Monday, July 12, 2010

Libri Grant Celebration

The celebration of the new children's books that the Library received through a grant from the Libri Foundation took place on Wednesday July 7. Over 15 children were in the audience to see the puppet show "Alosa the Alewife" performed by Melissa Glendinning and her hand crafted puppets.
After the puppet show the children looked at all the new books on display, and could check out exciting new titles to start their summer reading.
The Libri Foundation is a non profit organization in Eugene, OR. The mission of the foundation is to donate new children's books to rural public libraries. The group matches donations to the library 2/1. The Bremen Library applied for the grant in spring. The Bremen Patriotic Club made a $350.00 donation to the library that the Libri Foundation matched to give us books worth $1,417.21. An additional award of $350.00 for Math & Science books was also received. The Library selected 82 new quality books to add to the collection. The books were picked from a list of award winning titles, and were selected to appeal to various ages and interests and to update materials and fill gaps in the collection. With the kick off of the summer reading program the new books will be greatly appreciated by the young readers.