<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-16371c23-fd1f-b2d9-cef1-dc94ca72693b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Illinois School Library Media Association/Library Book Selection Service Endowment Fund announces its 2018-2019 Readers’ Choice Grant. Private and public schools along with public libraries registered to participate in any of the 2018-2019 Readers’ Choice programs—Monarch, Bluestem, Rebecca Caudill, or Lincoln Award--are eligible to apply for this competitive grant. (You must be registered for the 2018-2019 program by <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://4" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(34, 34, 34, 0.258824);">midnight, April 29, 2018</a>.) Grant recipients will be awarded one set of the 2018-2019 campaign books for the award program indicated on their application.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The grant application form, guidelines, checklist, rubric, and FAQ’s are available at the Endowment Fund website </span><a href="http://www.lbssfund.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">www.lbssfund.org</span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">. The application form becomes active <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://7" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="7" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(34, 34, 34, 0.258824);">March 15, 2018</a>, and all applications must be submitted by <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://8" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="8" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(34, 34, 34, 0.258824);">11:59 pm on April 29, 2018</a>. If you have questions about the grant, contact Jean Baile at </span><a href="mailto:bailej56@gmail.com" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">bailej56@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> or Becky Robinson at </span><a href="mailto:execsecretary@islma.org" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">execsecretary@islma.org</span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></span></p><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div></span><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div></body></html>