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class=026470821-02102009><FONT size=2>Earlier this month you and your
supervisors were invited to participate in a teleconference to share ideas and
feedback. During this conversation participants shared a lot of
successful early literacy activities they are doing in their communities.
I know that some of you are still struggling to find ways to reach your
commitment of providing early literacy education to 15 families so I
thought I'd periodically share these success stories with you. Please feel
free to share your own success stories too, and to ask
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class=026470821-02102009>An advantage small communities have is that
everyone knows almost everyone else--where they work, live, shop, and
play. One small rural librarian contacted the local Veterinarian clinic
because she knew that the people who work there all have children under 5
years old. She arranged to come to the clinic to conduct early literacy
education while the staff was on their lunch break. She did the same thing
for the local pharmacy. While there were only two or three people at each
work place attending the training, it was well worth her while because it
reached those busy working parents that often can't get to the library or to
other enrichment programs and activities. And, word may start to
spread from business to business and parent to parent.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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class=026470821-02102009>This isn't just a strategy for small communities, a
library in Washington County partnered with Nike to conduct a parent education
session on the Nike campus during the lunch hour.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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class=026470821-02102009>What businesses in your community employ parents of
young children? </SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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class=026470821-02102009>Why would they be interested in allowing you to conduct
a parent education session for staff during
lunch?</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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class=026470821-02102009>Who could you contact there to talk more about
providing early literacy education for their staff?</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=center>Katie Anderson, Library Development Services</DIV>
<DIV align=center>* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book
Coordinator *</DIV>
<DIV align=center>Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301</DIV>
<DIV align=center><A
href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</A>,
503-378-2528</DIV>
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