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Ellinwood Community Library honored for Literacy Program
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Josh Ringering is the child in the picture and he is holding an Alpha Bag with his AWESOME Club card.
The Ellinwood School\Community Library was recently honored as one of four runner-up finalists for the 2013 AWE, Inc. Literacy Success Award. Ellinwood was nominated for their pre-school and emergent-reader initiative called the AWESOME Club, a literacy engagement program that encourages children ages 2-6 and their families to participate in various literacy activities.“This award recognizes the work libraries do to promote literacy and learning in their communities,” said Paul Getzen, Director of U.S. Library Sales for AWE. “This year’s entry total was the highest yet!