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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Please pardon the cross-posting.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Congratulations to the following Oregon libraries or schools that were
<u><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/07/100-libraries-selected-lead-great-stories-club-reading-programs-underserved"><u><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">awarded the Great
Stories Club grant from ALA</span></u></a></u>, a “program that supports reading and discussion groups for underserved teens.” Libraries could apply for one or both of the themes, which are “Empathy: The Cost of Switching Sides” and<i> “</i>What Makes a Hero?
Self, Society and Rising to the Occasion.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Albany Options School- GAPS, Albany, OR (Empathy and Hero)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Deschutes Public Library partnering with Oregon Youth Challenge Program, Bend, OR (Empathy
and Hero)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Hillsboro Public Library partnering with Harkins House Shelter, Hillsboro, OR (Empathy and
Hero)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Josephine Community Library District partnering with the Boys & Girls Club of the Rogue Valley,
Grants Pass, OR (Hero)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Scappoose Public Library partnering with The Department of Community Justice, Juvenile Division
for Columbia County, Scappoose, OR (Empathy and Hero)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Jen</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Jen Maurer, MLS
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jennifer Maurer<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 21, 2018 11:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> OASL Listserv (oasl-all@ola.memberclicks.net); oyan@listsmart.osl.state.or.us; libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OYAN] Great Stories Club: A Reading Program for Underserved Youth (Apply by July 9)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">“The American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting applications for the Great Stories Club, a grant program in which library workers lead book club programs with underserved
teens…”</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">Here are the main criteria of the
<a href="https://apply.ala.org/greatstories/guidelines#requirements" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2E75B6">eligibility requirements</span></a>:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#548235">all types of libraries (public, school, academic and special)
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">in the United States and its territories that meet one of the following criteria:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">The applicant library is located within an organization that reaches underserved, under-resourced, or at-risk teens (e.g., a tribal library, alternative high school, juvenile detention facility),
OR;</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">The applicant library is working with a partner organization that reaches underserved, under-resourced, or at-risk teens…</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">More information is below and here:
<a href="https://apply.ala.org/greatstories/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2E75B6">https://apply.ala.org/greatstories/</span></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">FYI,<br>
Jen</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 18, 2018 7:23 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jennifer Maurer <br>
<b>Subject:</b> A reading program for underserved youth</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Do you love reading and want to help young people in your community love it as well?</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">The American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting applications for the Great Stories Club, a grant program in which library workers lead book club programs with underserved
teens.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Working with small groups of teens, grantees will host reading and discussion programs for up to four thematically related books chosen to resonate with reluctant readers struggling
with complex issues like academic probation, detention, incarceration, violence and poverty. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Up to 150 libraries will be selected. All types of libraries are eligible, as long as they work in partnership with, or are located within, organizations that serve under-resourced
youth. <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT03NjM3ODI3JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjAwMTYxNDEmbGk9NTQ5NzM2MDE/index.html" target="_blank">
Read the full project guidelines.</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Choose one or both of the following themes:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">"Empathy: The Cost of Switching Sides" (<a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT03NjM3ODI3JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjAwMTYxNDEmbGk9NTQ5NzM2MDI/index.html" target="_blank">View
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selected to implement both themes may be assigned to attend only one workshop)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Additional training, resources and support</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Visit <strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT03NjM3ODI3JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjAwMTYxNDEmbGk9NTQ5NzM2MDU/index.html" target="_blank">apply.ala.org/greatstories</a></span></strong> for
full project guidelines and to apply online. Apply by July 9, 2018.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Questions? Contact ALA's Public Programs Office at
<a href="mailto:publicprograms@ala.org?subject=Great%20Stories%20Club" target="_blank">
publicprograms@ala.org</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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