.00 per school. A school can now order $16,000.00 worth of books and pay only 8,000.00. (Any amount purchased from $100.00 to $8,000.00 will be matched.)
The Matching Book Grant Program offers Guided Reading and Independent Reading Collections. Guided Reading Collections consist of six copies each of eighteen titles. Independent Reading Collections consist of one copy each of 108 titles. With each set of Guided Reading and/or Independent Reading Collections purchased at the regular price, an additional set of books will be included.
The Literacy Empowerment Foundation (LEF) is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization. LEF currently supplies books to over 20,000 schools. The number of books available in the Matching Book Grant Program has increased dramatically. Matching Book Grants allow your school to double its purchasing power. This is a limited time offer that requires no special screening or applications. For more information you can also contact:
Literacy Empowerment Foundation
6323 Salem Park Circle
Mechanicsburg, Pa. 17050
Phone: 717-791-6210 or 610-719-6448
Email: info@LEFbooks.org
> www.lefbooks.org
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