The current Foundation project — to raise $250,000 for furniture, art and signage — got underway in September 2010 with leadership gifts. One-hundred percent of the membership of the Forest Grove City Council, the Library Commission, the Friends of the Library and the Library Foundation — 21 leaders in the community and library supporters all — donated funds to show their support for the Foundation’s project.

With the hiring of a grant writer, three grant requests were also submitted in September. A month later word came that two of the three requests were granted: Juan Young Trust for $5,000; and Oregon Community Foundation for $10,000. The OCF commitment is a matching grant that we will receive only when all fundraising is complete.

The Forest Grove Library Foundation depends on individual gifts, big and small, to improve our library. Watch for the community fundraising events in 2011 that will help our library‘s story unfold.