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how our library contributes to this prestigious award!
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Libraries network to which we belong. |
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Grand Island
Named One of the Nation's 100 Best Communities
for Young People by America's Promise Alliance |
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Children's
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America's Promise Alliance, the
nation's largest alliance dedicated to children and youth, in
partnership with Capital One, announced today [on January 24] that Grand
Island was named a winner of its 2008 "100 Best Communities for Young People" (100 Best) competition.
So begins the news release found on
the City of Grand Island website at
www.grand-island.com/departments/City_Administrator/Public_Information/InTheNews/pressrelease100best_1_24_08.pdf |
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It is so exciting at this time
to be one of several City of Grand Island
departments with a rich array of youth programs, serving
youth from infancy through the teen years, and equally
exciting to be collaborating with so many agencies in this
community that serves our youth. Especially since
what all of us do helps our youth with the basics and
beyond of reading, learning, and other
firm foundations in their lives.
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more information about America's Promise Alliance |
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Children and teens converge on our art
gallery to enjoy reading during our summer program |
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Last fiscal year attendance
at 186 children's programs inside our library totaled
5,861, and attendance at 33 in-library teen programs
totaled 602.
We also conduct programs
outside the library at daycares and schools and we
participate in other agencies' events. These are not all
youth related, but many are. In these 162 programs and
events we served 32,101.
Last year's summer reading
program had the best results ever with over 2000 children
and teens reading about 71,500 books - way to go!
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More examples of our library's
commitment to this community's youth can be found using
the links on top of this page, but suffice it to say that
we hold to our mission as this diverse community's
center for a lifetime of learning and literacy and have
committed ourselves to continual improvement as Nebraska's
only "Family Place" library. By this we mean a primary
resource in this community for parents, caregivers and
youth to come to and to receive vital interactive
services, information and support in raising their
children. |
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Picture courtesy Grand Island Independent, Scott Kingsley
photographer. Check out these Independent links:
January 30, 2008 video,
January
31, 2008 story,
February 2, 2008 editorial |
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The Grand Island Independent
said it best on February 2 in their Saturday Salute as
they described the children who could 'bearly'
contain themselves at our recent Bear Fair in the newly
enlarged and renovated library:
While it is just one of many
events on the library calendar, it is a classic example of
why the facility is so important to the community. It is a
place to learn, have fun and appreciate the assorted
cultures that can be absorbed through reading. |
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these youth pages are devoted to:
All together we
make Grand Island one of the top 100 best communities for young
people - what a wonderful feeling that we all helped! |
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