Summer is a Fun time to read and now kids will get the support and encouragment they need to begin and keep the spirit going from Target!
Brown Deer Library today announced a partnership with Target in recognition of its efforts in fostering a lifelong love of reading in children. The grant of $1,000 will be used to sponsor the Summer Children's Reading Program in 2008. This program will service approximately 250 children from pre-school up to 12 years old in the Brown Deer area.
The Grant was made possible by the efforts of the Friends of the Brown Deer Library. They took the effort in finding the funding source and preparing the grant. The continuing efforts of the Friend's organization has enabled the Brown Deer Library to remain one of the State's leading public libraries in its population category.
The Grant is part of ongoing effots by Target to strengthen families and communities throughout the United States. Since opening its doors, Target has given 5% of its income to organizations that support education, the arts and safe families and communities. The grant will definitely make a difference in the lives of children who participate in the program.
The Summer Reading Program has always been supported by donation funding, primarily by The Friends of the Brown Deer Library, these new funds, which will be used to pay for programming costs and supplies for the 2008 Summer Children's Reading Program, may allow the freeing up of additional donation funding to provide other items and services for the Brown Deer Library such as supplementing the book collection and other items/services.
Thanks so very much Target!
