ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Karen W. Smith President Linda Greene Vice President Tessie LaRose Ballard Secretary Martha O. Blaxall Treasurer Jane Campbell-Chambliss Katie Prechtl Cooke
Donate Today to Help Us Enhance Your Library Experience! While public funding provides a vital foundation, it doesn’t cover all the innovative and enriching programs that make our library a beacon of learning, exploration and connection. Your gift ensures that the library continues to be a place where dreams take flight and imaginations soar. Join us in shaping a brighter future through the power of knowledge. Together, we can continue to enrich lives and build a stronger, more vibrant community through the enduring gift of literacy and learning. Every dollar you contribute enhances your library. HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HELP $10 Provides craft supplies for children’s and youth programs. $50 Buys craft and STEM supplies for Makerspace. $100 Pays for percussion tubes or sensory tiles. $500 Funds puppets and other supplies for storytime. $1,000 Pays for musicians, presenters or prizes for Summer @ Your Library. $2,500 Supplies our “Library on the Go” with craft, STEM and storytime materials. $5,000 Funds books for children to create their own home library. $7,500 Pays for movie licenses for in-branch movies.
2023 For the Love of the Library Raises More than $141,000 Oh, What a Night! Thank YOU for making this event a tremendous success! Over 380 guests gathered at the Michael E. Busch Annapolis Library to raise more than $141,000 to support all 16 branches of the Anne Arundel County Public Library. The generosity of all who attended and sponsored paves the way for a future where everyone, regardless of age or background, can access our library’s limitless treasures of knowledge. Your support will help us empower learning, enrich our community and secure a brighter future for all.
Mary S. Hagerty Stephen R. Holt Stacy L. Korbelak
Ian Marchanti Kris Maslonka Don Rau
Many Thanks To Our Sponsors:
AUTHOR VISIT Antonia Hylton
Martha 0. Blaxall and Joe Dickey • Jane Campbell-Chambliss and Peter Chambliss Kevin and Katie Cooke • Anne and Barry McKown Diane Rinaldo and Adam Peterman • Doug and Karen Smith Greg and Trish Strott • CR Tony Wheeler
Diane Rinaldo Tim Williams Skip Auld AACPL CEO and ex-officio Ishani Gandhi ex-officio Damita McDonald ex-officio Cathleen Sparrow Executive Director and ex-officio
Scan code to see more photos and all of our sponsors or go to aacpl.net/foundation/love-of-the-library.
‘CHEERS TO AACPL’ was a SUCCESS! Thank you for supporting the library and your right to read! We raised $11,371 to enhance all 16 library branches!
Author of Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum Presented by Anne Arundel County Public Library, the Library Foundation and Park Books “Madness is a haunting history of Crownsville Hospital, a segregated asylum in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Sweeping in its reach, the book—with its use of oral history and a rich archive—offers an astonishing account of the complex relation of race, racism, and mental healthcare in America. But there is something more intimate in these pages: a story about families, about the failures of our country, and about the madness that touches us all. A powerful read!” — Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. Princeton University professor Antonia Hylton is a Peabody and Emmy-award winning journalist at NBC News reporting on politics and civil rights, and the co-host of the hit podcast Southlake . She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, where she received prizes for her investigative research on race, mass incarceration and the history of psychiatry. She lives in Brooklyn. Friday, January 26 Tickets/details: aacpl.net/foundation/events
Always Ice Cream & AACPL! BACK AGAIN THIS YEAR! Join us as Always Ice Cream Company creates a custom library-inspired ice cream flavor. Beat the winter blues in February with a scoop of fun! Learn more at aacpl.net/icecream .
Enhance your library today! Scan this code or visit AACPL.NET/DONATE.
A young customer enjoys the book and a furry friend in the Discovery Dock of a children’s area. Community donors help fund educational toys for these popular spaces.
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