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One more and it is a good one - Doug ________________ Doug, This is in response to your inquiry in LM Net about cafes in media centers. Last year my school won a $25,000 grant from our district to open a cafe in our media center. We call it the Beans, Books and Brains Cafe and use a conference room connected to the media center. I have to give most of the credit to our Business Department head who sought out a partnership with Barnie's Coffee. They were remodeling a store and sold us their old furnishings at quite a discount. They also sold us the coffee machines and machines to make freezes. (Our most difficult task was running water into the cafe. Our county gave us trouble about redoing some plumbing!) Best of all, they took our students and trained them so that they are trained exactly like regular Barnie's employees. The CEO of Barnie's Coffee International came to the grand opening and gave us a check for $5,000 to purchase paperbacks for the cafe. Kids work in the cafe before school and during all three of our lunches. The kids have been to Barnie's corporate offices and one of our accounting students keeps the books, rolling the profits over for more product to run the cafe. My favorite part, of course, is that we have book racks where kids can exchange paperbacks. We also have newspaper and magazine racks that kids can peruse. We recently won a Teacherrific Award for this project (a Disney Award given for innovative programs in the counties surrounding Disneyworld) and hope to use it for a grant from ALA for innovative programs. This collaboration between the library media center and the business department has been so positive. It has been great getting to know the kids working there and meeting kids who usually do not frequent the media center. Next time you are in Orlando (I came to one of your sessions at FETC) stop by and see us. Timber Creek High School 1001 Avalon Park Blvd Orlando, FL 32828 321-235-7808 _____________________ Doug Johnson Director of Media and Technology Mankato Area Public Schools Box 8713, 1351 S Riverfront Dr. Mankato MN 56001-8714 507-387-7698 x 473 dougj@doug-johnson.com www.doug-johnson.com "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." -- George Carlin -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------