If you love your Library, if you value the resources and services that your public library provides, if you want to help your Library serve more than 455,000 Lucas County residents - please consider a donation to the Library Legacy Foundation. The Foundation is a tax-deductible, 501(c)(3) organization, so your support qualifies as a charitable gift.
The Foundation raises funds to purchase books and other materials, to support programs for children, families, and adults, and to establish an endowment fund for the future.
Some examples of programs with Foundation support are Summer Reading Clubs for children, teens and adults; Authors! Authors!; the Brown Bag Concert series; and Homework Help Centers.
How People Give
If you wish to support the work of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library through a gift to the Library Legacy Foundation or if you have questions about how the Foundation supports the Library, here is contact information:
Library Legacy Foundation Donation Form
Library Legacy Foundation
325 Michigan Street
Toledo , OH 43604
Phone 419.259.5123
Email library.legacy@toledolibrary.org
The Library Legacy Foundation welcomes annual donations, pledges, memorial and tribute gifts, and planned gifts at every level. Unrestricted gifts allow the Foundation to support the Library's greatest needs, but you may designate a special Library location or use for your gifts if you prefer. You may make your gift with a check or with American Express, MasterCard or Visa.
Memorial and Tribute Gifts
A donation to the Foundation can provide a lasting memorial for a friend or loved one. And, a gift to support the Library is the perfect way to celebrate a happy occasion like a birthday, anniversary or graduation. Of course, we will notify the recipient of your gift. We can place a bookplate in the location of your choice, or we offer options for gifts of every size.
Deferred Gifts
The Foundation has established the Carnegie Society to honor individuals who have made a commitment to the Library Legacy Foundation in their estates, whether by bequest, an insurance policy, a trust or some other arrangement. If you have made such a commitment, please notify the Foundation by mail or contact the Foundation office.
Program Sponsorship
Many area corporations and individuals support the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library by sponsoring programs and events. Program underwriting provides excellent visibility for the donor while helping the Library.
Donor Recognition
The Library Legacy Foundation is eager to recognize the generosity of donors. A variety of giving clubs and donor societies exists at many levels.
Annual Giving
Authors Club This club honors annual donors of $100 or more. Donors receive a token of our thanks and listing in the annual report.
Patrons Club This level recognizes annual donors of $250 or more. Donors also receive a token of our thanks and listing in the annual report.
Trustees Club This group contributes $500 or more annually to the Foundation. These donors receive the same recognition of the other clubs as well as two complimentary tickets to each Authors! program and invitations to the author receptions. They also receive Foundation "silver cards," special Library cards that forgive overdue fines.
Legacy Council These annual Foundation donors receive a listing in the annual report, four complimentary tickets to each Authors! program and invitations to the author receptions. They also receive Foundation silver cards.
Cumulative Gifts
Benefactors Council This society honors cumulative gifts of $5,000 or more. Donors receive all other recognition and their names appear on the glass honor panels in the Main Library Wintergarden.
Directors Circle This group has made cumulative gifts of $10,000 or more. Donors receive all other recognition and their names appear on the glass honor panels in the Main Library Wintergarden.
Sustainers Society This society honors cumulative gifts of $25,000 or more. Donors receive all other recognition and their names appear on the glass honor panels in the Main Library Wintergarden.
Medallion Society The Medallion Society honors the generosity of those who donate $50,000 or more. Their names appear on etched glass medallions on the wall of honor in the Main Library Wintergarden. This is the highest level of recognition possible.
All Foundation donors will receive Library Line, the Library magazine, and information about Library-related events. Major donors may also be invited to other Foundation events.
2007 Library Legacy Foundation
Board of Directors
Chuck Schaub (President)
Patricia Appold (Vice President)
Brian Bucher
Sandra Chesnutt
Daniel DiSalle, Sr.
Jeanine Dunn
Paula Fall
John F. Hayward
Frank D. Jacobs
Erica G. Silk
Margaret (Peggy) Smith
Ernest Walker
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