The Arlington Public Library is pleased to announce it has received a $1,991 award for materials and online courses from ProLiteracy's National Book Fund. The National Book Fund provides adult education and literacy programs throughout the United States with grant awards to help purchase high-quality educational materials and resources needed to support their literacy initiatives.
Kevin Morgan, president and CEO of ProLiteracy said, "Every year, we receive a number of compelling, high-quality applicants. We are pleased this year to be able to offer grants to 80 percent of the applicants we received. ProLiteracy is excited to be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the National Book Fund with the bold vision of putting one book each in the hands of 125,000 adult learners nationwide. Over the last 20 years we have distributed more than 1,500 grant awards totaling more than $2.9 million. Over 305,000 adults, youth, and children improved their reading skills as a result of this initiative, and more than 33,000 tutors and literacy volunteers have received the resources they need to provide direct literacy instruction to students."
New Readers Press, the publishing division of ProLiteracy, provides the books and materials for the National Book Fund. These books are high-quality instructional materials specially written to meet the needs of adult literacy students, instructors, and trainers. Adult literacy programs can chose from more than 400 New Readers Press titles.
"The Arlington Public Library is extremely grateful to receive this award," said Stacy Garcia, Library Service Manager. "The funds will enable us to enhance the services we provide to our adult literacy students."
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