Strategic Planning next week

Project READ's strategic planning session will be December 1 from 8 to 11 am at the District #318 Administration Building in Grand Rapids. Please contact Jaci if you wish to provide input or would like to participate in the session. You can leave a note in the comments section if you prefer & we will contact you.

FRED is coming!

Project READ has a large shipment of new books to support FRED (Fathers Reading Every Day) events in out communities again this year. So far, events are being planned in Cohasset, Northome and the Greenway Area. If you are interested in hosting (or helping plan) and event for your community, contact Jaci David at coordinator@projectread.net.

For more information on FRED, check out this link: http://minnesotahumanities.org/programs/FRED

Every Grownup is a Famous Story Teller

Check out this link to a document developed by the Conneticut Commission on Children. You will love the pictures and the Project READ message attached.

http://www.cga.ct.gov/coc/PDFs/earlychildhood/every_grownup_10-30-07.pdf

Grand Rapids’ 4th Annual Celebration of Storytelling

Grand Rapids’ Celebrates Storytelling with the 4th Annual Tellebration!
November 19, 2009

Two events are scheduled

• Stories for kids 10:00 AM
  Grand Rapids Area Library
  140 NE 2nd St
  Grand Rapids
  Refreshments provided
• Storytellers Plus Story Swap for Your Tales 7:00 PM
  For adults and older children
  Forest History Center 2609 Co Rd 76
  Refreshments! Door prizes!
  Admission: non-perishable food item or donation
  for the food shelf

Sponsored by the Grand Rapids Area Library, the Forest History Center, Friends of the Forest History Center, Community Education, and the Blandin Foundation.
For more information: call the Library at 218-326-7640