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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS - -
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FROM: Anne Cain, County Librarian o 11M ;x
County
DATE: February 27, 2007 srA couxtt
SUBJECT: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Contra Costa County Librarian to Apply for and Accept Books
and Supplementary Materials from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American
Library Association, We the People Bookshelf on the"Pursuit of Happiness" Grant Program.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION (S) &BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Contra Costa County Librarian to APPLY for and ACCEPT for the Brentwood Library,
a set of classic books for young readers, from the We the People Bookshelf on the"Pursuit of Happiness"Grant Program of
the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association, for the period ending May 31, 2008.
(District III)
FINANCIAL IMPACT
No matching funds are required.
BACKGROUND
Description of Service
The We the People Bookshelf Grant will provide fifteen classic hardcover books in English for young readers from
Kindergarten through high school, four books in Spanish, a CD with traditional music, and promotional material for the
Brentwood Library. These books will encourage young people to read classic books and explore themes in American
history, culture, and ideas that embody the theme of the"Pursuit of Happiness". The Brentwood Library will promote the
Bookshelf, the selected titles and the ideals they represent through a series of coordinated events. This will include a
"celebrity" reading, in which local business and civic leaders will read passages from Bookshelf titles. The Friends of the
Brentwood Library will conduct a reading incentive program, offering prizes to those children that read all books for their
age-level from the Bookshelf. A poetry contest and an art show that explore the "Pursuit of Happiness" theme will be
offered as well.
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Contact: Laura O'Donoghue,Deputy County Librarian JOHN CULLEN,CLERK HE BOARD OF
(925)646-6423
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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County Administrator
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