73 public library sites will receive Summer Reading Mini-Grants. Each participating library site will receive $200 towards buying books for the library.
Public libraries in the U.S have been promoting summer library programs since 1898. Reading regularly during the summer helps students to prevent “summer set-back” where students can lose reading gains of the previous school year.
The State Library has been giving out the grants since 2004. Library sites receive $200 to spend on books and materials to support their summer library programming and provide a local match of 25% of the grant. The statewide summer reading theme for 2010 is “Make a Splash, READ!” The teen theme is “Make Waves @ your library.”
For a map of all library sites receiving a grant: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=109363614992294136015.000463611a1305f4ed830&ll=39.010648,-105.413818&spn=4.156806,7.03125&z=7
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