The Fresno County Public Library today announced that it has received another grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to host a third Big Read. The $20,000 grant will be used to promote and conduct community-based reading programs exploring the themes in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.

By Roberta Barton

In recognition of the critical need for free, reliable health information in Fresno County, the national non-profit organization, Libraries for the Future (LFF), has awarded the Fresno County Public Library a grant of $25,000. The grant will allow for a full year of Fit for Life programming in 2009 to address physical and brain health with a special focus on pre-school and school age children, teens and their parents.