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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This may be of interest to some of you, registration closes April 9<sup>th</sup>. See below for details. Best, Greta<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> John Chrastka <<a href="mailto:john.chrastka@everylibrary.org">john.chrastka@everylibrary.org</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 2, 2026 8:16 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> MAURER Jennifer * SLO <<a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@slo.oregon.gov">jennifer.maurer@slo.oregon.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> A poet, a challenge, and your library this April<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">April is National Poetry Month. And this year, we're doing something a little different to celebrate it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">We partnered with #1 New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander and One Word at a Time to create the
<a href="https://www.saveschoollibrarians.org/be-mighty?e=a9f68e584d574e71d27da9d7a430c62a&utm_source=votelibraries&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mighty_1&n=1" target="_blank">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Be Mighty for Your Library Challenge</span></strong></a> — a nationwide campaign designed to get kids through your doors, signed up for library cards, and writing poems about why their library matters to them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Here's the short version of how it works:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Kids complete three of five simple library actions — things like signing up for a library card, checking out a book, or bringing a friend to the library. Then they write a short poem. You display the
poems on a Library Poetry Wall. At the end of the month, Kwame Alexander creates a
<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Community Poem for Libraries</span></strong> using words and lines drawn from submissions across the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Three participating library communities will be selected to receive a
<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">One Word at a Time Author Study Season Pass</span></strong> — delivered to a partner school of your choosing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">No purchase necessary. No complicated rules. Just your library, your community, and a month of poetry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">We're looking for our founding libraries.</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">We're <a href="https://www.saveschoollibrarians.org/be-mighty?e=a9f68e584d574e71d27da9d7a430c62a&utm_source=votelibraries&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mighty_1&n=2" target="_blank">
launching this as a pilot program</a>, and we're inviting a select group of libraries to be part of it first. If your library is among the first to register, you'll be part of shaping what this becomes — and in the running to win a prize package for a school
in your community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">The challenge runs April 10 through April 25. Registration closes April 9th.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Register your library now at
<a href="https://www.saveschoollibrarians.org/be-mighty?e=a9f68e584d574e71d27da9d7a430c62a&utm_source=votelibraries&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mighty_1&n=3" target="_blank">
https://www.saveschoollibrarians.org/be-mighty</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">All the materials you need — challenge cards, poetry prompt sheets, toolkit — will be provided.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">We hope you’ll join us in celebrating National Poetry Month and kids love for their libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Thanks so much,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">John<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">John Chrastka<br>
<a href="https://www.everylibrary.org/?e=a9f68e584d574e71d27da9d7a430c62a&utm_source=votelibraries&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mighty_1&n=5">https://www.everylibrary.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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