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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lub Dub Medium"">The American Heart Association is striving to meet rural communities where they are – and often that’s at the public library. We are offering up to
<b>$10,000 </b>in grants to assist rural Midwest libraries with their capacity to be a change agent for health in their communities.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lub Dub Medium"">Around the country we have helped rural libraries address blood pressure control, improve nutrition security, assist with CPR readiness, and more.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lub Dub Medium"">Small
grants of $500-$1500 along with technical assistance from the American Heart Association will often be sufficient to make a sustainable impact. Apply using this
<b><a href="https://forms.office.com/r/Pq7LsgbXXW">brief survey </a></b>by March 1, 2024.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lub Dub Medium"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lub Dub Medium"">Attached you will also find a guide to celebrating American Heart Month and National Wear Red Day.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#058689">Rachel Ash</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black"><br>
Membership and Communications Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Michigan Library Association</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">PO Box 27337</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Lansing, MI 48909<br>
Phone: (517) 394-2774 ext. 2<br>
<b>Direct: (517) 881-6652 </b></span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#058689"><a href="mailto:%0bmilibraries.org%0brfash@milibraries.org"><br>
<b><span style="color:#058689">milibraries.org</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#058689"><br>
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