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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">All,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Many of you know about Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. (<a href="http://www.imaginationlibrary.org" target="_blank">www.imaginationlibrary.org</a> Click on
<i>Start a Program</i> at the top. Be sure to look at the <i>Resources</i> for latest research.) DPIL mails well selected age appropriate books to children under 5 years old within a community once a month. It is an awesome program that has been shown to increase
daily reading by families, and children enrolled in the program perform as much as 30% better on kindergarten readiness assessments than peers who are not enrolled. The program is inexpensive, costing the local affiliate only $25 per year per child for 12
high quality books mailed directly to a child. And of course for families enrolled in the program, there are no costs at all! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> In Wilsonville, we have been a DPIL affiliate for 5 years. We currently have 770 children signed up to receive books and 740 have graduated from the program. We have found that
families are very happy with the program, it is an important way to reach children who do not make regular visits to the library, and it is exceedingly easy to administer.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">About a month ago, an anonymous private foundation decided it would like to spread Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in small rural counties in Oregon. The foundation would like
to take 50% of the monthly costs for books and mailings off the table for a program’s first three years in these counties. Under the proposal, a new affiliate starting up before June 2018 would only pay $12.50 per year per child.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">A qualifying county needs to be outside of the Willamette Valley and have a population of less than 100,000. There are 24 Oregon counties that meet these criteria. They are:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center">
<b><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Oregon Counties that are Eligible for 50% Funding for First 3 Years of DPIL Affiliation</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Affiliates within these counties must be established between June 2017 and June 2018<b>
</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">1.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Baker County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">2.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Clatsop County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">3.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Columbia County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">4.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Coos County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">5.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Crook County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">6.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Curry County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">7.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Gilliam County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">8.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Grant County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">9.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Harney County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">10.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Hood River County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m1682629734492509471m-3548661841617063572msonormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto">
<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">11.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Jefferson County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m1682629734492509471m-3548661841617063572msonormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto">
<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">12.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Josephine County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m1682629734492509471m-3548661841617063572msonormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto">
<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">13.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Klamath County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">14.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Lake County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">15.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Lincoln County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">16.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Malheur County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">17.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Morrow County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">18.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Sherman County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">19.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Tillamook County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m1682629734492509471m-3548661841617063572msonormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto">
<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">20.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Umatilla County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">21.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Union County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">22.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Wallowa County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">23.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Wasco County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">24.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">Wheeler County</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Our task is to identify partners in these counties that would like to explore starting a program for their county. We can begin by talking about possibilities for your community
and a pathway to enroll an affiliate. A partner does need to be a 501(c)3 charity. This can be a library friends group or foundation, a local Kiwanis or Rotary group’s charity arm, or another non-profit. (In Wilsonville, we use the Library’s foundation.)
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> For those interested we are also looking at having a series of regional meetings in September. We will bring out the DPIL regional director for Oregon. You can hear directly from
her about how the program works and get questions answered. We will come to you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Please reply directly to me if you are interested in talking about possibilities for your community, if you know an organization that might want to partner, or even if you just
know a person we should talk to. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">With this exceedingly generous offer, I believe we have an incredible opportunity to improve educational levels of kids throughout our state’s rural areas.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> Please respond directly to me and we’ll start talking about how to make it work for your community.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">pat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#008996"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#008996">Patrick Duke<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Library Director<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Wilsonville Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">503.570.1590<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">503.682.8685 FAX<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:duke@wilsonvillelibrary.org">duke@wilsonvillelibrary.org</a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.wilsonvillelibrary.org/">www.wilsonvillelibrary.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Wilsonville-Library-178125978892985/">Facebook.com/Wilsonville-Library</a></span><u><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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