To our Leonia Neighbors,
On behalf of the Library Board of Trustees, I wish to thank you for your support in our "I Love Leonia Library "campaign. What a wonderful response!
Thanks to the generosity of our citizens, we have already raised $34,000 with an additional $5,000 grant from the Community Chest. In addition, Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, in its list of donations from proceeds of the recent sale of their building, very generously included $22,967.38 for the Friends of the Leonia Library. We do appreciate all this support!
Many of you have historically given to the library in the fall. Please note that our campaign is ongoing through 2016 and it is not too late to contribute! If you have not yet given this year, now is the time. If you have contributed, thank you again! If you would like to make an additional donation, you can do that as well and your total annual giving will be combined for our commemorative plaque.
If you are wondering how we have been using your donations, here are the major expenditures to date:
As you may know, donated funds could not be used for salaries (by far the largest line item in the budget), which limitation has affected the library's opening hours. We hope next year will be better.
It has been a difficult and challenging year. Please know that the board will continue to work to keep Leonia Library at the level you expect. We would also like to recognize and thank our Library Director, Matt Latham, and the staff for their dedication to serving you, our public, as best they could.
Finally, we cannot thank you enough, not only for your financial support, but also for your involvement in letting the Mayor and Council know how important the library is to you.
Here is a quote from one of the many notes we received with your donations:
"My wife and I have always considered the library and the services it provides along with its dedicated employees to be one of the great benefits of living in Leonia."
We are lucky indeed to live in this community with good people like you all.
Warm regards and thanks again,
Betty Carillo
President, Leonia Library Board of Trustees |
