[ISLMA-Share] ISLMA Outreach: Illinois school librarians reach out to a Texas school library

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Tue Nov 21 08:52:17 CST 2017


Good morning,


In this season of thanks and generosity, join ISLMA's efforts to raise
funds to help Mauriceville Middle School in Texas rebuild their library
collection after Hurricane Harvey.


In the past, ISLMA members have joined together for disaster relief
efforts, such as after Hurricane Katrina. This fall ISLMA reached out to
the Texas Library Association and connected with Jennifer Marcantel, the
librarian at Mauriceville Middle School in Orange, Texas (near the Houston
area).


The school was completely flooded during Hurricane Harvey and restoration
will be lengthy. Students currently attend school at the high school for
half day in the morning and the high school students attend school in the
afternoon. The entire library book collection was not salvageable after the
flooding and damage. The librarian has set up a “library closet” in a
storage room from the book donations the school has received and the
classroom libraries shared by teachers temporarily. Attached are pictures
of the damage to MMS, a video of the “library closet,” and a letter
from MMS librarian,
Jennifer Marcantel.

 *​*
 Texas Library Outreach Library Closet Video.mp4
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1UkSCJOWaAXcW12N0FpRDBZNzQ/view?usp=drive_web>
*​*

ISLMA has raised over $2,500 to send to Mauriceville Middle School to help
rebuild their library collection. Thank you to all for your generosity.


Thank you to librarian Holly Gallagher and the students at Lincoln Grade
School in Robinson, Illinois for raising over $350 to send to Mauriceville
Middle School! Holly sold raffle tickets for a dollar and the winning
ticket received an autographed copy of Captain Underpants that Holly
purchased while at the ISLMA Conference.


Holly's project received news coverage from WTHI-TV10 - "Raising Grateful
Givers."
<http://www.wthitv.com/content/news/Raising-Grateful-Givers--457568983.html>
From
the article - Gallagher says she has discussed the situation in Texas with
students and they have a great capacity for compassion. "We've had some
kids that are really sad about it and thinking about it and other kids who
have really decided to back this and some kids who've donated money and
aren't even interested in the book, they just donated money because they
felt it was the right thing to do."



*ISLMA's disaster relief outreach efforts will continue! Please consider
making a donation to help Mauriceville Middle School in Orange, Texas
rebuild their school library after Hurricane Harvey. Donations can be
mailed to the ISLMA office and will be accepted until December.*



ISLMA Executive Secretary

P.O. Box 1326

Galesburg, IL  61402



Please contact grants-awards at islma.org or execsecretary at islma.org with any
questions.



Thank you,

Grants & Awards Committee
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