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From
Dream to Reality
“I invite
you to think of our "From Dream to Reality" campaign not just as an effort
to build a larger repository for our cultural heritage but as a whole new
movement to enhance and expand our sense of community.”
Edward Schneier, President, Board of Trustees
The “From
Dream to Reality” Capital Campaign will launch publicly sometime in the late
summer or fall of 2007. Until then, the
campaign leadership
will be working on the initial “silent” Friends and
Family phase of the campaign, during which time we raise initial funds for
the new building from within our closest friends, associates, and community
leaders.
Some early
funding has already come in:
(most of these pledges
will come in over a five-year period)
Weir
Stewart (former owner of Odyssey Farm) has pledged $200,000 toward
the new library. The 1,300 SF children's area will be named
in honor of his departed wife, Deborah Stewart. We have
received many smaller donations in memory of Deborah, as
well.
Joe
Flood has pledged his well drilling services, also in memory
of Deborah Stewart.
Robert
and Ursula Covino, owners of Shagbark Tree Farm in Copake,
have pledged $100,000. The patio at the new library facility
will be named in their honor.
The Friends of the
Library has pledged $50,000 as an organization.
We have 100%
participation among the library’s Board of Trustees, who have individually
pledged over $50,000.
The
Hudson River Bank and Trust Company Foundation has pledged
$100,000.
New
York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)
has awarded us $20,000 toward the design development of the
new library.
We
have to date received two anonymous pledges, one of $100,000
and one of $25,000.
Other individual
pledges from within our “Friends and Family” equal an additional $100,000 at
this juncture.
The total
campaign goal is $1.8 million.
If
you want to know more about what the campaign is doing or become part of our
fundraising efforts,
click here.
For information on planned
giving, click here.
The Roeliff
Jansen Community Library is a 501(C)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Donations made to the “From Dream to Reality” Capital Campaign are
tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
