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FOR RELEASE:
August 30, 2006
County Library Appeal Hits $40,000 Mark
Total
donations to the “Your Library…the Vital Piece” Annual
Appeal of Franklin County Library System during 2006 have
cleared $40,000 of a $60,000 goal.
Approximately another $10,000 is pledged by December 1.
749 individuals and businesses have already given, but
more are needed to meet the goal on time.
“The
generosity of community members is amazing, and we thank each
and every donor,” says Executive Director Bernice Crouse.
Gifts range in amount from a few dollars to a few
thousand dollars. Of
the $40,000 received so far, only $20,000 goes to the general
fund to pay for staff, materials, and building operations.
The rest has been earmarked by donors for individual
libraries, and thus is used for their special projects.
The libraries receiving the largest amounts of designated
Annual Appeal funding so far are Grove Family and Coyle Free
Libraries, at almost $7,000 each.
Local
public library funding comes from a variety of sources, the
largest two by far of which are county and state tax revenue.
Other significant dependable sources include municipal
and school district funds, dependent on the area of the county
each library serves. Then
there are the revenues raised inside the libraries from rentals,
fines, fees, and sales of small items to library customers.
Usually, the libraries receive at least one federal grant
for materials or services per year, but since the LSTA grant
program is competitive, those funds are not dependable in the
budgeting process.
Beyond
that library services depend on the generosity of community
residents and businesses. Each
year the library system uses approximately $42,000 in monetary
gifts and donations to meet general operating costs.
The Annual Appeal makes up the greatest portion of those
donations to the general fund.
Donations
of every size are important to the success of this annual
endeavor. Library
supporters may continue to give to the appeal until December 1,
2006. 2006 will be
a banner year if the $60,000 goal is reached by Thanksgiving.
Each dollar is needed to meet the annual operations
budget of local library. Undesignated
gifts are the most beneficial to all libraries at this point in
the appeal.
Designating
funds for a favorite library does not help it pay the rent or
keep your favorite staff members behind the desk.
Annual
Appeal response cards and letters are available at the desk of
all local participating libraries.
Everyone still has time to become a piece of the funding
puzzle. Bernice Crouse is available to speak about a variety of
library topics at community events.
She may be reached at bdcrouse@fclspa.org
or 709-0282 x212 to schedule a presentation, or for more
information on the appeal.
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Contact
Bernice D. Crouse via above telephone or
e-mail
bdcrouse@fclspa.org for
more information about the press release. |
