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Take the Library Challenge: Your Gift in February Will be Matched

January 30, 2018 —       Buy a $1 heart to hang in the library. Attend a wine tasting. Those are just two of the ways people can help The Library Foundation of the Springfield-Greene County Libraries raise $10,000 in February. If it’s successful, Community Foundation of the Ozarks will add another $5,000 to the endowment, which is invested with CFO. Deadline for donations is Feb. 28.

      The money will go toward the Library’s Laton Endowment, an unrestricted fund created with a gift from longtime patron Ursala Maria Laton. Annual income from the endowment will allow us to make purchases or add patron services that aren’t covered by property tax dollars. As the endowment grows, so will usable income from the earnings. The current balance of the endowment is $476,000, and the goal is half a million.  

      "Any gift to the Library in February is worth more because of the challenge,” said Library Development Director Melissa Adler. “It's the perfect time to show the Library some love! And, a gift to the Laton Endowment is forever. It's a gift that keeps giving and helps secure the future of the Library."

        Through the month of February, The Library Foundation will host a variety of fundraisers that the public and staff can join in to help meet the $10,000 goal. Look for these and more upcoming opportunities:

·         Visit any of the 10 library branches or drive-up service windows and donate $1 and write your name – or a love letter to the Library – on a heart that will be displayed at the library of your choice.

·         Make an online donation for the endowment challenge by Feb. 28 by going to yourlibraryfoundation.org and click the Donate Today button.

·          Attend a wine tasting Friday, Feb. 23, sponsored by The Library Foundation. Seating is limited. For ticket information and reservations contact Melissa at 616-0586, or melissaa@thelibrary.org.

·         Staff will have the opportunity to donate $5 to wear denim to work on Jeans Day, Feb. 9 and 23.


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Community Relations Director
vickieh@thelibrary.org
(417) 616-0564
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(417) 616-0566

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