14 Feb Muskogee Public Library Receives Kirschner Trusts Grant to Purchase Books for Give-Aways
MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma–Muskogee Public Library is pleased to announce it has received a $4,000 grant from the Kirschner Trusts at Oklahoma City Community Foundation. The grant will be used to purchase books for families to build their home libraries.
“These books will help support families to improve mental and physical health through reading and by visiting the library’s healthy fitness programs where the books will be given away,” said Children’s Librarian Jennifer Fuller. “We greatly appreciate the Kirschner Trusts’ continued support to bring health literacy to our community.”
Programs where the library will be able to give away books may include events at the library’s permanent StoryWalk® located in the Arboretum at Honor Heights Park in Muskogee, the annual bike rodeo, Muskogee Touch-a-Truck, and the library’s pop-up StoryWalk® that is taken to community events year-round.
For additional information, contact Fuller at jfuller@eols.org or 918-682-6657,
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Muskogee Public Library is a branch of the Eastern Oklahoma Library System (EOLS)—a multi-county organization providing public library service through fifteen libraries in northeastern Oklahoma whose mission is to empower people by creating opportunities that enrich their lives with information, activities, and services.
The Kirschner Trusts grant program is designed to support eastern Oklahoma nonprofits, organizations dedicated to Jewish education and culture, and organizations that offer educational and vocational opportunities for children and young adults with disabilities. Learn more at occf.org/kirschner.
About the Oklahoma City Community Foundation Founded in 1969, the Oklahoma City Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity that works with donors throughout the state to create charitable funds that will benefit our community both now and in the future. For more information, visit www.occf.org.
