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East Bend Public Library Building Fund

Information is intended to keep the community informed about the progress of raising funds for a new library.

Status of Current Fund Raising Legacy Tree Donors

All Gifts are tax deductible
The Building Committee is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Current gifts and pledges total approximately $490,000
June 1, 2007 total was $21, 911 Current total reflects lots of hard work!

We are looking for 32 families who will pledge $1,000 over the coming year. Will you join us?

Foundation which wishes to remain anonymous $10,000 (November 2009)

Yadkin Valley Bank $1,250

Duke Energy $500

East Bend Extension and Community Association $500

Shugart Family Foundation $500

GEICO $500

E.H. Barnard Trust $25,000

Calvin C. Orrell Foundation $5,000

Reynolds American Foundation $37,500 matching grant

Foundation which wishes to remain anonymous $10,000 (November 2008)

Duke Energy $2,000

Wachovia Foundation $2,500

Brown's Car Wash $1000

Crissman, Mendenhall, Steelman Insurance $1000

2008 Fall Letter Writing Campaign $46,000

Phillips Van Heusen $500

Cannon Foundation $50,000

E. H. Barnard Charitable Trust $30,000

Land donation by local Family

Donation from East Bend Ruritans $24,000

Grading Donation by Norman Brothers Grading

John W. and Anna H. Hanes Foundation $10,000

Friends of the Library $25,000

August 2007 Flint Hill Vineyard Event $14,000

RJR Foundation $25,000

Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation $5,000

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund (Dr. Larry and Sue Hungerford) $1,000

Vulcan Materials Company $500

Yadkin County Farm Bureau Association $1,000

Town of East Bend $1,000

Yadkin County Community Foundation $400

June 2006 Letter Writing Campaign $15,000

Double Your Donation:
If the company you work for or are retired from will match your donation, please contact them. We will be happy to help you complete any necessary paperwork.

The Building Committee has identified four levels of giving for which recognition will be given in the new facility. These include $500-$999 gift will receive name on brass plaque (22 so far); $1000 gift will receive name on a leaf of the legacy tree (This may be the donor's name or someone they wish to honor). Currently, there are several names on tree leaves: Alvis and Jane Hennings, Kenneth Martin, Glenda Wooten, New Home United Methodist Women, Dean and Sue Matthews, Karen Lydick, Jimmy Brown, East Bend Pullin', Stony Knoll United Methodist Church, Ruth and Glendon Wooten, Sue H. Brown, Todd Nichols, Dempsey Brewer, East Bend United Methodist Church Joy Class, Tom and Wanda Hall, Jennifer Hall, Karen Hall, Romie and Brenda Flynn, Anne and Archie Doub, Kevin & Rynn Hennings, Dan and Emily Cornelius, Athalee Dinkins, Helen Poindexter, Joe and Annette Hennings, Phyllis Barnes, Charlie and Orie Hobson, Jamie Perkins, Margaret Huff Pickett, Stony Knoll United Methodist Women, Prospect United Methodist Church. In Memory of Pauline Saunders, East Bend High School Class of 1967,Hiram and Beatrice A. Johnson, Laurence H. and Gladys S. Todd, Mamie and Roy Wilhelm, Mattie B. Davis, Nell Gray Dinkins, Alta Brice Johnson, Charlie Frank "Jack" Myers, Steve Coram and Lee Coram, Parents of Dean and Sue Matthews, Anita Peck, Mindy Hutchens, S. A. Poindexter. A $5,000 gift will receive their name on a supporting stone Supporting stones honor: Doris and Lenwood Ammons, Mary Sue Johnson, Jan and Archie Hicks, and In Memory of Blanche and H. B. Shore.
The fourth level involves the Naming Rights for various spaces within the new building. Meeting Room $25,000 Don and Wille Matthews Family;
Children's/Juvenile Nonfiction Section $20,000; Juvenile Fiction $20,000; Easy Readers Section $20,000;
Study/Computer Area $15,000
Small Business Center $15,000
Reference Center $15,000
Periodicals/ Reading Area $10,000
Circulation Desk Area $10,000;
Adult Fiction $20,000; Adult Nonfiction $20,000;
Office $5,000;
Kitchen $5,000;
Restroom $5,000; Storage $5,000;
Artifact cases $20,000 each.