Brownsville, Lempster libraries awarded CLiF grants

The Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF) awards its Rural Libraries grant program to 10 public libraries in New Hampshire and Vermont in towns of populations of 5,000 or less.

The Rural Libraries grant provides $2,000 in new children’s books selected by the librarian for the public library and $500 in new books for the local elementary school library.

It also brings storytelling sessions with CLiF’s professional presenters to the library, local schools and childcare centers and allows each child in attendance to select two new books to keep. The grant program also offers funding for literacy-related initiatives to encourage children and families to come to the library.

CLiF’s Rural Libraries grant program recipients for the 2018-2019 school year are:

— Albany Public Library, Albany, Vermont

— Mary L. Blood Memorial Library, Brownsville, Vermont

— Miner Memorial Library, Lempster, New Hampshire

— George Gamble Library, Danbury, New Hampshire

— Frost Free Library, Marlborough, New Hampshire

— John G. McCullough Free Library, North Bennington, Vermont

— Sutton Free Library, North Sutton, New Hampshire

— Salisbury Free Library, Salisbury, New Hampshire

— Woodbury Community Library, Woodbury, Vermont

CLiF Program Director Meredith Scott said, “These ten libraries are determined to improve their communities by building stronger relationships with kids and families through a partnership with the school. With CLiF’s support, the libraries can substantially add to their collections and increase the traffic to the library.”