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Ms. Peggy Martinez, Librarian for Edgewood Community Library, has sent this information.

Library Receives Grants

The Edgewood Community Library was recently a recipient of two grants to assist in adult and children programming:

The New Mexico State Library, in partnership with the New Mexico Humanities Council, awarded grants to fifteen libraries, including Edgewood Community Library, to present a summer adult reading program.   The theme for this summer is “Water Your Mind, READ”. Participants in the July and August reading club will read The Secret Knowledge of Water by Craig Childs, and meet to discuss the book.  The author explores the essence of water in the southwest desert. In addition to the club, several guest speakers, including Mr. Childs, will discuss water-related topics at the Edgewood Community Center. Topics include gardening with drip irrigation, local caves, permaculture (rainwater usage), water resources and issues, water quality, and the NM legend, La Llorona or the Wailing Woman. All programs are free and open to the public.

The National Endowment for the Humanities, in cooperation with the American Library Association, selected Edgewood Community Library as a grant recipient of the We the People  “A More Perfect Union” Bookshelf.  The library was chosen, along with other public and school libraries throughout the United States, to receive a set of hardcover fiction and nonfiction books for kindergarten through high school readers.  The books promote the theme, study, and understanding of American history and culture. The library will be planning activities around the books, to encourage young patrons to read great literature, and to learn the meaning of being or becoming American.

For more information, call the library at 281-0138

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