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Target Partners with Phoenix Public Library for Grade One at the Library
The Phoenix Public Library Foundation announced the receipt of a
grant from Target to support GOAL (Grade One at the Library) during
the 2006-2007 school year. GOAL is a citywide effort to assure that
first-grade students sign up for and receive a library card. By
reaching out to more than 1,000 first-grade classrooms, Target’s
grant will assist the library in serving nearly 15,000 students and
their families throughout Phoenix.
Visit http://phoenix.gov/newsrel/2407target.html for more
information.
USAA Fund Leads Way in Fund-raising for Phoenix’s Agave Library
The Phoenix Public Library Foundation has received a $50,000
contribution from the USAA Fund, a Fund of the Arizona Community
Foundation, for Agave Library. The contribution will assist the
Phoenix Public Library with building a teen space at the regional
branch, which will be constructed at 36th Avenue and Pinnacle Peak
Road beginning in the fall.
Visit http://phoenix.gov/newsrel/2407usaa.html for more information.
Phoenix Public Library Web Site to Feature ‘Rock Star’ Librarian
Nancy Pearl, a regular contributor to National Public Radio and a
nationally known librarian who inspired a librarian action figure,
will be featured on Phoenix Public Library’s Web site beginning Aug.
1. The library Web site will link to Pearl’s Web site, which
features a dozen of her book reviews – “Pearl’s Picks” – each month.
Visit http://phoenix.gov/newsrel/2407pearlphx.html for more
information.
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