The Mississippi Humanities Council has been awarded over $3,000 from the Mississippi Arts Commission to support the MHC’s Family Reading Project in the coming year.
The grant funds will support three reading programs taking place in 2019 and 2020. The programs will take place at the Columbus Air Force Base in Columbus (Fall 2019), the M.R. Dye Public Library (Fall 2019) in Horn Lake, and the Hernando Public Library in Hernando (Spring 2020). MAC grant funds will be used to support storytellers for each of the three programs.
“We are thrilled to receive these grant funds from the Arts Commission. MAC has been such a strong supporter of our Family Reading Project in the past, and we are excited to see the impact that this money can have on communities around the state,” said Caroline Gillespie, MHC program officer.
The MHC’s Family Reading Project is comprised of English and English-Spanish family-based reading programs for adults and their lower-elementary aged children. The programs model reading skills and discussion techniques that stimulate interest in the books’ content—helping foster a lifelong love of learning through reading. Each program meets once a week for six weeks and features well-known children’s books. A storyteller helps bring the books to life while a discussion leader engages the families in humanities-based discussion on the themes of the books. The programs are free for sites to host, and each program can accommodate up to 25 families.
The Mississippi Arts Commission is a state agency that serves the residents of Mississippi by providing grants that support arts-based programs to enhance communities. Visit MAC’s website for more information.
For more information on the MHC’s Family Reading Project, contact Caroline Gillespie.