Warehouse Booksale February 11 & 12
Join your friends on Gentry Way for the February Warehouse Booksale!
Shop with the Friends for the Holidays!
Now you can find great deals on unique and rare items at the Friends of Washoe County Library online bookstore. Visit today — your purchases support your local libraries!
And, there's still one more booksale this year! Don't miss the last Warehouse Booksale of 2011, Saturday and Sunday, December 11 and 12. Click here for hours and information.
Washoe Library Supporters Rise Again to the Occasion
Friends of Washoe County Libray suffered with the Washoe
County Library System through a challenging year, but when the
numbers were in for calendar 2010, the 30-year-old Nevada non-profit
put yet another $100,000 back into the system it was created to support.
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Your gift to the Second Century Endowment will help ensure a healthy future for Washoe County Libraries
Friends of Washoe County Library (FWCL), an all-volunteer organization, is asking the public to support its Second Century Endowment program. The Endowment, begun in 2004 by the Friends, was designed to assure that funding will be available in the future to help keep Washoe County Library System operating properly.
“There have been tremendous changes in the library system since budget reductions were begun in 2007 at the direction of the Board of Washoe County Commissioners,” said FWCL President Len Crocker. “The library’s budget reductions have reached more than $4.2 million – that’s 40 percent of our earlier budget.”
He noted that all 12 library branches have suffered major reductions in staff. More than 72 positions have been lost systemwide, fewer hours are available each week, and by all indications, the cuts may not be finished.
How can the public help? By making a tax-deductible donation to the Second Century Endowment. Donations can be made as a lump sum, by a monthly pledge, by a gift of property or financial instrument such as bonds or stocks, or even by including the Endowment Fund in your will. “The more than $500,000 contributed to the Endowment to date is a major step in the right direction, but more funding is surely needed,” Crocker said.
Click here for more information about the Second Century Endowment. You may also contact us by mail at P. O. Box 7103, Reno, NV 89510-7103; by phone at 775-342-5522; or via email at endowment@washoelibraryfriends.org.
Friends of Washoe County Library is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose federal tax ID is 94-2747114.
Community Support
Did you know that members of the Friends of Washoe County Library receive discounts at the following local businesses simply by showing their Friends membership card? Please join us in thanking these businesses for their support!
Of course, all members receive a discount for purchases made at our own Secondhand Prose store located in the Northwest Reno Library on Robb Drive. Not a member? Click here for information on how to join.
The Friends of Washoe County Library is a partner with the United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra.
Our Mission
Backed by a belief that libraries are uniquely democratic, we promote, advocate, and seek funding to support the services, programs, and collections of Washoe County Library System. Through our projects, we strive to give children an educational head start, encourage literacy, and foster lifelong learning and recreation for adults.
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