BIRMINGHAM — The North Shelby Library has been named a recipient of one of the Young Adult Library Services Association’s (YALSA) twenty Summer Reading Program Grants. The grants give each winning library $1,000 to offer inventive summer reading programs to the teens in their community. The grants are funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
The YALSA/Dollar General grant will allow us to continue to offer the quality programming that area teens have come to expect from our library,” said Katie Guerin, Director.
The North Shelby Library plans to use the mini grant to support the many programs offered to teens during June and July. These events include a cooking demonstration by local chef Angela Schmidt, a live music show by Harry Potter tribute bands, a visit from Kingdom Comics, the Battle of the Books competition, a Hunger Games simulation game and weekly movies.
For more information about North Shelby Library’s teen summer reading program, contact the Teen Department at 205-439-5512 or nsyouth@shelbycounty-al.org. Registration for the teen summer reading program will begin May 16.
About the Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Since its founding, Dollar General has been committed to supporting literacy and education. The company founded the Dollar General Literacy Foundation in 1993 to improve the functional literacy of adults, families and youth by providing grants to nonprofit organizations dedicated to the advancement of literacy. To learn more visit www.dollargeneral.com/dgliteracy/Pages/landing.aspx
About YALSA
For more than 50 years, YALSA has been the world leader in selecting books, videos and audiobooks for teens. For more information about YALSA or for lists of recommended reading, viewing and listening, go to www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists, or contact the YALSA office by phone, (800) 545-2433, ext. 4390, or e-mail, yalsa@ala.org.
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