LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Library is a recipient of a grant of $5,500 to host the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read in Lake County.
A program of the NEA, the Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book.
Lake County Library is one of 77 nonprofit organizations across the country to receive a grant to host an NEA Big Read project between September 2016 and June 2017.
The NEA Big Read in Lake County will focus on “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London. Activities will take place in October 2016.
Jane Chu, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, said, “I have the opportunity to travel around the country and see the way the arts can inspire, allow for reflection, and create new experiences. I look forward to the creative ways these 77 organizations will bring their communities together around a great work of literature through their participation in the NEA Big Read.”
Managed by Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read offers grants to support innovative community reading programs designed around a single book.
The program supports organizations across the country in developing community-wide reading programs which encourage reading and participation by diverse audiences.
Organizations selected to participate in the NEA Big Read receive a grant, access to online training resources and opportunities, and educational and promotional materials designed to support widespread community involvement.
The Lake County Big Read will kick off with a local author festival held at the Lake County Fairgrounds Little Theater in Lakeport on Oct. 1.
Many organizations in Lake County will be helping to celebrate reading during the program month including the Lake County Office of Education, Literacy Taskforce, Friends of Mendocino College, Friends of Mendocino College Library, Friends of the Lake County Library, Friends of the Middletown Library, and Rotary Club of Lakeport.
For more information about the NEA Big Read, visit www.neabigread.org .
The Lake County Library is on the Internet at http://library.lakecountyca.gov and Facebook at www.facebook.com/LakeCountyLibrary .
Jan Cook is a library technician with the Lake County Library.
Lake County Library gets NEA Big Read grant
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