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C. 28

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Jessica Hudson, County Librarian
Date:	December 15, 2015

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Grant in the Amount of $3,000 from California Center for the Book for the Danville Library

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/15/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Alison McKee 925-927-3290

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 15, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Librarian, or designee, to apply for and accept a grant in the amount of $3,000 from California Center for the Book to provide programs and materials at the Danville Library for the period January 2 through May 31, 2016.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No Library Fund match.

BACKGROUND:

The California Center for the Book provides a reimbursement program called “Book to Action,” which encourages communities to read and discuss one book together while engaging participants in a shared volunteer service opportunity. This funding was previously received in 2013 by the Hercules Library for a community garden cleanup project with the selected book of, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

This project will focus on the issue of hunger in America through the book A Place at the Table, The Crisis of 49 Million Hungry Americans and How to Solve It. Danville Library Teen Advisory Board members and other teens will take on the roles of community leaders in discussing and examining larger-scale solutions to this issue. The teens will also organize at least two community service projects of harvesting fruit from local residences for needy families and a food drive at the Library and local schools. The project will demonstrate that even teenagers with busy lives can make a positive impact on larger social issues like hunger. Through the Book to Action program, there will be increased engagement on the part of the Danville community in addressing these issues.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If the proposal is not approved by the California Center for the Book, the library will move forward with a similar, more modestly formatted and funded program for teens.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This project supports two of the community outcomes established in the Children's Report Card:

Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood
Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families

Teens ages 13-18 will take a leadership role in addressing the larger social issue of hunger in America. They will work with their peers as well as parents/guardians and other adults in the community to discuss solutions and organize community service projects to take action locally. By partnering with The Urban Farmers and the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Counties on community service projects such as fruit harvesting and food drives, teen and adult participants will work together to take action and make an impact to their own communities. The goals of “Book to Action” is to inform, engage and bring entire communities together through literature and a shared community service project to improve their towns/cities.