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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">“The Pilcrow Foundation, a national non-profit public charity, provides a 2-to-1 match to rural public libraries that
receive a grant through its Children’s Book Project and contribute $200-$400 through a local sponsor for the purchase of up to $1200 worth (at retail value) of new, quality, hardcover children’s books.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">…<span style="background:white"> Libraries qualify for the Children’s Book Project grant on an individual basis. To
qualify for the grant, libraries must be located in a rural area within the 50 United States, have a limited operating budget, have an active children’s department, and raise $200-$400 through a local sponsor…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Annual application deadlines for grant cycles are <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">1 April</span></strong> and <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">1
October</span></strong> (postmark date). You do not need to send your application by Express or Certified Mail etc., as we look at the postmark date for adherence to the deadline. Grants will be awarded and grant recipients will be posted on our website by <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">15
April</span></strong><b> </b>and<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal"> 15 October</span></strong>…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;background:white">Children’s Book Project grant recipients who have fulfilled all grant funding requirements, including the
final report (see Section X in the Children’s Book Project grant application for details), may apply for another grant <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">three years</span> after the receipt of their previous grant…”</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>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">More information can be found here:
<a href="https://thepilcrowfoundation.org/childrens-book-project/"><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">https://thepilcrowfoundation.org/childrens-book-project/</span></a>. Questions? Contact
Karren Timmermans at <span style="background:white"><a href="mailto:pilcrowfoundation@gmail.com"><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">pilcrowfoundation@gmail.com</span></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">FYI,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Jen<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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