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Our mission is:
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To raise funds to enhance library programs and services
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To encourage broad-based public support, use and enjoyment of Grand County,
Colorado libraries.
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To foster literacy and learning
Because of the East Troublesome fire, Our Annual Members Meeting was postponed and will be rescheuled at a later date.
Our Dear Friends,
We hope this letter finds you in good health and spirits during this profound
period of change, challenge and even hardship. If we venture to search for a
silver lining in all of this, we might find this global crisis has sparked
reinvention and creativity, renewed motivation, and has granted us pause to
reexamine inward — a great reminder of what is most important to us personally
and as a community.
Please mark your calendar: Our annual Friends of Grand County Library
membership meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Oct. 24. This year the meeting
will be conducted via the online meeting platform Zoom. Click here for information on attending the zoom meeting.
When most children’s programming in the county and throughout the state was
cancelled, there remained a greater need for the stimulation and learning that
can be accessed through library programs. Yet expenses to continue library
programs via take-home kits and experimental ways remain. It’s why the Friends
of the Grand County Library continues to need your help, and this letter
outlines a few easy ways you can contribute.
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Amazon Smile— Change your Amazon account to an
Amazon Smile Account
, Click on Donations above for directions. Amazon Smile Foundation will donate
0.5 percent of your eligible purchase to The Friends of the Grand County
Library, Inc.
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City Market — Participate in the
City Market Community Awards
. Click on Donations above for directions.
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Purchase used books
(click on Book Sales above to find locations) and donate gently used books.
You can drop them off at the back door of Sky-Hi News office in Granby starting
Sept. 9 from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays; a
Friends representative should be present to accept donations. Or, contact your
local library for branch locations.
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In addition to annual membership dues, supplemental donations to
The Friends of Grand County Library
are always welcome (click on donations above).
Having to cancel our Friends fundraising events was necessary but
disappointing. Yet innovative ways to conduct fundraising are early in our
purview. Although fairly limited, we do have increasing access to the
Grand County Library branches
. The Libraries are providing support to at-home schooling, offering outside
story times at certain locations, and providing opportunities for all patrons
to utilize resources online and in-person. Click on the GCLD link above to see
what’s available, current hours and Covid-19 safety measures. Your gifts to the
Friends support year-round children’s programs. Of note, the Friends
successfully obtained a $3,000 grant from the Bessie Minor Swift Foundation so
that the Grand County Library could add to its collection children’s
interactive books in a read-along format. The books are now at libraries.
Thank you for supporting our libraries through the Friends,
In sound health,
The Friends of Grand County Library, Inc., Board of Directors
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