Big Changes in Store for CSLP in 2020!
CSLP was created by librarians to make it easier for any library to run a successful summer program. By working together, we have been able to share artwork, ideas, and resources. 2020 will bring several changes to the CSLP program. These changes are grounded in our tradition of collaboration, and will continue to "...empower libraries to foster community."

Please keep an eye out for communications from your CSLP State Representatives, and this newsletter for more information. Some of the notable changes for 2020 are:

• New look and structure for the Program Manual
• One artist for all four age groups
• New shopping site
• Fully revised Rules of Use

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Get more out of the 2020 CSLP artwork!

CSLP has revised its Rules of Use and has granted more freedom to its member libraries! Starting in 2020 libraries can:

• Use CSLP artwork and slogans on any paper good including; bookmarks, posters, reading certificates, newsletters, press releases, and activity sheets. If it is printed on paper, you can create it!
• Use CSLP artwork as long as you like! Member libraries no longer have to worry about pulling images from their websites after the program year. All CSLP artwork created after 2017 can be used indefinitely!
• Use CSLP artwork and slogans on any "one-of-a-kind" item. Paint the slogan on the library's windows? Yes! Create a quilt based on the artwork? Yes! Use your topiary skills and transform the library's hedge into one of the characters from a CSLP poster? Absolutely, and please send photos!
• The revised Rules of Use can be found here: https://www.cslpreads.org/membership-information/rules-of-use/

Stupendous Space Display!

Kim Alberts, an Early Childhood/Intermediate Librarian at the Akron-Summit County Public Library in Ohio, and some of her coworkers created these bulletin boards to go with the CSLP theme using bulletin board paper and paint. Each planet also has a list of fun facts and displayed books to promote learning.

Increasingly, public libraries are feeding hungry bodies as well as hungry minds during the summer – and throughout the year. The CSLP’s ad hoc Child and Community Well-Being committee is developing resources to support and encourage library participation in the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program and other initiatives to help kids and teens stay nourished, active, and healthy when school is out. These resources include the Libraries and Summer Food page on the CSLP website, manual resources and downloadables for upcoming programs, and a series of stories showcasing the experiences of libraries around the country.

Read 'n' Feed at Pendleton Library

By Lynn Hobbs, Director, Pendleton Community Public Library, Pendleton, IN
 
Read the whole story  of how this Indianapolis-area library delivers food, builds relationships, and brings the community together.
 
Read 'n' Feed is a unique combination of a bookmobile and mobile food pantry.  We go out every week, and make three stops.  Patrons are invited to take non-perishable food items, bread, and produce, and to check out library materials and request items for us to bring out the next week.  During the growing season, the Pendleton Community Garden (also a library project) provides fresh, locally-grown produce to Read 'n' Feed.  Our patrons are getting the freshest produce ever! 

 
We've been running Read 'n' Feed for nearly ten years.  No tax dollars have ever gone towards this project.  It is 100% funded through grants and donations. There is no overhead and no middleman.  I think that this has really positioned us in a unique way, and has helped our community get behind what we are doing.  If you come in to donate a can of food, it goes directly onto the trailer and into the hands of a local person who needs it. 
 
Read 'n' Feed is the only food pantry in Pendleton.  If people cannot make it to the trailer stop, we welcome them to the library where they can visit the pantry to get food for the week.  Local food drives always give their donations to the library.  We benefit from the post office's Stamp Out Hunger, the Boy Scouts' Scouting for Food, and drives held at the school. In December, our Food for Fitness program stocks the pantry with hundreds of items.
 
We have established genuine relationships with our patrons on Read 'n' Feed.  We know their struggles, and we want Read 'n' Feed to be a positive and consistent service they can count on.  We treat every single patron with respect.  We don't want to see anybody's driver's license, SNAP benefits card, or anything like that.  If you are on the trailer taking food, we assume you need it.  No questions asked. 
 
Read 'n' Feed is so much more than a food pantry and bookmobile, both for us and for our patrons.

What is on the horizon for CSLP?

2019: Theme/Space; Slogan/”A Universe of Stories” Artist/Leeza Hernandez

2020: Theme/Fairytales, Mythology, Fantasy; Slogan/”Imagine Your Story” Artist/LeUyen Pham

2021: Theme/Animals; Slogan/”Tails and Tales” Artist/Salina Yoon

2022: Theme/World-Social Justice-Unity-Kindness-Inclusion-Change-Diversity-Equity-Make a difference-Embrace different cultures; Slogan/”All Together Now” Artist/Sophie Blackall