THE ST. TAMMANY LIBRARY FOUNDATION SCHEDULES ITS ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTS ITS 2012-2013 OFFICERS
The St. Tammany Library Foundation
will hold its annual meeting of its members on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at the
meeting room of the Covington Branch.
Th The St. Tammany Library Foundation was
established in 2006, shortly after Hurricane Katrina devastated ed the Gulf Coast area. One of our community library was severely damaged by water and it could no longer function as a library facility. Another was completely destroyed by tornado force winds.
The St. Tammany Foundation was founded as a charitable non-profit 501 [c] 3 corporation to support the St. Tammany Public Library System in its recovery and to promote the long-range growth and development of library resources and services in the future.
Now that a new Library is under construction to replace one of the facilities destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, the Foundation has become re-energized to focus on its broader mission. The Foundation seeks build private support, to enhance the visibility of the role of the St. Tammany Library in the community, and to strengthen the public's support of our library system.
Now that a new Library is under construction to replace one of the facilities destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, the Foundation has become re-energized to focus on its broader mission. The Foundation seeks build private support, to enhance the visibility of the role of the St. Tammany Library in the community, and to strengthen the public's support of our library system.
A volunteer community board directs the
St. Tammany Library Foundation. The Board of Directors work closely with the
Library staff to identify funding needs. The Foundation is separate from the
Friends of the Library, although a member from the Friends sits on the Board of
the Foundation.
Officers of the Foundation, elected at
its last Board of Directors meeting on September 11 are as follows:
President Argiro L. Morgan, PhD
1st Vice President Marie Louise Guste Nix
2nd Vice President Sharon Lo Drucker
Secretary Ann Crigger Shaw
Treasurer Michele Avery
Design Communicator Carrie Lee Pierson Schwartz
Members-at-Large
The Honorable Kevin Davis
The Honorable Steve Stefancik
Rose Manchon
Madelon Nohra
Advisory Board of the St. Tammany Library Foundation
The Advisory Board members offer the
Foundation’s Board of Directors their considerable experience to guide
important decisions of the Board. The Foundation is grateful for their
generosity of spirit and of time and their commitment to the mission of
libraries as resources of lifetime learning in our community.
Mary Jane Becker, St.Tammany Community Activist
Lane Carson, LL.D., Director, Louisiana Department of
Veterans Affairs
Jeff Crouere, Media Commentator and former Director
of the Louisiana Republican Party
The Honorable Peter Gitz, Mayor of the City of Madisonville
Rebecca Hamilton, Director, State Library of Louisiana
Pam Ewing Lott, Author, Founder of Northshore
Literary Society; Board of Directors of the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival
The Honorable Tom Schedler, Secretary of the State of Louisiana
Sandra Slifer, President of the League of Women
Voters of St. Tammany Parish
For
additional information, please contact Ann Shaw, Secretary of the Foundation,
or Dr. Argiro Morgan, President.
Dr. Morgan’s email is argiro@bellsouth.net; her phone number of 985.845.8727.