Who We Are The Springfield Public Library Foundation is a non-profit (501c3) volunteer organization, dedicated to improving library service in Springfield by helping secure the financial resources needed to provide and sustain a vital community service, our Library. |
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Why Give Our Library plays a critical role in enlightening and enriching the lives of Springfield citizens. It is used extensively by all ages from babies to grandparents, teens to octogenarians. It is a place to find essential information and affordable family entertainment from books to e-books to music and movies and beyond. It is a valuable asset to our community that deserves and needs our support. |
How You Can Help Any Foundation member would be happy to describe to you the varied ways in which you can join us in supporting our Library. Whether it is through a direct donation, a planned giving program, or a memorial gift, you are helping improve the current level of services and secure the future for generations of Springfield Library users to come. |
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What We Have Accomplished
In the past four years the Foundation’s efforts have yielded the following results:
- Provided matching funds for a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant that “refreshed” and expanded high speed internet access
- Funded the “Authors, Music and Film” series of programs for adults
- Funded the Library’s participation in the University of Oregon’s “Sustainable Cities” program producing plans and models for a new library in Springfield
- Restored funding for teen and children’s programming
- Restored funding for our magazine and newspaper subscriptions
- Provided the funding to support Early Literacy Outreach to at-risk children in our community
- Set aside additional funds to be dedicated to a Library capital campaign or to establish a permanent endowment fund for the Library
To Make a Donation or Find Out More
Springfield Public Library Foundation
PO Box 1763
Springfield, OR 97477
Tax ID # 93-1325725
Rob Everett, Library Director
(541) 726-3756
Email
2012 Board of Directors
Anne Ballew – President
Jody Anderson – Secretary – Library Advisory Board
Mary Bridget Smith – Fundraising Chair
Kathy Howard – Friends of the Library
Pam Caples – Member At Large
Janice Strupp – Member At Large
Onalee Carson – Member At Large
Teena Seckler – Member At Large
Christine Larson – Member At Large
Rob Everett – Library Director
