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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Library Directors, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Below and attached I am passing along a request from KOAT to participate in a book drive.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eli <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#3366FF"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#3366FF">June 14, 2023</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#3333FF"> Hello from Read to Me! Literacy Network</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dear Librarian,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Once again Read to Me! Literacy Network is the operations partner of the annual “<span style="color:red">KOAT Children’s Book Drive</span>”.
<i>We are a small group of volunteers dedicated to encouraging parents/caregivers to read to infants from the earliest possible moment.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Your optional participation as a drop-off location for donations of new or gently used children’s books between
<u>July 10- 30<sup>th</sup> </u>will be important to the success of this effort.
<span style="color:red">If you would like your library to participate as a collection site, please send a message to
</span></span><a href="mailto:bookdrive66@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">bookdrive66@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">After July 30<sup>th</sup> <b>
you will have the choice to:</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%">distribute the donated books to nearby groups who support Early Childhood initiatives or any individuals who would like them.
<i>Please keep a tally of how many books are given to whom.<o:p></o:p></i></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%">Keep the books for use by your library. Again, keep a tally for feedback to KOAT and Read to Me!
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%">Send a message to us at </span><a href="mailto:Bookdrive66@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%">Bookdrive66@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%"> to schedule
a pick-up for the number of boxes of children’s books waiting for us. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Once all the participating libraries have sent the email with their preference</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">, Read to Me! will create a “best-effort” plan for what may well be statewide road
trips. If there is a certain urgency to pick up your books, please give us as much advance notice as possible.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">If you have further questions
<i><span style="color:red">about the Book Drive, please call Sherri Trujillo, Local Sales Manager, KOAT-TV at 505-263-2824 or email
<u><a href="mailto:strujillo@hearst.com">strujillo@hearst.com</a></u></span><span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#3333FF">If you have questions about the disposition of the books as described above or need to make any changes to your previous instructions, please call Dave Orner, Coordinator, Read to Me! at
505-681-6325. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#3333FF">KOAT does not bear the responsibility to make Pick-Up trips.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:24.0pt;color:#3366FF">Thank you for your consideration!!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">- - - - - - - - - - - - <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Eli Guinnee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">New Mexico State Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Chair of <a href="https://dcaeducates.nmculture.org/">
<span style="color:blue">Education and Engagement, Department of Cultural Affairs</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Member, <a href="https://www.doit.nm.gov/programs/broadband/connect-new-mexico-council/">
<span style="color:blue">Connect New Mexico Broadband Council</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://www.nmstatelibrary.org/"><span style="color:blue">New Mexico State Library</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">1209 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe, NM 87507<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Cell (505) 629-9153<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Please Note New Email Address:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:eli.guinnee@dca.nm.gov"><span style="color:blue">eli.guinnee@dca.nm.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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