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The Wellesley Free Library Centennial Fund
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THE WELLESLEY FREE LIBRARY CENTENNIAL FUND
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The Centennial Fund was founded in 1983 (on the Library's 100th birthday) as a permanent endowment to "enrich and enhance" the basic Town-funded collection. Since that time, the Fund has given roughly $900,000, including 24% of the FY09 materials budget, to the Library.
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Centennial Fund Trustees
Caleb Aldrich
Beth Hinchliffe
Morris Kellogg
Norma O'Reilly
Linda Perlmutter
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The Centennial Fund provides funds which allow the Library Director to experiment and build collections that would otherwise not be possible; purchase exciting new databases; and showcase evolving materials formats. In addition, the Fund provides enhancement grants for collections whose usage has increased. The Fund has enabled the WFL to establish a legacy of the highest quality specialized reference materials, art and coffee-table books, foreign-language film DVDs, classical music CDs, and special editions.
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Centennial Fund Founding Trustees
Katherine Babson
John Wilkins
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The Centennial Fund is a qualified Massachusetts Charitable Trust and all gifts to it are tax-deductible. The Fund has unrestricted funds for general purchases and three endowed book funds for special collections.
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To Donate to the Centennial Fund
Donate online or:
Make checks payable to the WFL Centennial Fund and Mail to
WFL Centennial Fund
C/o Wellesley Free Library
530 Washington St.
Wellesley MA 02482
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| For information on Naming a Collection through the Centennial Fund, please contact Linda Perlmutter. |
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Centennial Fund Calling for Wellesley Authors
Are you a Wellesley author? Do you know someone who is?
To commemorate its Silver Anniversary. The Wellesley Free Library Centennial Fund will host a Wellesley Authors' Reception on April 15th to pay tribute to the exciting diversity of talent found right here in our hometown. We want to identify Wellesley's authors, poets, illustrators, and playwrights so that we can invite them to this gala evening.
It's a little-known fact that the Centennial Fund was born at a Wellesley Authors' Reception 25 years ago, when a local author created the Fund to "enrich and enhance" the library's collection. For over 25 years, the generous contributions of townspeople have allowed the Fund to donate $866,000 to the Library, ensuring the depth and richness of the collection.
Authors -- please send your name, address, e-mail address, and the Names of your publications to administration email or Centennial Fund Authors Receptions, c/o Wellesley Free Library, 530 Washington Street, Wellesley, MA 02482
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