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July 27, 2024 
The Free Library of Northampton Township, Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library and Warminster Township Free Library have received 2023-2024 PA Forward Star Library awards from the Pennsylvania Library Association.
PA Forward, which launched statewide in 2012, works through five key literacies – Basic, Information, Civic and Social, Health and Financial – to assist individuals in enhancing their overall quality of life. To continue helping libraries use PA Forward to demonstrate all their libraries offer, in January 2017, the association kicked off the Star Library program statewide.
The Star Library recognition offers support to libraries who participate and integrate PA Forward’s literacies in their programming activities. Program topics can include information such as retirement planning (financial literacy) to more physically active programs such as walking book club discussions (civic and social literacy and health literacy).
Libraries are recognized by their peers for meeting benchmarks within the bronze, silver and gold star levels of the program. While one star is awarded for both the bronze and gold levels, a total of five stars are awarded in the silver category – one silver star for each of the five literacies of PA Forward. For each silver star award, a number appears denoting the number of silver stars obtained to date.
Stars are awarded on a quarterly basis in the calendar year and the recognition is for the highest level attained in the program at the time of the award.
The Free Library of Northampton Township, Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library and Warminster Township Free Library all received gold stars.
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