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-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deborah Littrell Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 1:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [syscon-tx] Step Up to the Plate @ your library program offersgreat incentives for participating libraries >From ALA Deborah ALA NEWS For Immediate Release August 3, 2006 Contact: Deborah Bloom, Campaign Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Step Up to the Plate @ your library" concludes September 1; great incentives available for participating libraries Two American classics - libraries and baseball - are being celebrated this summer through the Step Up to the Plate @ your libraryR program, developed by the American Library Association (ALA) and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Most popular with young children, the program uses a series of baseball trivia questions to help teach 21st century literacy skills. All of the program's baseball trivia questions are posted on the Step Up to the Plate Web site at www.ala.org/baseball , and answers can be submitted in electronic form or by mail. The deadline for entries is Friday, September 1. Libraries that bring in the most number of entries are eligible to win special incentives. The library that brings in the most entries will get a $100 bookstore gift certificate, a copy of Lawrence Hogan's Shades of Glory: The Negro Leagues and the Story of African-American Baseball (published by National Geographic Society) and three copies of Satch and Me by Dan Gutman (published by HarperCollins). The next three libraries will receive a $50 ALA Graphics gift certificate, a copy of Shades of Glory and three copies of Satch and Me. Libraries are encouraged to collect entries and send them in to ALA in bulk if possible. One grand-prize winner will win a trip to the Hall of Fame's World Series Game One Gala event in Cooperstown, N.Y., in October, and a behind-the-scenes tour of the Museum. The grand prize also includes an Ozzie Smith autographed baseball. Twenty first-place prize packages also will be awarded, including a commemorative hardbound copy of the Hall of Fame Yearbook, Hall of Fame t-shirt, commemorative set of 20 Hall of Fame baseball cards and more. Since the program began in April, nearly 1,400 libraries have registered for the program at www.ala.org/baseball to gain access to free tools to help promote the program locally. These tools include programming ideas and customizable media relations materials, downloadable audio and print PSAs featuring Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith and more. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a founding partner of The Campaign for America's Libraries, which is also made possible in part by ALA Library Champions. The Step Up to the Plate @ your library program is supported by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), the Public Library Association (PLA), REFORMA, and the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum. -30- Deborah Bloom, Manager @ your library The Campaign for America's Libraries 312-280-2148 Fax:312-280-5274 [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * You gave the American Library Association (http://www.ala.org) permission to send you this email. Please add [EMAIL PROTECTED] to your address book or safe sender list. 50 E Huron, Chicago, IL 60611, USA To review the Privacy Policy under which this email was sent, go to http://www.ala.org/ala/home/privacystatement.htm To review our Acceptable Use Policy, go to http://maildogmanager.com/acceptable_use_policy.html To unsubscribe or manage your Subscription Preferences, simply go to http://maildogmanager.com/unsub.html?client=ala1&campaign=188&email=deborah. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Instantly created and delivered by the American Library Association's Mail Dog (http://maildogmanager.com) _______________________________________________ syscon-tx mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.tsl.state.tx.us/mailman/listinfo/syscon-tx
