2024 FLLS Family Literacy Mini-Grants Awarded

We’re excited to announce the 2024 FLLS Family Literacy mini-grant cycle recipients. Nearly $5000 was awarded to 13 member libraries. Many exciting projects are taking shape–some tried and true, others new and experimental.  Congratulations and thank you for providing a variety of literacy-focused experiences for your communities. 

Here’s a look at this year’s projects:

Apalachin Library: Supplies for Summer Programming 

Aurora Free Library: Wonderful Wonderbook Project

Berkshire Free Library: Reading backpacks

Candor Free Library: Enriching Story Hour Benefits

Cortland Free Library: Early Literacy Fun DRY Summer Kids Clubs 

Phillips Free Library: Sensory Story time and kit

Peck Memorial Library: Growing seeds from Start to Finish 2024

Cady Library: Literatura Para Todos

Hazard Library: Supporting Literacy and Nutrition in Southern Cayuga

Port Byron Library: Adventure into Read Aloud Book Club

Seneca Falls Library: Science Heroes “Adventure of the Lost Treasure”

Waverly Free Library: Promoting Music Literacy to Youth

This grant is provided to FLLS member libraries through NYS-funded outreach services.  The mini-grants must be used to purchase supplies and materials or to fund performers/presenters that support the library’s literacy work for at-risk youth ages birth-21 years. 

For the 2024 grant year, each library could request up to $500 to meet a literacy need in their community.  The grant is competitive.