Money invested in micro credit is one of the most successful investments to eradicate poverty anywhere in the world. A micro credit lending project in Sonora Mexico is cosponsored by a Rotary club in Arizona as International Partner and a local Mexican Rotary Club in Sonora as host partner.
This global grant project makes small business loans available to the poorest people in the poorest sections of Sonora Mexico through an existing Microcredit Financial Institution. These small business loans provide capital to individuals to grow their own small business. Borrowers are organized into borrowing groups of 4-8 individuals. This program is only based on Rotary Concepts and is completely non-government supported.
The Friends of the Prescott Public Library is pleased to begin seeking ideas from the community about what they would like to see in a future branch library. You are invited to a special meeting that seeks input from community members with expertise and interest in early childhood education:
Thursday, May 12, 4-5 pm
Founders Suite at Prescott Public Library
We hope that you will attend and forward this invitation to other members of the early childhood education community who might be interested.
Additionally, two public meetings will be held in the Founders Suite on the 1st floor of Prescott Public Library at 215 E. Goodwin St. in Prescott, with two opportunities to participate:
Wednesday, May 11, 1-2 pm OR Thursday, May 12, 5:30-6:30 pm
Founders Suite at Prescott Public Library
With the help of McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture, an experienced group in library space planning, Friends of Prescott Public Library will gather community input at meetings in May. McMillan Pazdan Smith will then compile information and use their expertise to create a report that includes size, spaces, and features necessary to create the kind of branch library the community needs as Prescott grows. Their report will also include projected budgets for hard and soft costs.
In 2020, Luanne Leeson, a longtime library supporter, left a bequest of nearly $5 million to the Friends of the Prescott Public Library for the construction of a new library. With projected population growth in the north Prescott area, there is a clear need for library services in that part of the city. The City of Prescott has also expressed interest in a library that incorporates an environmental learning center in the Granite Dells. The library planning study will include research and input from the community about an environmental learning center as a component of a new library building.
The report will be shared with the City of Prescott and the Friends will work with the City to determine the best way that the available Friends funds can be applied to the construction of a branch library. The City of Prescott will be the owners of any completed branch library and responsible for the professional staffing and operation.
Although this is just the first step in a long process, the Friends of the Library are excited to help by providing a thorough analysis of the community need and requirements for a branch library and environmental learning center.
ROUND UP FOR INTERACT All this Month!
During the month of May, the Prescott Valley Ace Hardware (7211 E 1st St, Prescott Valley, AZ 86314) is sponsoring a "Round-Up" to help raise funds to send our Interact Ambassadors team to Kenya this summer. Anyone shopping there simply has them "roundup" their purchase to the next dollar, with those extra cents helping to send our team in Kenya.
