Library Grant Recipient
The Haakon County Public Library is one of the April 2008 grant recipients of the Libri Foundation.
The Libri Foundation, established in 1989, helps rural libraries acquire new, quality, hardcover books through its BOOKS FOR CHILDREN program. Since 1990, the Foundation has donated over $3.5 million worth of new children’s books to more than 2,600 libraries in 48 states, including Alaska and Hawaii.
The Friends of the Haakon County Library will be hosting a benefit golf tournament in August to raise money for the library. For every dollar between $50 and $350 which the Friends raise, the Foundation will match on a 2-to-1 ratio. Should the Friends reach the $350 goal, our librarian will have $1050 to spend on books from the Foundation’s 700-title book list. The majority of the books to choose from have been published in the last three years but old favorites are also offered.
DO YOU SHOP ON LINE?
If you shop at Amazon.com, go to www.librifoundation.org to begin shopping. Amazon.com donates 4% of purchases you make when you start shopping from the link at the bottom of the home page. Since May 1, 2007, Libri shoppers have earned the Foundation over $425.00.
There are over 680 stores that donate to the Foundation. Begin shopping at www.iGive.com/LibriFdn if you shop on the Internet at such stores as Lands’ End, PetSmart, Office Depot, Barnes & Noble, Overstock.com, J.C.Penney and many more.
There is a Wish List at Amazon.com if you would like to donate new hardcover children’s books to the Foundation. At the top center of Amazon.com’s home page, click on “Gifts & Wish Lists,” then key in “Libri Foundation” in the “Find someone’s wish list” box. You can have the books you donate shipped directly to the Foundation in Eugene, Oregon.