Town Pump Offers Library Grants In State
The Town Pump Charitable Foundation is offering $1,000 grants to public libraries in Montana to help fund summer youth-reading programs.
Last year, the Town Pump Charitable Foundation awarded 100 of the $1,000 grants statewide as of its Keep Kids Reading grant program. Grants can be used for books, supplies, snacks, staffing, guest speakers, prizes, and other elements needed for a successful summer reading program.
Libraries can apply March 1 through April 15 at www. townpumpfoundation.com using the Keep Kids Reading application, and grants will be awarded in early May.
âSchool children who donât read over the summer months will lose, on average, two months of their reading skill levels,â said Bill McGladdery, director of corporate communications for Town Pump. âMany Montana libraries increase youth-reading programs in the summer months to help prevent this âsummer slide,â and the Town Pump Charitable Foundation is pleased to support these very important programs.â
Summer youth programs also help children develop an awareness of what their local library offers, he added. Many libraries are using the theme âAll Together Nowâ for their summer reading programs.