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Grant Staff

Ruben Castenada Grant Project Director, EPAL Director & People Skills Director	Larry Brown Grant Administrator	Joy Marion Grant Library Advisor

Ashley Meza Secretary	Grant staff and library mentors meet at grant office 2007

**March 2010 Newsletter!!**
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2009 Border Regional Library Association Fall Conference Laura Hollingsed and Sebastian Diaz from the University of Texas at El Paso Library and Susanne Marrufo, Leslie Guinto, and Norma Martinez from the El Paso Public Library, Clardy Fox and Dorris Van Doren Branches stopped by for a chat about the GOAL Program with Library Advisor, Joy Marion during the recent conference.

El Paso Community College Career Fair 2009 Transmountain Head Librarian Alberto Villegas along with CB Suzanne Valencia, Lib. Adv. Joy Marion & Asso. Adv. Lynn Polk talked with students about the library opportunities.

LIT Virginia Tovar at EPCC-Transmountain Campus,
prepared an exhbit on the anniversary
of the landing on the moon.
July 2009

Library Assoc. Adv. Lynn Polk reads to children at
H.R. Moye Elementary as part of the "Guest Reader" program.
May 12, 2009

LIT Orientation Session
EPCC-Rio Grande
April 30, 2009

Training at Ysleta Public Library
Library Career Paths with A Silva, A Camp, J Marion & E Eyberg
April 21, 2009

GOAL Program Testimonials

“I am so grateful that I sat-in on the GOAL Program meeting you held at Grace Grebing Library last May.  The program is providing an exciting opportunity for me to meet my long-time goad of becoming a librarian.” 
-Therese Anita Bur,LIT Participant, Dell City, TX

“I am writing this letter to thank you for selecting me to receive the grant GOAL program to pursue my Masters in Library Science Information.  This grant will afford me the opportunity to academically and professionally grow.  “…this grant has given me the opportunity to better serve the people from San Elizario TX.” 
-Lourdes De Leon, Librarian, Lorenzo G. Loya Primary School. San Elizario, TX-CB Particpant

“I am committed to this program even when I was working 2 jobs and attended evening classes. This program…has assisted me in finding a career that best suits me… a school librarian.” 
-Sylvia Garza, LIT Participant, El Paso, TX

“Thank you for this opportunity and for all that everybody has done for me.  …looking forward to the new school semester.” 
-Cassandra Rodriquez, CB Participant, El Paso, TX

“We owe our profession a great debt and the GOAL program has given us that mechanism” 
-Ellen Eyberg, Goal program Mentor & Director, E.A. Moreno Branch Library, El Paso, TX

EP Inc., Scholarships Awarded Nov. 30 -Dec. 6, 2008

Librarian/Mentor Rebecca Carrillo & LIT Participant, Ruth Jester help at the Sun Ridge Middle School (Socorro ISD) Book Fair, 12-9-08	People Skills Training Oct 2008, EPPL Library Career Paths

LIT Orientation Sept 2008	LIT Orientation Sept 2008	Mentors at Orientation

GOAL Program Ruben Castaneda and Ashely Meza	Booth at Reforma Convention

PARTICIPANTS IN THE NEWS!

LIT Participant, Ruth Mojica-Hammer, 82 years of age,  has been chosen for inclusion in the new edition of:  “Latinas in the United States: An Historical Encyclopedia”. 

Marathon Public Library Summer Reading Program 2007

Library Pictures

Sul Ross State University Library Grant Orientation Session	Diane Lozano Inst. Consultant Region 18	Monica Wong & Lourdes Garcia, EPCC	Gail Haire & Debbie Lujan-EP Westside Library

Van Horn City-County Library Staff Van Horn, TX	Terrel County Public Library Sanderson, TX	Jackie Dyer Sierra Blanca,TX ISD

Pan American Health Org., El Paso, Library	Moye Elem., EPISD, El Paso-Susie Aguilar & Leslie Roberts	John Drugan Elem, Socorro ISD, El Paso-Teresa Sanchez

Jefferson High School Library El Paso	Irving Schwartz Public LIbrary El Paso	Iraan Public Library Iraan, TX

Ft. Hancock ISD & Communtiy Library	Grace Grebing Public Library, Dell City, TX	Imperial Public Library Imperial, TX