Is there a Target store near you?

I am always on the lookout for additional funds, and the site Grants for Libraries does a good job of keeping me informed.

An interesting program I read about on this site is that Target is providing Local Store Grants. Here is the scoop.

Eligibility: Schools, Public Libraries, or 501(c)(3) organizations located in communities where Target does business.

Average grant amount $1,000 - $3,000, though you can request any amount.

Grant Category: Early Childhood Reading
Target funds programs that foster a love of reading and encourage young children, birth through age nine, to read together with their family (e.g., library storytimes, family reading nights, or after school reading programs).

P.S. Stephanie Gerding of the "Grants for Libraries" site will be here next week at NEFLIN! She not only wrote a book on Grants for Libraries: A How-To-Do-It Manual, she also wrote and teaches on the subject, The Accidental Technology Trainer.