The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region announced earlier this month that the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries was awarding $1,126,315 in grants for 2012.  The Dr. Albert F. Argenziano School at Lincoln Park was selected as one of 238 recipients from throughout the United States. The Argenziano School was awarded a $5,000 grant to expand and diversify its library book collections.  Argenziano is one of only four schools in Massachusetts to receive the award.  The School plans to expand its collection of reading materials with a collection of Graphic Novels and a selection of Nonfiction Titles to serve the varied interests and reading levels of students in grades K-8.

The Laura Bush Foundation, founded in 2002 as a fund of the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, has awarded more than $9.5 million to schools across the United States since its inception. The Foundation has also helped rebuild school library collections in the Gulf Coast region with more than $6.3 million donated to replenish collections lost or destroyed by hurricanes or storms.  For more information on the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries, visit www.laurabushfoundation.org.