FIRST BOOK LEWIS-CLARK STATE COLLEGE CAMPUS ADVISORY BOARD ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS FOR BOOK GRANTS 

Lewiston, Idaho – August 15, 2005: The First Book Lewis-Clark State College Campus Advisory Board is pleased to announce that it will begin accepting applications from prospective community-based literacy programs for grants of books to distribute to the children they serve.  Applications and guidelines are available beginning Monday, August 15, 2005 by calling 208.792.2084, or via e-mail at cpkremer@lcsc.edu.  Applications must be returned by Monday, September 30, 2005.  To qualify for a book grant, applicants must be a tutoring, mentoring or family literacy program that works with disadvantaged children. 

FIRST BOOK – LCSC

The First Book LCSC Campus Advisory Board is part of First Book’s national network of community volunteers who support First Book’s mission.  Comprised of volunteers from all sectors of the community, the First Book – LCSC Campus Advisory Board works to promote and facilitate the distribution of new books to literacy programs in the area served by Lewis-Clark State College including Lapwai, Grangeville, Orofino, Kooskia, Kamiah, Clarkston, Asotin and surrounding areas.  In the past three years alone, First Book has distributed over 20 million new books to children in need.

FIRST BOOK’S NATIONAL LITERACY EFFORTS

First Book is a national nonprofit organization with a single mission: to provide low-income children with their first new books.  On campuses around the country, First Book Campus Advisory Boards unite leaders from all sectors of the community to provide books to children in literacy programs, shelters for battered children, housing projects, soup kitchens, after-school programs and other community-based efforts that reach children living below the poverty line.  For more information about First Book, or to donate a book to a child who needs it, please visit www.firstbook.org.

For more information on First Book and the First Book-LCSC Campus Advisory Board book grant process, please contact Charlette Kremer, First Book-LCSC coordinator, at 208.792.2084.