Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Stark County District Library Foundation donates funds for two projects - Canton, OH - CantonRep.com

The Stark County District Library Foundation board has donated $6,000 to the Stark County District Library to fund two projects.

Half of the money will support the library’s Young Mom’s Club, a literacy project for young mothers in their teens and early twenties, and will pay for books and literacy activities for the group.

The rest will support the Madge Youtz branch’s “Borrow a Laptop” program, which began in 2008 with 10 laptops. The program, which was initially funded by Connect Ohio and Connected Nation, supplies small, sturdy laptop computers for use in the branch and for loan. Some of the computers need to be replaced...