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L-3. DONATIONS AND INNOVATIONS PRIZE TO THE LIBRARY DISTRICT Accept the National Book Foundation, Inc. "Innovations in Reading Prize" of $2,500 for its Deweyless approach to organizing books; a $5,000 gift from the New Friends of the Ed Robson Branch Library; a $6,000 donation to the Summer Reading Program (SRP) from the New Friends of the Library District; a $14,000 donation to the SRP from the New Friends of the Library District; a $1,500 donation to the SRP from the Fountain Hills Library Association (Friends); and a $3,200 donation to the SRP Book Prize from the Friends of the Queen Creek Library for total cash donations of $32,200. The Library District's Summer Reading Program for 2009 is "Be Creative @ Your Library" and is expected to reach approximately 65,000 young people from birth to 18 years of age. (C-65-09-022-D-00)