How
Can You Help Support
Your Library?
Skidompha
Public Library depends on the generosity of
individuals and organizations for a large part of its
budget.
Give
Your Time and Talent
Buy a Brick!
Donate Books, DVD's, CD's ...
Consider a Financial Gift
Remember the Library in Your Will
Generous gifts of time and talent, goods, money, and securities have immeasurably aided the
Skidompha Library since its founding. Approximately 80
percent of our operating budget comes from generous gifts,
large and small. Your gift is an important part of the Library's present and future.
Give Your Time and
Talent
Volunteers are
always needed to help shelve books, check books in and out,
mend books, work on our many programs, help with landscaping
and undertake special projects. Ask for an application
form and more information at the Library, or give us a call.
Engraved Brick Campaign
Skidompha's
Engraved Brick Campaign:
Pathway to the Future
Be A Part of the Heart of Your Community
When you buy a brick, your inscription
will become part of the permanent pathway to the new
Skidompha Public Library and help build and equip your
library.
The Skidompha Brick Campaign is an
ideal way to celebrate a birth, recognize a graduation,
honor friends and family, publicize your group or business
and support your library.
You may select:
A. 4"x 8" bricks - one
line of 15 characters - $50
B. 4"x
8" bricks - two
lines of 15 characters each - $100
C. 8"x
8" Cornerstone
bricks, up to three lines - $300
D. 8"x
8" Cornerstone
bricks, with logo - $500
Names and dates are acceptable as
inscriptions, as in "In Honor of" and "In
Memory". Paw prints are possible (these equal one
line).
Bricks will be placed at the front
entrance, the courtyard, and the Elm Street entrance, in the
order in which they are received. Bricks ordered together
will be placed together.
Note: Characters include spaces and
punctuation.
Engraved Brick Order Forms are
available at the library's front desk or call 207.563.2142 for details.
All proceeds benefit the Skidompha
Library Building Fund.
Donate Books,
DVD's, CD's...
New and used
books, audiocassettes, CD's, DVD's, videocassettes, are
always welcome! Certificate of Gift acknowledgement forms
are available for income tax purposes.
Needed items are
added to our collection. The others are sold at our Second
Hand Book Shop In either event, they help the
Library!
Consider a Financial Gift
Gifts are tax deductible.
Skidompha Library is a 501(c)(1) tax exempt organization.
- Gifts for Current Needs (These gifts are used until totally expended.)
- General gifts are added to the operating budget and help cover annual operating costs.
- Specified gifts can be made for any purpose approved by the Library
Board. They have been received, for example, for books for children, for mysteries and for audio books.
- Celebration and memorial gifts can be made in honor or in memory of a special person.
- Bookplates recognize the occasion of the gift.
- Endowment Fund Gifts (Only earnings from these gifts are used.)
Earnings from the Library's Endowment Fund support for Library operations and purchase of new materials. The Fund is overseen by the Library
Board. You can contribute to the Endowment Fund:
-- by making a monetary gift
--by naming the Library in your will or as the beneficiary of an insurance policy
--by giving securities or property
As a 501(c)(1)
organization, the Library qualifies for many corporate
matching gifts. For gift programs that require a
contribution to a 501(c)(3) organization, gifts can be made
to the Skidompha Public Library.
Remember the Library in Your Will
To leave a
unrestricted gift to the Library, you can use the following
words. "I give, devise and bequeath to the Skidompha
Public Library ___ percent of my estate or the sum of
___." If you wish to create a named fund or to have
your bequest used for a specific purpose, please contact the
Library Director or any member of the Library Board.
For more
information on supporting the library give us a call and ask
for the library director.
SKIDOMPHA
Public
Library