HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS!
It has been a
challenging and exciting year for the St. Tammany Library Foundation.
We have met our initial
goals and have formulated plans for 2014 enthusiastically.
2013 was one of
consistent accomplishments:
·
The Walker Percy Serenity Patio is on the
ground! We still need to add
benches, but the sale of engraved bricks is underway. Consider having one engraved with your memories, hopes, or accomplishments
of community groups. Get in touch with us if you believe you or a firm known to
you has the resources to sponsor a bench or a plaque honoring the books Walker
has written. Our next step will be
the sponsorship of a statue on one of the benches in the patio and the sale of
the engraved pavers and the benches and plaques will make that possible.
·
The Foundation won one national award, the Baker
and Taylor Award, from the American Library Association, one of only four given
nationally to library foundations around the country.
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Publicity on our progress has been featured in the
Advocate, the Times Picayune, and the Farmer.
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Our website has continued to be updated and our
Facebook page is up and running.
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We garnering accolades and support from
businesses and organizations around the community. The Foundation rejoiced over the support from Sam’s and Wal-Mart,
the Madisonville Chamber of Commerce, the Louisiana Landmark Society, the
Walker Percy Writing Center at Loyola University the Slidell Women’s Civic
Club.
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Your Board of Directors has exciting plans for
the future. We are planning a wonderful event on Sunday afternoon, April 27 at
the lovely home of Mary Jane and John Becker by the Mandeville lakefront! Do mark your calendar and wait for
updates!
Your membership has made all this
possible and I thank you! You
should be very proud of the accomplishments of your nascent Foundation.
If you haven’t
yet renew your membership, do so.
Running just the basic needs of a Foundation requires funds, and we need
as many supporters as we can get.
If you have renewed your membership, we thank you. Get your friends on board so we can
continue our work!
2014 will be a
challenging and interesting year of the St. Tammany Library Foundation. Let’s continue to move forward!