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OUR ANNUAL FUND DRIVE IS ON!
Did you know?
The Martha Canfield Library gets the vast majority of its operating expenses from this fund drive.
We receive a small amount from the three towns that we serve directly. The amount per capita that the towns (approximately $6 per person) give us is far less than the state average for town participation (approximately $15 per person).
We receive NO funds from the state.
We have a small endowment fund and we use the interest from that account, when needed, for operating expenses.
Libraries all over North America are facing huge cutbacks. Some libraries are cutting hours that they are open, some are closing permanently. We have managed through your support to not only remain open, but to increase our hours and services. But to continue, we absolutely need your support.
The fund drive, this year, is lagging far behind what we need.
Every single dollar helps.
If you haven't received a donation request letter we have fund envelopes at the front desk, just pick one up or mail your contribution to The Martha Canfield Library, PO Box 267, Arlington, VT 05250.
If you have already donated, please consider whether or not you could increase that donation.
Talking about money is always sensitive and difficult. The truth is, though, that without it we can not function. Know that we truly appreciate every penny that you donate. Please help us make this fund drive a success. In fact, I wonder if we could exceed out goal. With your help - we will.
Martha Folsom,President
Martha Canfield Memorial Library Board of Trustees
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Ways You Can Help
Donate to the Annual Fund - you can do this all year long! The solicitation letters for the annual fund do not go out until October, but we need funds all year long. This is the major source of our operating budget. We can take cash, checks or your MasterCard or Visa.
Contribute to our Endowment Fund - interest from the fund goes into our operating budget and a donation gives the library funds for years to come.
Arrange for Planned Giving through bequests or trusts. Did you know that there are ways to establish a trust so that the library receives the interest on your capital during your lifetime and on your death the capital goes to whomever you wish in your estate?
Give a Memorial or Honor Gift in memory of a loved one, or in honor of an event or person.
Give a Gift For Someone Else. We'll give you a card to give to that person announcing that you have donated to MCL in their name.
Give an earmarked donation for a special project. Don't know what the library needs? Ask our Director or a Trustee!
Donate BOOKS, MOVIES on DVD, MUSIC CDs, GAMES, PUZZLES, EQUIPMENT! We appreciate them all. We first check to see if we can use the item in our collection. If not, we place the item in our book sale. PLEASE remember that we cannot use items that have mold or mildew on them, or ones that are in really bad condition, and it costs us to have to dispose of them.
Often the mold is not readily visible to the eyes or the nose. It's first hiding place is usually under the dust jacket. Please check your books before donating them to the library. Mold is a health hazard for library staff, future patrons who read the books, and yourself. As well, it can migrate and infect other books in the library. It is a time-consuming and unhealthy process to try and remove mold and mildew. Our staff is not equipted to do this, so please - please - please check your books before donating them. As much as it pains anyone who loves books to say this, you should throw such books away.
Volunteer
Want to read stories to children? Design and maintain displays in the library? Help organize programs? Volunteers are needed and greatly appreciated for a great many tasks, from manning the front desk and shelving books to organizing programs and helping us to raise funds. Offer whatever talents you might have at the front desk. Our library is made possible through volunteers!
Library Friends
This is a group of volunteers that take on all sorts of wonderful projects for the library. If you would like to join them contact Adair Rowland at 375-6175.
Special Thanks!
Special thanks to these wonderful folks for major contributions - ( in alphabetical order )
America's Test Kitchen - for cookbooks and cooking DVDs
Battenkill Press - for printing all our 'stuff'
Bennington Furniture - for assistance in furnishing our youth room and the alcove in the fiction section
Mack Molding - for computers and software
Marc Evans - for making our new website possible
Vermont Country Store - for help in financing our online catalog
Individual Donor - two book carts
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