[kids-lib] Joann Sweetland Lum Literacy Grant Apps Due 12/1

[MAURER Jennifer L * SLO]

Please pardon the cross-posting.

Hi Folks,

Here's some information about a national grant opportunity that was started by an Oregonian.

Gregory Lum is a retired school librarian and former president of the Oregon Association of School Libraries. The YALSA Joann Sweetland Lum Literacy Grant was started four years ago to honor Gregory's late wife, and applications for this year's grant are due in a month - December 1st.
If you have a literacy project in mind, you are encouraged to apply for the $1,000 grant. Examples of literacy include, but are not limited to, digital, media, visual, computer, data, financial, civic/ethical, news, information, multicultural, and cultural.
The scholarship jury includes three of Joann's relatives and librarians from around the country. It is a blind review, so jury members do not know where the applicants are from or who they are. Previous recipients were from South Carolina, Virginia, and Oregon, including last year's recipient - Jessica Lorentz Smith from Bend-La Pine Schools.

You do not need to be a member of YALSA to apply for the grant. However, if your grant is selected as the winning project, you must become a member. Some of the grant funds can be applied to YALSA membership.

https://www.ala.org/yalsa/joann-sweetland-lum-memorial-grant

Thanks,
Jen

Jen Maurer, MLS (she/her)
School Library Consultant, State Library of Oregon
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