Library awarded CLiF grant

JACKSONVILLE- The Children’s Literacy Foundation has selected the Whitingham Free Public Library as one of 12 public libraries across Vermont and New Hampshire to be recipients of its 2022 to 2023 Rural Libraries grant program. Each of the chosen sites will receive two storytelling performances hosted by CLiF’s professional presenters, new books for the public library, new books for the local elementary school library, a mini-grant for library programming, and new books for children to choose and keep for themselves.
The program’s goal is to help small-town libraries create excitement around reading and writing, increase circulation, and strengthen community ties.
To be considered for the grant, libraries must be located in towns with a population of 5,000 or less. Since 1998 CLiF has partnered with approximately 90% of libraries in both states that fall into that category.