<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I really hope many of you will use this new tool. We've talked about making it available for use in Oregon for a few years and Elaine finally made it happen. <div><br></div><div>This is such an easy way to send a message to State Legislators. I just tried it out and it works great. I was able to use the template and adjust it to put in some of my own content about how we use the Ready-to-Read grants in Lincoln County. </div><div><br></div><div>This is the same program used by ALA for national advocacy efforts, <a href="http://cqrcengage.com/ala">http://cqrcengage.com/ala</a>. ALA has paid for the program for us to use on the state level. It is a terrific tool!</div><div><br></div><div>One small glitch, it didn't recognize my zip code but when I put in the zip code used for most of Newport it worked just fine. </div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 10:43 AM Elaine Hirsch <<a href="mailto:elaineghirsch@lclark.edu">elaineghirsch@lclark.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Today is a public hearing on Senate Bill 5518, which funds the Oregon State Library including Ready to Read grants to local libraries. Ready to Read grants are the only State General Fund program directly supporting Oregon's public libraries. <div><br></div><div><b>Please take a moment to send an email to your state legislators in support of SB 5518 and childhood literacy. It's easy! Enter your address as prompted, and you will be matched with your elected representatives with a letter that can be customized.</b></div><div><br></div><div><div><b><a href="http://cqrcengage.com/alaor/" target="_blank">http://cqrcengage.com/alaor/</a></b></div><br class="gmail-m_2191963686468373605gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div>If you would like more information on the issue, the issue brief prepared by OLA's Library Development and Legislation Committee is here: </div><div><a href="https://www.olaweb.org/assets/Legislative/LegDay/SupportSB5518_OLA_FINAL-FINAL_2.4.19.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.olaweb.org/assets/Legislative/LegDay/SupportSB5518_OLA_FINAL-FINAL_2.4.19.pdf</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for taking action and participating in OLA Legislative Day initiatives!</div><div><br></div><div>Elaine Hirsch</div><div>Library Development and Legislation Committee</div><div>OLA VP/President-elect</div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt">Diedre Conkling</span></em><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt"><br></span></i><a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com" target="_blank"><em><span style="color:blue;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt">diedre08@gmail.com</span></em></a></div>
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