McCormick, S.C. – The Dr Pepper Snapple Group and national non-profit KaBOOM! have awarded the McCormick County Library a $15,000 Let’s Play Playground Construction grant.
The grants are part of the first Let’s Play initiative introduced in November of last year – a $15 million, three-year commitment from Dr. Pepper Snapple Group to KaBOOM!, the national non-profit saving play by ensuring there is a great place to play within walking distance of every child. Together through Let’s Play, Dr Pepper Snapple Group and KaBOOM! will build or improve 2,000 playgrounds by the end of 2013, benefiting an estimated five million children across North America.
The South Carolina Library Association (SCLA) recently announced the winners of two poster session competitions held at the 2011 SCLA annual conference in North Charleston. All of the poster sessions were highly successful and all received multiple votes.
Winner of the Viewer’s Choice Award – Charlotte Johnston, Joanne Gabler, Wanda Brown, and Michaela Wiesner, Dorchester County Library and Harvin Clarendon County Library: Bright Beginnings at the Library Early Literacy Program. Presenters discussed how to create literacy kits, the logistics of circulating kits, and workshops conducted for parents and teachers that accompany the program. Samples of daycare kits were demonstrated.
Many S.C. State Library programs, resources and services are supported in whole or in part by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.
