Pirates Ahoy!

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40 Years of Children's Literature Centre
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In 1982, the Children's Literature Centre was created to promote literacy. Over the past almost 40 years, CLC has greatly expanded our outreach into the community. We need your support to help us in our mission over the next forty years and beyond!

Because of donors like you, we are active on campus and in the community through events like Pirates Ahoy. Gifts to CLC allow us to provide these offerings to our community and little or no cost to participants.

Please join today in making a gift to the future of the Children's Literature Centre.

Updates
50 years of Dr. B!

Dr. B is celebrating 50 years at Frostburg State University! To help us celebrate this amazing milestone, let's try to raise $50,000 for CLC before the Spring Festival of Children's Literature.


For more details on the Spring Festival of Children's Literature, please visit our website.

678 days ago by Liz Nelson
Thank you!

With 112 days to go, we are now at 112% of our goal! Thank you for making your gift and being part of this campaign to raise $40,000 in honor of our 40th Anniversary.

685 days ago by Liz Nelson
Storybook Holiday is less than one month away!

Mark your calendars for this year’s event on Saturday, Dec. 3 – the elves will be working the Main Street area all day! The featured author will be Will Hillenbrand, who will share his amazing book, “Santa’s Story.” A few highlights of the day will include Breakfast With the Elves, Letters to Santa, a magical parade, Elves’ Secret Workshop, sticker stops and a classic movie. 

This year, CLC and its elves are bringing a special gift to Frostburg in the form of a television crew that will capture the town’s Christmas celebration for part of a reality series called “Small Town Christmas,” airing later this year on cable channel UPtv. This is the second season of the docuseries, which pays tribute to small towns that celebrate the holidays in big ways. The show is hosted and executive produced by Megan Alexander, a national correspondent for “Inside Edition” and the author of books that include “The Magic of a Small Town Christmas.”

Alexander was drawn to Frostburg for its “cool” name as well as the annual Storybook Holiday celebration. She and her production team will wrap up their season in Frostburg and will be in town in late November and early December to capture Storybook Holiday. The episode is scheduled to air on UPtv on Sunday, Dec. 18, at 9 p.m. Eastern Time. 

To get a preview of what “Small Town Christmas” is like or to see last year’s episodes, go to uptv.com/shows/small-town-christmas.  

805 days ago by Liz Nelson
CLC Honored with William Donald Schaefer Helping People Award

Earlier this month, Comptroller Peter Franchot visited Frostburg State University to honor CLC with the William Donald Schaefer Helping People Award.

Comptroller Franchot said this about CLC:

"Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the Centre has been instrumental in promoting literacy through technology and other innovative approaches that focuses specifically on children's books, authors and illustrators."

829 days ago by Liz Nelson
A new challenge!

Dr. B has offered another great challenge! He will match all gifts, dollar for dollar, up to $1,000!

876 days ago by Liz Nelson
We won!

If you missed all the fun over the weekend, you missed a lot! The CLC won $10,000 towards this campaign by having the most donors on Bobcat Giving Day!

WE WON because of YOU!! The CLC cannot thank you enough for making this possible!! The CLC legacy & commitment to providing literacy to children will continue because of your generous donations & support to the CLC. We THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts.

We hope to see you soon at one of our events!!

1025 days ago by Liz Nelson
First Challenge Met! Dr. Root issues another!

Thank you to everyone who gave to meet Dr. Bingman's challenge! 

Dr. Ed Root has generously offered another. Please share this with your network online to encourage more to join you in your support.


1149 days ago by Liz Nelson
We're halfway to meeting Bill Bingman's match!

Thank you to everyone who has given so far. We are halfway to meeting Dr. Bingman's match.

1161 days ago by Liz Nelson
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