Every year, more than 500,000 entrepreneurs start new businesses in the United States. But how and where do they get the resources and support it takes to succeed? The answer is @ your library.

Until May 10, Woman’s Day magazine is collecting stories on how its readers have used the library to start their small businesses.

The magazine announced the initiative in its March 6 issue, where it asks its women readers aged 18 and over to submit their stories in 700 words or less. Stories can be sent to womansday@ala.org. Four of the submissions will be featured the March 2008 issue of Woman’s Day.

More information, including the official rules, are available at www.womansday.com/ala.

Promote this initiative in your library using the following tools:

Sample press release [MS Word doc]

Sample newsletter copy [MS Word doc]

New - Sample flyer [MS Word doc]

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Use the button on your Web site to link to to the Woman's Day site -
www.womansday.com/ala - or a customized page on your Web site

Let us know how you promoted this initiative!  Send an e-mail to Megan McFarlane.