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Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$780
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2015
End Date
June 2015
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Anoka
Project Overview
Program which builds early literacy skills and includes musical performance by Kenny Ahern.
Project Details
511 participated
Competitive Grant Making Body
Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$780
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$780
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Parents and children will enjoy a musical performance and create art relating to the Summer Reading Program.
Measurable Outcome(s)
511 parents and children enjoyed the whole morning of early literacy related art activities throughout the library; 45 children and parents enjoyed a performance by Jared Sherlock. Children created paper cowboy and cowgirl dolls, wrote Haiku poems about summer reading, lassoed and panned for letters, enjoyed a storywalk, and listened to readings of cowboy related stories. They also created photos using letters to spell words related to the day's theme and shared their favorite books for summer reading.
Project Manager
First Name
Ken
Last Name
Behringer
Organization Name
MELSA
Street Address
1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 314
City
Saint Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104
Phone
651-645-5731
Email
ken@melsa.org
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