Libraries chosen for Smart Investing grant
25 rural Iowa libraries were chosen out of the 61 who applied for the Smart Investing @ Your Library grant.
Congratulations to the 25 libraries who will participate in the Smart investing @ your library® grant! The State Library received 61 applications from libraries throughout the state, all showing a keen interest in playing a greater role in improving their community’s financial knowledge. We are confident each of the 25 communities will benefit from their libraries’ participation and commitment to investor education during the life of the grant and far into the future.
The 18 month program includes a six-week course for each of three different age groups, $575 worth of investing materials for each library’s collection, training for their staff on a variety of investment resources, and tools to publicize the program.
Smart investing @ your library® is being administered jointly by ALA and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation (formerly known as the NASD Investor Education Foundation). The program supports public libraries in their efforts to meet investor education and protection needs at the community level. Participating libraries and their community partners are helping individuals access unbiased, quality resources and educational opportunities at library facilities, at home via the Web, at the workplace and at other locations throughout their communities. Reaching out across the community, these libraries ensure that their patrons can easily find the information they need to improve their financial decisions.
Participating public libraries include:
- Anita Public Library
- Bayard Public Library
- Buffalo Center Public Library
- Chariton Free Public Library
- Charles City Public Library
- Matilda J. Gibson Memorial Library (Creston)
- Norelius Community Library (Denison)
- Hamburg Public Library
- Hawarden Public Library
- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)
- Kalona Public Library
- Keokuk Public Library
- Lake City Public Library
- Le Mars Public Library
- Leon Public Library
- Marengo Public Library
- Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (Monticello)
- Mount Pleasant Public Library
- New Hampton Public Library
- Oelwein Public Library
- Perry Public Library
- Pocahontas Public Library
- Bertha Bartlett Public Library
- Robey Memorial Library (Waukon)
- Winterset Public Library
Monday, May 10, 2010
Kalona among 25 Iowa Libraries chosen for Smart Investing grant
Congrats to the Kalona, Iowa Library and Librarian Ann Skaden for working to improve community financial and investing literacy! This media release is from the Iowa Data Center web site.
