<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-cb2bec84-0364-2ccb-1b6f-a67b3f7d67a7" style=""><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Hello Oregon friends,</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">We are excited to share with you the 20th anniversary of Multnomah County Library's <a href="https://multcolib.org/educators/school-corps">School Corps</a> program. </span></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">20 years, 3 librarians, 4000 book collections created, 83,000 students reached with 131,000 books, 8700 hours of educator time saved.</span></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">These are just some of the impressive numbers that reflect 20 years of MCL’s School Corps service. For two decades School Corps has expanded and evolved in support of schools’ literacy goals by delivering books and promoting MCL resources in classrooms and at after school programs.</font></span></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Teachers know that School Corps is a program to celebrate! </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Educator Robin Mauldin says, “This is one of the best things Mult Co. Library does to support teachers. I am so happy to get the book buckets. It really helps students get more, more and more books into their lives!”</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></font></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="" size="2">Where you will find School Corps twenty years from now remains to be seen, but no matter what shape the program takes, it will be anchored in the magic of talented librarians compiling and vetting excellent resources and inspiring children to find the books they need and love.</font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="" size="2">Want to learn more about the resources School Corps shares with educators? <a href="https://multcolib.org/subscribe-school-corps-quarterly-newsletter">Sign up for their newsletter</a> today. </font></span></p><div style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div></span></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b><br></b></div><div dir="ltr"><b>Katie O'Dell</b><div><b>Programming & Outreach Director</b></div><div>Multnomah County Library</div><div>919 NE 19th Ave.</div><div>Portland, OR 97232</div><div>503.988.5408 (p)</div><div>503.572.5231 (c)</div><div><a href="mailto:kodell@multcolib.org" target="_blank">kodell@multcolib.org</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://multcolib.org/sites/default/files/MultCoLib_2LineLogo_RGBemail_sig2.png"><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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