Sample Opportunity Online Letters to the Editor
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | U.S. Libraries
Opportunity Online Hardware Grants
Sending a letter to the editor of a local newspaper is an effective way to voice an opinion to local policymakers and community leaders, and to educate them about why they should support the library. They are great grassroots organizing tools and an easy way to involve supporters in Opportunity Online communications efforts. A letter to the editor should draw a connection between a recent news story and a library's priority issues, or praise a recent article or editorial.
Below is a template that may help eligible libraries prepare their own letters to the editor regarding the Opportunity Online hardware grants. For maximum impact, libraries should identify community members that can endorse the letters and work with those individuals to insert specific examples of how their local library is benefiting them and the community.
