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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Posted on behalf of </span>Libby Hamler-Dupras<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">From March 15<sup>th</sup> – April 10<sup>th</sup>, 2014</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Elementary aged children
can vote for their <i>favorite</i> Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Awards (BCCCA) book!</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Encourage your elementary aged students to vote for their favorite BCCCA book from
<b>March 15<sup>th</sup> – April 10th.</b> Any elementary aged children who have read OR listened to TWO or more of this year’s<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>(2013-2014) BCCCA titles are allowed to vote through their favorite school or public library.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For the list of this year’s 2013-2014 BCCCA nominations please refer to
<a href="http://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-nominees">http://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-nominees</a>.
<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>Keep in mind that a couple of the BCCCA nominations are also cross-over titles on the Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) Elementary list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Please collect the votes at your school or library site. There are paper ballots that you can download from
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://ola.memberclicks.net/assets/OASL/BCCCA/2013-2014_bcca_orca_bookmark.pdf">http://ola.memberclicks.net/assets/OASL/BCCCA/2013-2014_bcca_orca_bookmark.pdf</a> </span>or you can create your own<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>ballots.<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Once you have the votes for your building all tallied,
<i>remember to submit all votes for all titles</i>, and submit them using the electronic online ballot<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>at <a href="http://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-how-to-vote">http://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-how-to-vote</a>. <span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If you have any questions or concerns, contact the BCCCA Chair, Libby Hamler-Dupras <a href="mailto:elfgirl@Q.com">elfgirl@Q.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Thank you for promoting reading with the Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Awards. On
<b>April 12<sup>th</sup></b>, Beverly Cleary’s birthday, we will announce the 2014 BCCCA winner, plus announce the nominations for the 2014-2015 BCCCA!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For more information on the BCCCA program go to
<a href="http://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-home">http://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-home</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Kindly,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Libby Hamler-Dupras<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="mailto:elfgirl@Q.com">elfgirl@Q.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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