Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation Awards BookStart Grants
Article and Photo courtesy of the Mankato Times OWATONNA, MINN. — Representatives from early childhood organizations gathered at the office of the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) in Owatonna today to celebrate 13 years of the BookStart program and 28 new BookStart awardees. This year, SMIF awarded 10,000 books with a total value of $163,421