Off-site 2012 Summer Reading Program PH IV

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,675
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2012
End Date
August 2012
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Scott
Scott
Project Overview
Provide reading records, incentives and book collections to selected school-age childcare and summer school programs to run the library's "Summer Reading Program" with the children participating at their site. Provide a special event at the end of summer at the sponsoring library branch exclusively for the participants and their families to introduce non-users to the library and its services.
Project Details
211
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2011 Chapter 6, Article 4, Subdivision 5
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,675
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$4,675
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Participants will spend more time reading over the summer than they would have without the program. Participants and their families will visit the library at the special end of summer program and get introduced to the library and its services.

Measurable Outcome(s)

End of year surveys were returned by four sites and all four reported that their participants read "a little more" or "a lot more" than they would have without OSSRP.
We were disappointed that turnout of participants and their families for in-library programs was so meager. In evaluating at the end of the summer it was decided that next summer we'll invite the sites to special programs at the library that they can do as a field trip during the day.

Source of Additional Funds

Belle Plaine ISD 716; Burnsville ISD 191; Jordan ISD 717; New Prague Area Community Ed; Prior Lake Savage ISD 719; Shakopee YMCA Kids Company

Project Manager
First Name
Chris
Last Name
Olson
Organization Name
MELSA
Street Address
1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 314
City
Saint Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104
Phone
651-645-5731
Email
chris@melsa.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113-4266

Phone
651-582-8200