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Welcoming Spaces National Forum

Grant cycle September 2019 – Extension granted to August 2022; Award LG-16-19-0110-19

ALSC received a National Leadership Grant from IMLS in the area of Community Catalysts. ALSC, in collaboration with the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM) planned to convene a one-day National Forum attended by representatives from 12 children’s museums, 12 libraries and up to 24 of their partnering organizations to distill a set of best practices from their exemplary work serving immigrants and refugees. In response to the current situation with COVID-19, ALSC and ACM have postponed the forum and have received a one-year no cost extension to the grant to host a virtual event in 2022. In addition to the event, ALSC and ACM will compile the best practices resulting from the forum into a white paper, and broadly disseminate the best practices document to elevate these practices and encourage their adoption by libraries and children’s museums.

Dollar General Literacy Foundation: Strengthening Communities Through Libraries

In 2019, ALSC received a $124,528 Youth Literacy grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to help libraries provide out-of-school time STEAM learning for children. ALSC awarded fourteen $5,000 Strengthening Communities Through Libraries minigrants to ALSC personal members in public libraries whose libraries are within 20 miles of a Dollar General corporate or retail location. This was the third year ALSC used its grant funds to support out-of-school time STEAM programming. Grantees from 2019 and previous years are listed below.

2019 Minigrant Recipients

Bristol Public Library (CT) - Christina Carpino

Broward County Library (FL) - Eric Gomez

Burbank Public Library (CA) - Cathleen Bowley

Calvert Library (MD) - Beverly Izzi

Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County (NY) - Kathleen Powell

Cuyahoga County Public Library (OH) - JoAnna Schofield

Grapevine Public Library (TX) - Janis Roberson

Hamtramck Public Library (MI) - Katarina Quain

Lane Libraries (OH) - Celeste Swanson

Lawrence Public Library (KS) - Jennifer Cook

Orange County Library System (FL) - Bethany Stone

Roselle Public Library (IL) - Kristen Lawson

Springfield-Greene County Library District (MO) - Nancee Dahms-Stinson

Ypsilanti District Library (MI) - Jodi Krahnke

2018 Minigrant Recipients by Library and Project Lead

Attleboro Public Library - Amy Rhilinger

Carroll County Public Library - Dorothy Stoltz

Fairfield County District Library - Robin Gibson

GCLS Glassboro Library - Loretta Lisowski

Jackson District Library - Sarah Hashimoto

Judy B. McDonald Public Library - Mercedes Franks

Kenton County Public Library/Erlanger Branch - Lise Tewes

Lafourche Parish Public Library/South Lafourche Branch - Katina Gaudet

New Cumberland Public Library - Alana Bubnis

Northlake Public Library District - Marianne Ryczek

Orange Public Libraries/Wheeler Memorial Library - Jason Sullivan-Flynn

Rowan Public Library - Jennifer Nicholson

Show Low Public Library - Lisa Lewis

Skokie Public Library - Caitlin Savage

2017 Minigrant Recipients by Library and Project Lead

Aldrich Public Library - Sarah Costa

Batesville Public Library - Hanna Lee

Camden Public Library - Krystal Lancaster

Champaign Public Library - Michael Rogalla

Dallas Public Library - Amy Prior

Kenosha Public Library - Heather Thompson

Live Oak Public Libraries - Maryann Brickey

Marion Public Library - Elsworth Carman (Rockerfeller)

Martin Memorial Library - Heather Harden

Springfield-Greene County Library District - Nancee Dahms-Stinson

Winfield Public Library - Joan Cales

Woodland Public Library - Abigail Craig

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