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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.0pt"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Posted on<span style="color:#1F497D"> ARSL list</span> August 29, 2013
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.0pt"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Deadline: March 15, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2>Ezra Jack Keats Foundation Accepting Minigrant Applications<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p style="line-height:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Established by children's book author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats, the
<a href="http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/" target="_blank">Ezra Jack Keats Foundation</a> is accepting applications from public schools and public libraries anywhere in the United States and its territories for program or event mini-grants of up to $500.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">The mini-grants program is intended to support projects that foster creative expression, collaboration, and interaction with a diverse community. The funding program
provides an opportunity for educators, whose efforts are often inadequately funded or recognized, to create special activities outside the standard curriculum and make time to encourage their students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Projects funded in the past include murals, pen pal groups, quilts, theater productions, newspapers and other publications, intergenerational activities, and programs
that bring disparate communities together.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Public schools and public libraries are eligible to apply. Preschool head start programs also are eligible. Only public organizations are eligible; private and parochial
schools should not apply. Charter schools also are ineligible. Applicants must be located in the U.S. or its commonwealths or territories, including Puerto Rico and Guam. Only one application from each library or school will be considered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Complete program guidelines, a video tutorial for applicants, and the application form are available at the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation Web site.
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<b><a href="http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/minigrant-program/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:normal">Link to Complete RFP</span></a></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Ann Reed, Federal Programs Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">ann.reed@state.or.us<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">phone 503-378-5027<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">fax 503-378-6439<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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