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 over $170,000

Please contribute! Can you afford not to?

June 2006 Letter Writing Campaign   $15,000

Donation from East Bend Ruritans     $16,000

E. H. Barnard Charitable Trust            $10,000

Land donation by local Family

Grading Donation by Norman Brothers Grading

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

Friends of the Library $25,000

August Winery Event $14,000

RJR Foundation  $25,000

Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation $5,000

Duke Energy Foundation  $1,000

Wachovia Foundation $1,000

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

Yadkin County Farm Bureau Association $1,000

All funds raised since June 1st, 2007 will be used to match a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, if awarded.










                                                                 
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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; $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); a $5,000 gift will receive their name on a supporting stone. Currently, there are several names on the tree: Joel and Gloria Cornelius, Kevin & Rynn Hennings, Mary Sue Johnson, Steve Coram, Anita Peck, Mindy Hutchens, S. A. Poindexter, Helen Poindexter, Tim and Brenda Doub, Jan and Archie Hicks, Mattie B. Davis, Joe and Annette Hennings, Phyllis Barnes, Charlie and Orie Hobson, Jamie Perkins, Margaret Huff Pickett, Stoney Knoll United Methodist Women, Dan and Emily Cornelius, Nell and Athalee Dinkins. Supporting stones honor: Don and Willie Matthews and Blanche and H. B. Shore.
The fourth level involves the Naming Rights for various spaces within the new building. Meeting Room $25,000
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.
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