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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">In her brand new article, “The Art of the Trade: A New/Old
Take on Resource Sharing,” Ann Scheppke reports on fun, practical, and
educational financial literacy programs at the Salem Public Library which
involved a traveling exhibit, a blue jeans swap, and an arts and craft supply
swap. Please download and read it here: <br></span></font>
<font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol23/iss4/6/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">https://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol23/iss4/6/</a></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
>From her article, “Their program director, Jessica Ramey, and I hatched a plan
for a back-to-school blue jeans swap, reasoning that conservation of resources
applies as much to the environment as it does to families’ wardrobes and bank
accounts, and that people who would come to the library for free back-to-school
clothes might not be the same people who would sign themselves up for a class
on budgets or investments. Our theory was that if we could get people into the
building for free jeans, they would discover the fabulous Thinking Money
exhibit and perhaps learn something new. Our program plan was simple: encourage
people to, ahem, drop their pants at the Library <span>...</span>”</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
To learn more about the results and lessons of these wonderful programs, please
read on.<span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<br></span></font></div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thank you,<br></span></font></div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Charles Wood<br></span></font></div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">OLA Communications</span></font><br></div>