Plan Your Spring Giving for the Library! From April 1–8, we invite you to celebrate all the ways your library enriches our community. Your support during this week-long celebration helps keep programs, resources, and opportunities available for everyone. Your generosity drives programs like Summer@Your Library (S@YL), which in 2025: • Inspired more than 5,600 children, teens and adults to engage with summer reading and activities. • Drew over 70,000 people to events celebrating reading, art, music and more. You can make 2026 our best S@YL yet. Every dollar makes an impact, and your support ensures beloved programs like S@YL and others continue to thrive. Look for more information on Library Giving Week and Summer @ Your Library in your email this spring! I am pretty excited to get the whole family involved in these
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Your Donation in Action: Spring Sprucing at the Branches Spring is in the air—and so is fresh energy across our 16 library branches. Thanks to generous community support, our spaces are becoming even more welcoming, comfortable and inspiring. At the Broadneck branch, a new pedestal table and chairs have quickly become a gathering spot for families reading together, students meeting tutors, and customers working, writing and playing games. One regular even calls it their daily “writing spot”—proof that big ideas can start at the library. The Crofton Library lobby also got a refresh, featuring a new café-style table with built-in outlets and flexible seating for all ages. It’s already become a place to study, connect and relax. Just last summer, teens gathered there over ice cream and conversation. These updates are possible because of donors like you. Every gift helps create spaces where people connect, learn and belong. Ready to keep the momentum going? Visit www.aacpl.net/donate and help us continue building vibrant community space .
activities. S@YL gives them an opportunity to have fun outside of video games .” —S@YL Participant
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Keep Summer Reading Alive for Generations
Attend the community celebration that brings September 18, 2026 6-8 pm Busch Annapolis Library together library supporters, local partners and neighbors to support the programs and services that make the Anne Arundel County Public Library thrive. Join us for an exciting way to give back while celebrating the library’s impact on our community.
Create a gift that secures the future of our summer reading initiative and helps these programs thrive for years to come. Unearth your legacy by including the library in your estate plans. A simple bequest, beneficiary designation, or trust gift can make a lasting difference for our community. To learn more, please contact Foundation Executive Director
Did You Know? Over 56% of county children aren’t ready for kindergarten, according to the county’s assessment. Thanks to donors like you, AACPL is addressing this critical issue. This year, we’ve invested $45,000 in 1000 Books Before Kindergarten and allocated over $11,000 more to support it. Your contributions provide giveaway books, helping kids build their own home libraries and get ready for school. See the smiles on social media as children receive their library cards and learn more at: www.aacpl.net/kindergarte
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Cathleen Sparrow at (410) 222-2509 or visit: www.aacpl.net/foundation/leave-a-legacy .
Supporter Spotlight We’re excited to highlight Eddie Grove of Edman Design, an Annapolis native and creative partner we’ve had the pleasure of working with on Cheers to AACPL events. Eddie has been a partner since 2021, and his artwork can be found throughout the community, including murals and designs for Always Ice Cream Company and Hysteria (also Library Partners) as well as Jailbreak and Idiom Brewing. Thanks, Eddie, for sharing your talent in support of the library! www.edmandesign.com To become a library fundraising supporter, please contact: Bethany Kerley at bkerley@aacpl.net or call at 410-222-1573 .
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Support the library by making a donation today! Mail your check to 5 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21403, or visit www.aacpl.net/foundation/donate to give online. Anne Arundel County Public Contact the Library Foundation by calling 410-222-1199, emailing foundation@aacpl.net or visiting: www.aacpl.net/foundation.
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Library Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. EIN:20-5804064. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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